Zalando has secured more than 90% of ABOUT YOU’s share capital without treasury shares and announces firm intention to implement a squeeze-out of minority shareholders of ABOUT YOU
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EQS-News: Zalando SE
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Zalando has secured more than 90% of ABOUT YOU’s share capital without treasury shares and announces firm intention to implement a squeeze-out of minority shareholders of ABOUT YOU Berlin, 7 March 2025 // Zalando SE (Zalando) has successfully secured more than 90% of the share capital of ABOUT YOU Holding SE (ABOUT YOU) without treasury shares through its public takeover offer (Takeover Offer) and related agreements. The acceptance period for the Takeover Offer expired at midnight (CET) on 6 March 2025. The final results of the Takeover Offer will be published on 11 March 2025. Closing of the Takeover Offer, which is still subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to take place in summer 2025. On this basis, Zalando has the firm intention to implement a squeeze-out of the remaining minority shareholders of ABOUT YOU following closing of the Takeover Offer and the agreements entered into with key shareholders. Zalando has informed the management board of ABOUT YOU about this firm intention today. Zalando plans to implement the squeeze-out in connection with a merger of ABOUT YOU as transferring entity with Zalando or a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zalando as acquiring entity (merger squeeze-out), unless Zalando reaches an ownership of 95% of the relevant shares, which enables a direct squeeze-out without merger. In both cases, Zalando would acquire the remaining shares of ABOUT YOU in exchange for an adequate cash compensation. The amount of the cash compensation per ABOUT YOU share will be determined at a later date.
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The Bidder reserves the right, to the extent legally permitted, to directly or indirectly acquire further shares of ABOUT YOU Holding SE outside the Takeover Offer on or off the stock exchange. If such further acquisitions take place, information about such acquisitions will be published without undue delay, if and to the extent required by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany or any other relevant jurisdiction. Insofar as this document contains forward-looking statements, these do not represent facts and are identified by the words “will”, “expect”, “believe”, “estimate”, “intend”, “aim”, “assume” and similar expressions. These statements express the intentions, beliefs or current expectations and assumptions of Zalando SE and the persons acting in concert with it. The forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections made by Zalando SE and the persons acting in concert with Zalando SE to the best of their knowledge, but make no representation as to their future accuracy. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and are usually beyond the control of Zalando SE or the persons acting in concert with Zalando SE. These expectations and forward-looking statements may prove to be inaccurate and actual developments may differ materially from forward-looking statements. Zalando SE and the persons acting in concert with Zalando SE do not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements with respect to actual developments or events, general conditions, assumptions or other factors.
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | Zalando SE |
| Valeska-Gert-Straße 5 | |
| 10243 Berlin | |
| Germany | |
| E-mail: | investor.relations@zalando.de |
| Internet: | https://corporate.zalando.de |
| ISIN: | DE000ZAL1111 |
| WKN: | ZAL111 |
| Indices: | DAX |
| Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange |
| EQS News ID: | 2096866 |
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