Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH: Haniel transfers METRO shares to EP Global Commerce GmbH (news with additional features)
DGAP-News: Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH / Key word(s): Disposal/Investment Haniel transfers METRO shares to EP Global Commerce GmbH – Antitrust approval granted on transfer up to 22.5 per cent of ordinary shares in METRO AG – 7.3 per cent of ordinary shares in METRO AG transferred to EP Global Commerce GmbH on 4 October 2018 – Additional call option for EP Global Commerce GmbH to purchase up to 15.2 per cent of ordinary shares METRO AG from Haniel – Haniel CEO Gemkow: “We are delighted that EP Global Commerce GmbH will now be acting as a new partner and supporting METRO AG with its development.” Duisburg, 4 October 2018. Haniel Finance Deutschland GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH (Haniel) today transferred 7.3 per cent of the issued ordinary shares in METRO AG previously owned by Haniel to EP Global Commerce GmbH (EPGC), Germany, after obtaining approval from the responsible antitrust authorities, as foreseen in the agreement signed on 24 August 2018. EPGC further has a call option allowing EPGC to purchase up to 15.2 per cent of the issued ordinary shares in METRO AG from Haniel, which is currently METRO AG’s largest single shareholder. For EPCG and METRO, this now creates new prospects in a challenging but promising market. The parties have agreed not to disclose the agreed purchase price. Haniel’s stake in CECONOMY AG remains unaffected by this transaction. – Haniel on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn – Picture and video material on Haniel and the divisions Haniel For more information on Haniel, please visit www.haniel.de/en and www.enkelfaehig.de. Characters: 1.717 Contact: Dietmar Bochert Director Corporate Communications Tel.: +49 203 806-578 E-Mail: DBochert@haniel.de Additional features: Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=UGOKSJGWIU Document title: Haniel transfers METRO shares to EP Global Commerce GmbH
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Language: | English |
Company: | Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH |
Franz-Haniel-Platz 1 | |
47119 Duisburg | |
Germany | |
Phone: | +49 (0)203 806 578 |
Fax: | +49 (0)203 806 80 578 |
E-mail: | dbochert@haniel.de |
Internet: | www.haniel.de |
ISIN: | XS0482703286, XS0459131636 |
WKN: | 601960, A1A6NE |
Listed: | Regulated Unofficial Market in Frankfurt, Stuttgart |
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