Ad-hoc | 26 September 2006 21:00
E.ON shall increase cash consideration for Endesa to Euro 35 per share
Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Against the background of the recent developments with regard to Endesa,
E.ON reinforces its commitment to a successful transaction. Therefore, E.ON
announces that it intends to increase the consideration of the public
tender offer for shares of Endesa, S.A. launched on 21 February 2006 (the
“Offer”) to Euro 35 per share.
This consideration will be paid fully in cash. In the event that Endesa,
S.A. pays any dividend between today and the date of settlement of the
Offer, the consideration shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to the
gross dividend distributed.
As announced earlier, the completion of the offer is conditional upon:
a) E.ON acquiring a minimum of 529,481,934 shares of Endesa representing
50.01 per cent of the issued share capital of Endesa as a result of the
Offer;
b) At Endesa’s shareholder meeting, Endesa’s shareholders resolving
certain provisions, including the amendment of article 32 of its Articles
of Association to remove any limitation or restriction regarding the number
of votes capable of being exercised by Endesa shareholders; as well as the
amendment of other articles related to the composition of the Board and the
appointment of director or Chief Executive Officer.
This announcement shall not prejudice any other changes to the Offer that
could be agreed especially in the context of the procedure set forth in the
applicable Spanish rules.
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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:
This press release does not constitute an invitation to sell or an offer to
buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. Endesa
investors and security holders are urged to read the prospectus and U.S.
tender offer statement from E.ON regarding the proposed tender offer for
Endesa when they become available, because they will contain important
information. The prospectus and certain complementary documentation will be
filed in Spain with the Spanish Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores
(the “CNMV”). Likewise, a U.S. tender offer statement will be filed in the
United States with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the prospectus
(when it is available) and its complementary documentation from E.ON,
Endesa, the four Spanish Stock Exchanges, and Santander Investment Bolsa SV
SA or Santander Investment SA, CorE.ONores de Bolsa. The prospectus will
also be available on the websites of the CNMV (www.cnmv.es) and E.ON
(www.eon.com). Likewise, investors and security holders may obtain a free
copy of the U.S. tender offer statement (when it is available) and other
documents filed by E.ON with the SEC on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.
The U.S. tender offer statement and these other documents may also be
obtained for free from E.ON, when they become available, by directing a
request to E.ON AG, External Communications, Tel.: 0211- 45 79 – 4 53.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements. Various known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material
differences between the actual future results, financial situation,
development or performance of E.ON and Endesa and the estimates given here.
These factors include the inability to obtain necessary regulatory
approvals or to obtain them on acceptable terms; the inability to integrate
successfully Endesa within the E.ON Group or to realize synergies from such
integration; costs related to the acquisition of Endesa; the economic
environment of the industries in which E.ON and Endesa operate; and other
risk factors discussed in E.ON’s public reports filed with the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange and with the SEC (including E.ON’s Annual Report on Form
20-F) and in Endesa’s public reports filed with the CNMV and with the SEC
(including Endesa’s Annual Report on Form 20-F). E.ON assumes no liability
whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to
future events or developments.
(c)DGAP 26.09.2006
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Language: English
Issuer: E.ON AG
E.ON-Platz 1
40479 Düsseldorf Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)211 4579-0
Fax: +49 (0)211 45 79-5 01
E-mail: investorrelations@eon.com
WWW: www.eon.com
ISIN: DE0007614406
WKN: 761440
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