Press Releases 2012
Campari announces successful completion of the tender offer for Lascelles deMercado & Co. Limited
Milan, 11 December 2012 – Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A.
(‘Campari’) today announced the successful
completion of Campari’s cash tender offer, commenced through
its wholly-owned subsidiary Campari España S.L. for all issued
and outstanding ordinary shares and preferred shares of Lascelles
deMercado & Co. Limited (‘Lascelles’). The
tender offer was made pursuant to an Offer Circular, dated 8
November 2012, and the Jamaica Takeovers and Mergers Rules and
Regulations and other applicable requirements. Campari first
announced this transaction on 3 September 2012.
The offer period expired at 4:30 p.m., Jamaica time, on 10 December
2012. 94,639,100 ordinary shares of Lascelles (approximately
98.6% of the issued ordinary shares) and 59,727 preferred shares of
Lascelles (approximately 99.5% of the issued preferred shares) have
validly accepted the offer and will be submitted for payment. The
total value of the shares acquired through the offer is
approximately USD 409 million (or approximately € 316 million
at the exchange rate on the offer closing date).
Campari intends to exercise its right pursuant to a statutory
process under Jamaica law to acquire all the remaining shares,
including from those shareholders who have not accepted the offer.
The Purchaser also intends to delist Lascelles shares from the
Jamaican Stock Exchange.
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