BUWOG AG
10.09.2014 20:12
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BUWOG AG announces according to Article 93 Section 2 Austrian Stock
Exchange Act as follows:
JPMorgan Chase & Co., on account of its indirect subsidiary J.P. Morgan
Securities plc*, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JP, United
Kingdom (JPMS), notified BUWOG AG, pursuant to section 92a para 1 in
connection with sections 91 et seq Austrian Stock Exchange Act (SEA) and in
relation to certain ordinary bearer shares of BUWOG AG that are admitted to
trading on the Official Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange and held by
IMMOFINANZ AG, WienerbergstraÃe 11, 1100 Vienna, Austria (IMMOFINANZ), and
by JPMS, as follows:
1.Pursuant to a global master securities lending agreement (the GMSLA)
entered into on 4 September 2014 between IMMOFINANZ and JPMS, IMMOFINANZ
granted JPMS an option (the Stock Loan Option) to borrow from IMMOFINANZ
all or part of 4,000,000 ordinary bearer shares of BUWOG AG (the Loan
Shares) held by IMMOFINANZ. The Loan Shares represent 4.02% of the voting
shares of BUWOG AG.
2.Pursuant to the Stock Loan Option, JPMS is therefore entitled to acquire
shares in excess of the threshold of 4.0%, but not more than 5.0%, each as
set forth in section 91 para 1 of the SEA.
3.JPMS may, in accordance with the Stock Loan Option, acquire the Loan
Shares at any time during a period from, and including, the date of the
GMSLA, up to, and including, the date falling five business days prior to
the earlier of (i) 11 September 2019 or (ii) the share delivery date
following a share redemption by IMMOFINANZ with respect to its EUR
375,000,000 1.50% bonds exchangeable into ordinary bearer shares with no
par value of BUWOG AG (ISIN: XS1108672988) due 2019 (the Bonds), which
Bonds are to be issued on 11 September 2014 (the Issue Date).
4.Furthermore, in separate transactions unrelated to the foregoing Stock
Loan Option, JPMS lent out to non-affiliated entities 13,589 ordinary
bearer shares of BUWOG AG and pledged an additional 374,150 such shares as
collateral with transfer of title and voting rights, which transactions
entitle JPMS to re-acquire such shares.
5.In addition to the above, JPMS holds for its own account 3,024,853
ordinary bearer shares of BUWOG AG (or 3.04% of the voting shares of BUWOG
AG).
6.Consequently, JPMorgan Chase & Co., through its indirect subsidiary JPMS,
either directly holds, or holds options to acquire, a total of 7,412,592
(7.44%) ordinary bearer shares of BUWOG AG, or more than 5% of the voting
shares of BUWOG AG.
* 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) (0.64%) 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) (99.36%). 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).
Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to
contact us.
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Holger Lueth
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Finance
BUWOG AG
Tel. +43 (0)1 878 28 1203
Fax: +43 (0)1 878 28 5203
holger.lueth@buwog.com
PRESS CONTACTS
Mag. Thomas Brey
BUWOG-Press Office, c/o LUSTIG+BREY
Tel.: +43 (0) 1 233 01 2315
M.: + 43 676 542 39 09
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Language: English
Company: BUWOG AG
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Austria
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