KB Holding GmbH
Takeover Offer; <DE0007667107>
Target company: Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft; Bidder: KB Holding GmbH
Dissemination of an announcement according to the German Securities
Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG), transmitted by DGAP – a service of
EQS Group AG.
The bidder is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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– Convenience Translation –
Publication of the decision to make a voluntary public takeover offer
(freiwilliges öffentliches Übernahmeangebot) in accordance with Section 10
para. 1 and para. 3 in connection with Sections 29 and 34 of the German
Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und
Übernahmegesetz, WpÜG)
Bidder:
KB Holding GmbH
Schlehdornstr. 3
82031 Grünwald
Germany
registered with the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of
Munich under HRB 122175
Target Company:
Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft
Vosslohstraße 4
58791 Werdohl
Germany
registered with the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) of
Iserlohn under HRB 5292
ISIN: DE 0007667107 (WKN: 766710)
On 20 January 2015, KB Holding GmbH decided to make a voluntary public
takeover offer to the shareholders of Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft,
Vosslohstraße 4, 58791 Werdohl, Germany, for the acquisition of all
ordinary bearer shares with no par value, each share representing a
proportionate amount of EUR 2.84 in the share capital (the
‘Vossloh-Shares’).
KB Holding GmbH intends to offer the payment of a cash consideration per
Vossloh-Share in the amount of the weighted average domestic stock exchange
price during the last three months before the publication of this
announcement according to Sec. 10 para. 1 sent. 1 WpÜG pursuant to Sec. 5
para. 1 and 3 of the Regulation on the Content of the Offer Document,
Consideration for Takeover Offers and Mandatory Offers and the Release from
the Obligation to Publish and Issue an Offer (WpÜG-Angebotsverordnung), as
determined by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
(Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin). This
consideration is expected to be in a range between EUR 48 and 49 per
Vossloh-Share and will be published immediately after being notified by
BaFin.
KB Holding GmbH currently holds 29.99 percent of the shares in Vossloh
Aktiengesellschaft.
The offer will be made subject to the terms and conditions to be stated in
the offer document and will be subject to certain offer conditions.
The offer document and other information regarding the offer will be made
available on the internet at www.velvet-angebot.de.
Further Information
KB Holding GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TIB Vermögens- und
Beteiligungsholding GmbH, in which Stella Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH holds
the majority of the voting rights. Mr. Heinz Hermann Thiele holds the
majority of the voting rights in Stella Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH.
Important note: This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a
solicitation of an offer to sell shares in Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft or
any other security. The offer document and the terms and conditions
contained therein will have sole relevance in respect of the takeover
offer. Investors and shareholders of Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft are advised
to read the relevant documents regarding the takeover offer to be published
by KB Holding GmbH because they will contain important information.
Investors and shareholders of Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft will be able to
receive the offer document as well as other documents in connection with
the takeover offer via the website www.velvet-angebot.de once these
documents are available.
Grünwald, 20 January 2015
KB Holding GmbH
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