EANS-Voting Rights: Flughafen Wien AG
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Flughafen Wien AG
Place: A-1300 Wien-Flughafen
State: Österreich
Flughafen Wien AG: Announcement in accordance with § 91 of the Austrian Stock
Exchange Act
On December 1, 2014 Flughafen Wien AG was informed by Silchester International
Investors LLP (Silchester) as follows:
Airports Group Europe S.à r.l., a limited liability company domiciled in the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (B 167449) ("Airports Group Europe") published a
public voluntary offer pursuant to §§ 4 et seq of the Austrian Takeover Act
(Übernahmegesetz) for up to 6,279,000 shares with voting rights issued in
Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft, admitted for trading on the Official Market
of the Vienna Stock Exchange under ISIN AT0000911805 (the "Shares") on 7
November 2014, corresponding to up to 29.9% of the voting rights (the "Offer").
The Offer is inter alia subject to the conditions precedent that until the end
of the acceptance period Airports Group Europe shall have received declarations
of acceptance for at least 4,200,000 shares, corresponding to 20% of the total
share capital of Flughafen Wien AG (the "Minimum Acceptance Threshold").
In accordance with § 91 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act, Flughafen Wien AG
was informed on December 1, 2014, that Silchester entered into an irrecoverable
undertaking with Airports Group Europe to tender 1,452,957 shares in Flughafen
Wien AG (representing ca. 6.92% of the voting rights in Flughafen Wien AG)
provided that (i) the Offer Price has been improved to at least EUR 82 (Euro
eighty two) cum dividend 2014 per Offer Share and (ii) the Minimum Acceptance
Threshold has been waived.
In the event Silchester tenders 1,452,957 shares in Flughafen Wien AG into the
offer, Silchester's voting rights would be reduced from 6.92% to Nil and thereby
fall below the 4% threshold.
The irrecoverable undertaking terminates if the improvement has of the offer
price not been (i) filed by Airports Group Europe to the Austrian Takeover
Commission prior to Monday, 1 December 2014 23:59 CET, or (ii) published by
inter alia the Austrian Takeover Commission in accordance with applicable law
prior to Friday, 5 December 2014 17:35 CET.
Further inquiry note:
Flughafen Wien AG
Investor Relations
+43 1 7007-22826
investor-relations@viennaairport.com
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issuer: Flughafen Wien AG
Postfach 1
A-1300 Wien-Flughafen
phone: +43 1 7007 - 22826
FAX: +43 1 7007 - 23806
mail: investor-relations@viennaairport.com
WWW: http://viennaairport.com/unternehmen/investor_relations
sector: Transport
ISIN: AT0000911805
indexes: ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English
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