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AROUNDTOWN INCREASES TOTAL BUY-BACK VOLUME TO UP TO €1 BILLION AND RESOLVES ON PUBLIC SHARE PURCHASE OFFER TO BUYBACK OWN SHARES
01 September 2020.
The board of directors of Aroundtown ("the Company" or "AT") resolved today, in addition to its ongoing share buy-back program as announced on 2 June 2020 to execute a public share purchase offer of up to 165 million shares of the Company against payment of a purchase price in the range of €4.6 to €5.0 per share. The acceptance period will start on 3 September 2020 and end on 16 September 2020 (24:00 CEST). The public share purchase offer will run in parallel to the existing buy-back program and the volume of the entire share buy-back executed by the Company has been set at an amount of up to €1 billion. Further details on the share purchase offer will be published in the next days on the Company's website under the following link: https://www.aroundtown.de/investor-relations/equity/share/share-buyback/.
The decision to increase the volume of the share buy-back follows Aroundtown's successful disposal activity of which year-to-date €1 billion have been signed above book value. The opportunity to acquire its own shares at a significant discount to net asset value, fueled by disposals above book value, enable the Company to capitalize on the wide gap between the share price and actual market levels and the current operational performance of AT. The Company's conservative financial policy will be sustained under the buy-back program.
Aroundtown is currently in advance negotiations for disposals of over €1 billion, in addition to the signed €1 billion disposals year-to-date. The share buy-back program utilizes the shareholder authorization received during the OGM in the beginning of May 2020 and enables the Company to acquire up to 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of issued share capital.
About the Company
Aroundtown SA (symbol: AT1), trading on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, is the largest listed and highest rated (BBB+ by S&P) German commercial real estate company. Aroundtown invests in income generating quality properties with value-add potential in central locations in top tier European cities mainly in Germany/NL.
Aroundtown SA (ISIN: LU1673108939) is a public limited liability company (société anonyme) established under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) under number B217868, having its registered office at 40, Rue du Curé, L-1368 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Contact
Timothy Wright
T: +352 285 7741
E: [email protected]
www.aroundtown.de
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES.
THE SECURITIES MENTIONED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
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IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (EEA) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER IF MADE SUBSEQUENTLY IS DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS WHO ARE “QUALIFIED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129, AS AMENDED (THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION) (QUALIFIED INVESTORS). ANY PERSON IN THE EEA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ACQUIRES THE SECURITIES IN ANY OFFER (AN INVESTOR) OR TO WHOM ANY OFFER OF THE SECURITIES IS MADE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INVESTOR. ANY INVESTOR WILL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT ANY SECURITIES ACQUIRED BY IT IN THE OFFER HAVE NOT BEEN ACQUIRED ON BEHALF OF PERSONS IN THE EEA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM OTHER THAN QUALIFIED INVESTORS, NOR HAVE THE SECURITIES BEEN ACQUIRED WITH A VIEW TO THEIR OFFER OR RESALE IN THE EEA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM TO PERSONS WHERE THIS WOULD RESULT IN A REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLICATION BY AROUNDTOWN OR ANY OF THE MANAGERS OF A PROSPECTUS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION.
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