EANS-Adhoc: OMV Aktiengesellschaft
OMV successfully places capital increase
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OMV / Oil / Gas / Capital increase
06.06.2011
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- Subscription and offer price set at EUR 27.50 - 27,272,727 shares (9.09% of existing share capital) successfully placed - Net proceeds of approx. EUR 725 mn
OMV has successfully completed a capital increase by issuing 27,272,727 shares or 9.09% of its existing share capital. The subscription and offer price of the new shares was set at EUR 27.50. OMV generated net proceeds of approx. EUR 725 mn, which it will use to refinance the acquisitions of an additional 55.40% interest in Petrol Ofisi and of two Tunisian exploration and production subsidiaries from Pioneer Natural Resources as well as for general corporate purposes.
Existing shareholders have exercised approx. 65% of their subscription rights. ÖIAG and IPIC fully exercised their respective subscription rights. ÖIAG will keep its current stake in OMV at 31.5% and IPIC will keep its current stake in OMV at 20%. The remaining shares were comfortably oversubscribed due to strong interest from investors.
Following the registration of the capital increase, OMV's share capital will increase from EUR 300,000,000 to EUR 327,272,727. Trading in the new shares on the Vienna Stock Exchange is expected to commence on June 8, 2011. The new shares will be fully entitled to dividends for the financial year 2011.
BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and UniCredit act as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners in the capital increase.
Disclaimer:
The information contained in this announcement serves information purposes in Austria and does not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy or subscribe for any securities of OMV Aktiengesellschaft. The capital increase has been completed and the new shares offered in this capital increase have already been sold.
This information is not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States of America and may not be distributed to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) or publications with a general circulation in the United States, except to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers, as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act. This information does not constitute an offer of securities for sale, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or to subscribe for securities of OMV Aktiengesellschaft in the United States. The securities will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons absent from registration under or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the United States securities laws. There will be no public offer of securities of OMV Aktiengesellschaft in the United States.
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issuer: OMV Aktiengesellschaft
Trabrennstraße 6-8
A-1020 Wien
phone: +43 1 40440/21600
FAX: +43 1 40440/621600
mail: investor.relations@omv.com
WWW: http://www.omv.com
sector: Oil & Gas - Downstream activities
ISIN: AT0000743059
indexes: ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
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OMV
Investor Relations:
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Tel. +43 1 40 440-21600
e-mail: investor.relations@omv.com
Media Relations:
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Internet Homepage: http://www.omv.com
Branche: Oil & Gas - Downstream activities
ISIN: AT0000743059
WKN: 874341
Index: ATX Prime, ATX
Börsen: Wien / official market
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