Voting Rights Announcements | 11 January 2013 20:11
IMMOFINANZ AG
11.01.2013 20:11
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Vienna, 11 January 2013
Announcement pursuant to section 93 para 2 and para 3 of the Austrian Stock
Exchange Act
IMMOFINANZ AG: Sale and purchase of shares of IMMOFINANZ AG in connection
with financing transactions deploying treasury shares
IMMOFINANZ AG announced on 17 December 2012 the intention to sell
101,605,741 treasury shares (ISIN AT0000809058) to banks for financing
purposes and to already agree with the banks on the repurchase of the same
number of IMMOFINANZ shares upon redemption of the financing transaction.
In this regard sales and purchases of IMMOFINANZ shares were made and
pursuant to section 93 para 2 and para 3 of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act
IMMOFINANZ AG announces as follows:
a- IMBEA IMMOEAST Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH ('IMBEA') (100% subsidiary
of IMMOFINANZ AG) sold and transferred 57,071,429 IMMOFINANZ shares to
IMMOFINANZ AG on 09 January 2013 and already agreed to repurchase the
same number of IMMOFINANZ shares from IMMOFINANZ AG upon redemption of
the financing transaction. IMBEA currently does not hold any further
IMMOFINANZ shares. Pursuant to the sale the shareholding of IMBEA in
IMMOFINANZ AG fell below the reporting thresholds with respect to the
total number of voting shares of IMMOFINANZ AG according to section 91
para 1 Austrian Stock Exchange Act of 5% and 4%. The relevant date
according to section 92a para 1 item 3 Austrian Stock Exchange Act is
09 January 2013.
On the basis of the current number of voting shares of IMMOFINANZ AG of
1,128,952,687 shares IMBEA will acquire a shareholding in IMMOFINANZ AG of
approximately 5.06% pursuant to the intended repurchase of 57,071,429
IMMOFINANZ shares upon redemption of the financing transaction and will
exceed the threshold of 5% of the total number of voting shares of
IMMOFINANZ AG according to section 91 para 1 Austrian Stock Exchange Act.
b- After the purchase of 57,071,429 IMMOFINANZ shares from IMBEA (see
point a) above) IMMOFINANZ AG holds 105,359,615 treasury shares
corresponding to approximately 9.33% of the total number of voting
shares of IMMOFINANZ AG) as per 11 January 2013 and has exceeded the
threshold of 5% with respect to treasury shares according to section 93
para 3 Austrian Stock Exchange Act.
c- In order to obtain the agreed financing amount IMMOFINANZ AG sold in
total 101,605,741 treasury shares on 10 January 2013 and the holding of
treasury shares by IMMOFINANZ AG fell below the threshold of 5% for
treasury shares according to section 93 para 3 Austrian Stock Exchange
Act.
After this sale IMMOFINANZ AG per 11 January 2013 holds in total 3,753,874
treasury shares corresponding to a holding of approximately 0.33% of the
total number of voting shares of IMMOFINANZ AG (section 93 para 3 Austrian
Stock Exchange Act).
d- From the total number of 101,605,741 sold IMMOFINANZ shares (see point
c) above), in total 67,737,161 IMMOFINANZ shares were sold by
IMMOFINANZ AG to J.P. Morgan Securities plc with its registered seat in
London on 10 January 2013.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. notified on 11 January 2013 in accordance with section
91 et seq Austrian Stock Exchange Act that JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its
controlled undertakings, crossed a reporting threshold on 10 January 2013
and have a relevant interest in 69,131,831 shares or 6.12% of the voting
rights of IMMOFINANZ AG. The interest of J.P. Morgan Securities plc* is
shown below:
Type of Instrument: Ordinary Share
No. of Equivalent Shares: 67,761,482
% of Equivalent Shares: 6.002%
Type of Instrument: Convertible Bond (ISIN XS0592528870)
Expiry Date/Conversion Period: 08/03/2018
No. of Equivalent Shares: 600,372
% of Equivalent Shares: 0.053%
Type of Instrument: Equity Swap
Expiry Date/Conversion Period: 06/02/2014
No. of Equivalent Shares: 698,630
% of Equivalent Shares: 0.062%
Type of Instrument: Equity Swap
Expiry Date/Conversion Period: 30/11/2013
No. of Equivalent Shares: 2,244
% of Equivalent Shares: 0.000%
Type of Instrument: Equity Swap
Expiry Date/Conversion Period: 28/08/2013
No. of Equivalent Shares: 69,103
% of Equivalent Shares: 0.006%
Sum No. of Equivalent Shares: 69,131,831
Sum % of Equivalent Shares: 6.124%
* Subsidiary which is controlled, directly or indirectly (via intermediate
holding companies), by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The chain of ownership is as
follows:
J.P. Morgan Securities plc (London, United Kingdom, ID: 02711006) is an
indirect subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.,
ID: 0691011), as follows: The shares in J.P. Morgan Securities plc (London,
United Kingdom, ID: 02711006) are held by J.P. Morgan Capital Financing
Limited (London, United Kingdom, ID: 02290621) (0.69%) which is a 100%
subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., ID:
0691011) and by J.P. Morgan Chase International Holdings (London, United
Kingdom, ID: 01049473) (99.31%). J.P. Morgan Chase International Holdings
(London, United Kingdom, ID: 01049473) is a 100% subsidiary of J.P. Morgan
Chase (UK) Holdings Limited (London, United Kingdom, ID: 01213086). J.P.
Morgan Chase (UK) Holdings Limited (London, United Kingdom, ID: 01213086)
is a 100% subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Capital Holdings Limited (London,
United Kingdom, ID: 03871969). The shares of J.P. Morgan Capital Holdings
Limited (London, United Kingdom, ID: 03871969) are held by J.P. Morgan
International Inc. (New York, New York, U.S.A., ID: 830319), directly
(0.001%) and indirectly through J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited
(Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., ID: 906915) (72.727%) and J.P. Morgan Overseas
Capital Corporation (Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., ID: 0782145) (27.272%) which
itself is a 100% subsidiary of J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited
(Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., ID: 906915); J.P. Morgan International Finance
Limited (Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., ID: 906915) is a 100% subsidiary of Bank
One International Holdings Corporation (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., ID:
840242) which itself is a 100% subsidiary of J.P. Morgan International Inc.
(New York, New York, U.S.A., ID: 830319). J.P. Morgan International Inc.
(New York, New York, U.S.A., ID: 830319) is a 100% subsidiary of JPMorgan
Chase Bank, National Association (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., ID: OCC
Charter 8). JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Wilmington,
Delaware, U.S.A., ID: OCC Charter 8) is a 100% subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase
& Co (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., ID: 0691011).
FOR REQUESTS:
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Stefan Schönauer
Head of Corporate Finance & Investor Relations
IMMOFINANZ Group
T +43 (0)1 88090 2312
M +43 (0)699 1685 7312
investor@immofinanz.com
MEDIA
Bettina Schragl
Head of Corporate Communications | Press Spokesperson
IMMOFINANZ Group
T +43 (0)5 7111 2290
M +43 (0)699 1685 7290
communications@immofinanz.com
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Language: English
Company: IMMOFINANZ AG
Wienerbergstraße 11
1100 Wien
Austria
Internet: http://www.immofinanz.com
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