Voluntary Public Tender and Exchange Offer for all the Shares of
Unieuro - supplemental information on the procedure
PRESS RELEASE
Ivry-sur-Seine, France — November 15, 2024, 5.45
pm CEST
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VIOLATE THE RELEVANT APPLICABLE REGULATION
VOLUNTARY PUBLIC TENDER AND EXCHANGE
OFFER FOR ALL THE SHARES OF UNIEURO
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON THE PROCEDURE
TO COMPLY WITH THE OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE UNDER ART. 108, PAR. 2,
OF THE CFA
- Full
Cash Alternative Consideration equal to 11.67208 Euro
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The Procedure to Comply with the Obligation to Purchase
under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA will start on 18 November 2024
and will end on 6 December 2024
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The payment of the consideration for the Procedure to
Comply with the Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of
the CFA will take place on 13 December 2024
NOTICE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 50-QUINQUIES,
PARAGRAPH 2, OF THE REGULATION ADOPTED BY CONSOB BY RESOLUTION NO.
11971 OF MAY 14, 1999, AS SUBSEQUENTLY INTEGRATED AND AMENDED (THE
“ISSUERS’ REGULATION”).
On 12 November 2024, Fnac Darty SA (“Fnac
Darty”) and RUBY Equity Investment S.à r.l. (“Ruby” and together
with Fnac Darty, the “Offerors”) published a notice pursuant to
Article 41, Paragraph 6, of Issuers’ Regulation (the “Notice of 12
November 2024”) announcing:
(i) the final
results of the voluntary public tender and exchange offer (the
“Offer”) pursuant to Articles 102 and 106, paragraph 4, of the
Italian Legislative Decree no. 58 of February 24, 1998, as
subsequently integrated and amended (the “CFA”) launched by the
Offerors for all of the ordinary shares of Unieuro S.p.A.
(“Unieuro” or the “Issuer”) not already held by the Offerors,
including the treasury shares directly or indirectly held, from
time to time, by Unieuro, and
(ii) the terms of
the procedure through which the Offerors, having reached through
the Offer a stake above 90% but below 95% of Unieuro’s share
capital (including treasury shares), will comply with the
Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, par. 2 (the “Procedure to
Comply with the Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of
the CFA”) with respect to the 1,845,955 remaining outstanding
ordinary shares of Unieuro that are not already held by the
Offerors (the “Remaining Shares”), which represent 8.85% of
Unieuro’s issued share capital, plus the no. 8,697 Additional
Shares, for a maximum potential aggregate amount of no. 1,854,652
shares (the “Maximum Potential Remaining Shares”).
As a supplement to the information relating to
the Procedure to Comply with the Obligation to Purchase under Art.
108, Par. 2, of the CFA already provided in the Notice of 12
November 2024 (and as contemplated therein), the Offerors hereby
communicate (i) the exact amount of the Full Cash Alternative
Consideration that will be offered in the context of the Procedure
to Comply with the Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2,
of the CFA; (ii) the duration of the Period for the Submission of
the Requests for Sale and the subsequent payment date of the
consideration for the Procedure to Comply with the Obligation to
Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA, and (iii) that on the
date hereof the guarantees of full performance of the Obligation to
Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA will be put in place in
accordance with applicable rules.
For a full picture of the terms and timing of
the Procedure to Comply with the Obligation to Purchase under Art.
108, Par. 2, of the CFA (including, among other things, the actions
required for holders of Remaining Shares to submit their Requests
for Sale) and information on the Delisting of the Unieuro Shares
from Euronext STAR Milan that will occur at the end of such
procedure (or the subsequent Joint Procedure, if applicable),
please refer to the Notice of 12 November 2024 as supplemented by
this notice.
All terms not defined in this press release
shall have the same meaning given to them in the offer document,
approved by Consob with resolution no. 23231 of 23 August 2024, and
published on 24 August 2024 (the “Offer Document”) among others, on
the website of Unieuro (www.unieurospa.com) and on the website of
Fnac Darty (www.fnacdarty.com), as well as in the Notice of 12
November 2024.
CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROCEDURE TO
COMPLY WITH THE OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE UNDER ART. 108, PAR. 2, OF
THE CFA – AMOUNT OF THE FULL CASH ALTERNATIVE
CONSIDERATION
In the context of the Procedure to Comply with
the Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA, the
Offerors will pay, to any shareholder of the Issuer who requests
the Offerors to purchase his/her/its Remaining Shares, the
following consideration for each Remaining Share, set in accordance
with Article 108, Paragraphs 3 and 5, of the CFA:
(i) a consideration
equal to the Consideration of the Offer, i.e. for each Unieuro
Share, Euro 9.00, as Cash Portion, and no. 0.1 newly issued Fnac
Darty shares, as Share Portion (the “Consideration for the
Procedure to Comply with the Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108,
Par. 2, of the CFA”); or, alternatively,
(ii) only to those
shareholders so requesting in the Request for Sale, with respect to
all Remaining Shares that are the subject of such request, a cash
consideration per each Unieuro Share equal to 11.67208 Euro,
determined pursuant to Article 50-ter, Paragraph 1, letter
a), of the Issuers’ Regulation as the sum of (x) the weighted
average of the daily VWAP1 of the Fnac Darty shares
recorded on Euronext Paris during the five Trading Days prior to
the Payment Date of the Reopening of the Tender Period (i.e. 8, 11,
12, 13 and 14 November 2024) multiplied by 0.1 and (y) Euro 9.00
(the “Full Cash Alternative Consideration”).
If all of the shareholders of Unieuro were to
submit Requests for Sale for all of the Remaining Shares asking for
the Full Cash Alternative Consideration, the aggregate amount in
cash payable by the Offerors for all of the would be equal to Euro
21,546,134.44. In case of issuance of all the Additional Shares
before the end of the Period for the Submission of the Requests for
Sale (as defined below), if all of the shareholders of Unieuro were
to submit Requests for Sale for all of the Maximum Potential
Remaining Shares asking for the Full Cash Alternative
Consideration, the aggregate amount in cash payable by the Offerors
for all of the Maximum Potential Remaining Shares would be equal to
Euro 21,647,646.52 (the “Maximum Potential Aggregate Cash
Consideration”).
PERIOD FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE
REQUESTS FOR SALE AND RELEVANT PAYMENT DATE
The period agreed with Borsa Italiana during
which the Offerors will comply with the Obligation to Purchase
under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA and the shareholders of Unieuro
may, by submitting a Request for Sale, request the Offerors to
purchase their Remaining Shares will start at 8:30 (Italian time)
on 18 November 2024 and will end at 17:30 (Italian time) on 6
December 2024 (the “Period for the Submission of the Requests for
Sale”), subject to potential extension in accordance with
applicable regulations.
The payment to the Requesting Shareholders of
the consideration for the Obligation to Purchase under Article 108,
Paragraph 2, of the CFA will be made on the fifth Trading Day
following the end of the Period for the Submission of the Requests
for Sale, i.e. on 13 December 2024 (the “Payment Date of the
Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA”),
subject to potential extension in accordance with applicable
regulations. Please refer to paragraph “DATE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE
PAYMENT OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE UNDER
ART. 108, PAR. 2, OF THE CFA. HANDLING OF THE FRACTIONAL PARTS” of
the Notice of 12 November 2024 for further information with respect
to the payment, including as to the treatment and payment for any
Fractional Parts (as defined therein).
GUARANTEES OF FULL PERFORMANCE OF THE
OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE UNDER ART. 108, PAR. 2 OF THE
CFA
As guarantee of full performance of the
Offerors’ obligation to pay the Cash Portion or, to the Requesting
Shareholders so requesting in their Request for Sale, the Full Cash
Alternative Consideration, on the date hereof Crédit Agricole CIB,
Milan Branch (the “Issuing Bank”) will issue a guarantee letter
according to which, as further provided therein, the same Issuing
Bank irrevocably and unconditionally commits, upon first demand by
the Intermediary Responsible for Coordinating the Collection of
Tenders, to pay the Cash Portion or the Full Cash Alternative
Consideration due from the Offerors for each Remaining Share
subject of Request for Sale, up to an amount not exceeding the
Maximum Potential Aggregate Cash Consideration and only in the
event that the Offerors will not fulfil the obligation to pay the
relevant amounts of the Cash Portion and/or the Full Cash
Alternative Consideration at the Payment Date of the Obligation to
Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA.
As indicated in the Notice of 12 November 2024,
on or before the Payment Date of the Obligation to Purchase under
Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA, Fnac Darty will issue up to no.
184,596 new Fnac Darty shares to be delivered as Share Portion of
the Consideration for the Procedure to Comply with the Obligation
to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA (assuming that all
the holders of Remaining Shares submit Requests for Sale for all
their Unieuro Shares without requesting the Full Cash Alternative
Consideration), with a maximum dilution of 0.62%. In case of
issuance of all the Additional Shares before the end of the Period
for the Submission of the Requests for Sale, on or before the
Payment Date of the Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2,
of the CFA, Fnac Darty will issue up to no. 185,466 new Fnac Darty
shares to be delivered as Share Portion of the Consideration for
the Procedure to Comply with the Obligation to Purchase under Art.
108, Par. 2, of the CFA (assuming that all the holders of the
Maximum Aggregate Remaining Shares submit Requests for Sale for all
their Unieuro Shares without requesting the Full Cash Alternative
Consideration) with a maximum dilution of 0.63%.
Legal Disclaimer
The Offer and the Procedure to Comply with
the Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA are
being launched exclusively in Italy and will be made on a
non-discriminatory basis and on equal terms to all holders of
Unieuro shares, as set out in the notice published pursuant to
Article 102 of Italian Legislative Decree No. 58 of February 24,
1998 and as further described in the Offer Document published in
accordance with the applicable regulations.
The Offer and the Procedure to Comply with
the Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA have
not been and will not be made in the United States of America
(including its territories and possessions, any state of the United
States of America and the District of Columbia) (the “United
States”), Canada, Japan, Australia and any other jurisdictions
where making them or tendering therein would not be in compliance
with the securities or other laws or regulations of such
jurisdiction or would require any registration, approval or filing
with any regulatory authority (such jurisdictions, including the
United States, Canada, Japan and Australia, the "Excluded
Countries"), by using national or international instruments of
communication or commerce of the Excluded Countries (including, by
way of illustration, the postal network, fax, telex, e-mail,
telephone and internet), through any structure of any of the
Excluded Countries’ financial intermediaries or in any other way.
No actions have been taken or will be taken to make the Offer
and/or the Procedure to Comply with the Obligation to Purchase
under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA possible in any of the Excluded
Countries.
Copies, full or partial, of any documents
relating to the Offer and/or the Procedure to Comply with the
Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA,
including this press release, are not and should not be sent, or in
any way transmitted, or otherwise distributed, directly or
indirectly, in the Excluded Countries. Any person receiving any
such documents shall not distribute, send or dispatch them (whether
by post or by any other mean or device of communication or
international commerce) in the Excluded Countries. Any document
relating to the Offer and/or the Procedure to Comply with the
Obligation to Purchase under Art. 108, Par. 2, of the CFA,
including this press release, do not constitute and shall not be
construed as an offer of financial instruments addressed to persons
domiciled and/or resident in the Excluded Countries. No securities
may be offered or sold in the Excluded Countries without specific
authorization in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
local law of the Excluded Countries or a waiver thereof.
This press release is not an offer to sell
or a solicitation of offers to purchase or subscribe for
shares.
This press release and the information
contained herein are not for distribution in or into the United
States. This press release does not constitute, or form part of, an
offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any
securities in the United States. The securities of Fnac Darty have
not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act
and may not be offered or sold within the United States absent
registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction
not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities
Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to
herein in the United States or to make a public offering of the
securities in the United States.
About Fnac Darty
Operating in 13 countries, Fnac Darty is a
European leader in the retail of entertainment and leisure
products, consumer electronics and domestic appliances. The Group,
which has almost 25,000 employees, has a multi-format network of
more than 1,000 stores at the end of December 2023, and is ranked
as a major e-commerce player in France (more than 27 million unique
visitors per month on average) with its three merchant sites,
fnac.com, darty.com and natureetdecouvertes.com. A leading
omnichannel player, Fnac Darty’s revenue was around €8 billion in
2023, 22% of which was realized online. For more information:
www.fnacdarty.com
CONTACTS
ANALYSTS/INVESTORS
Domitille Vielle – Head of Investor Relations –
domitille.vielle@fnacdarty.com – +33 (0)6 03 86 05 02
Laura Parisot – Investor Relations Manager –
laura.parisot@fnacdarty.com – +33 (0)6 64 74 27 18
PRESS
Marianne Hervé – mherve@image7.fr – +33 (0)6 23
83 59 29
1 The daily VWAP being the daily
volume weighted average price provided by Euronext Paris.
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