12.03.2018
E.ON SE DE000ENAG999
DGAP-Adhoc: E.ON SE: E.ON concludes agreement with RWE to acquire innogy via a wide-ranging exchange of assets
DGAP-Ad-hoc: E.ON SE / Key word(s): Mergers & Acquisitions
E.ON SE: E.ON concludes agreement with RWE to acquire innogy via a
wide-ranging exchange of assets
12-March-2018 / 19:15 CET/CEST
Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation
(EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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E.ON concludes agreement with RWE to acquire innogy via a wide-ranging
exchange of assets
Today, E.ON SE and RWE AG have concluded an agreement on the acquisition of
RWE's 76.8 percent stake in innogy SE via a far-reaching exchange of assets
and participations. The Supervisory Board of E.ON SE approved the
transaction on Sunday. Today, the Supervisory Board of RWE AG also gave its
approval.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the companies disclosed the further
details of the transaction. Inter alia, E.ON will make a voluntary public
takeover offer in cash to the shareholders of innogy SE. The closing of the
transaction is subject to further conditions. In particular, antitrust
clearances are required.
In connection with the transaction, the Board of Management of E.ON SE also
resolved with the approval of the Supervisory Board to propose a fix
dividend of EUR0.43 per share for the fiscal year 2018. The Board of
Management confirms a target rating of a strong BBB/Baa for E.ON SE.
Important notice:
This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an
offer to sell shares in innogy SE. The final terms and further provisions
regarding the takeover offer by E.ON Verwaltungs SE to the shareholders of
innogy SE will be set forth in the offer document which will be published
upon approval of its publication by the German Federal Financial Supervisory
Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht). Investors and
Innogy Shareholders are strongly recommended to read the offer document and
all announcements and documents published in connection with the takeover
offer, since they will contain important information.
This announcement may contain statements about E.ON SE or innogy SE that are
or may be "forward-looking statements". By their nature, forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and
depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. E.ON SE
cautions you that forward-looking statements are no guarantees of the
occurrence of such future events or of future performance and that in
particular the actual results of operations, financial condition and
liquidity, the development of the industry, in which the involved companies
operate, may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the
forward-looking statements contained in this announcement.
Contact:
Alexander Karnick
Senior Vice President
Investor Relations
T +49 201 184 2838
[email protected]
Barbara Schädler
Senior Vice President
Communications & Political Affairs
T +49 201 184 4240
[email protected]
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Language: English
Company: E.ON SE
Brüsseler Platz 1
45131 Essen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)201-184 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.eon.com
ISIN: DE000ENAG999
WKN: ENAG99
Indices: DAX, EURO STOXX 50
Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard), Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart; Regulated
Unofficial Market in Tradegate Exchange
End of Announcement DGAP News Service
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