Following the acquisition, on June 9, 2017, of 67.2%[1] of the capital of the company FUTUREN (FTRN), EDF Energies Nouvelles filed today a draft information note with the Autorité des marchés financiers Financial Markets (AMF) with a view to proposing a simplified public purchase offer relating to all the shares and convertible bonds (OCEANE) of the company FUTUREN not held by the EDF Energies Nouvelles group.
This offer will be proposed at a price of €1.15 per share and €9.37 (detached coupon) by OCEANE, i.e. under the same conditions as the acquisition made on June 9, 2017 from the previous majority shareholders of FUTUREN.
The draft information note from EDF Energies Nouvelles is available in its entirety on the website www.edf-energies-nouvelles.com.
FUTUREN also filed today with the AMF a draft note in response to the simplified public purchase offer initiated by EDF Energies Nouvelles, which notably contains the reasoned opinion of its board of directors, meeting on 19 June 2017, according to which, based on the conclusions of the Finexsi firm[2] and the recommendations of the independent committee, this offer is in the best interest of the company, its employees, and its shareholders and OCEANE holders.
FUTUREN’s draft response note is available in its entirety on the website www.futuren-group.com.
The offer and the two draft notes remain subject to examination by the AMF.
Consult the draft information note detailing the simplified takeover bid on Futuren.
Consult the standardized press release of the simplified takeover bid on Futuren.
[1] Based on fully diluted capital taking into account the conversion of convertible bonds.
[2] The independent expert mandated to evaluate the financial conditions of the offer.
About EDF Energies NouvellesEDF Energies Nouvelles is an international leader in renewable electricity with an installed capacity of more than 9 GW gross worldwide. Its development is mainly focused on wind power and photovoltaic solar power. Mainly present in Europe and North America, EDF EN continues its development by taking a position in new promising markets and in new countries such as South Africa, Brazil, Chile, China and India. The Company, which is strongly positioned in the offshore wind sector, is also present in other renewable energy sectors: marine energies, biogas and biomass as well as in distributed energies. EDF EN ensures the development and construction of renewable energy projects as well as their operation and maintenance, for its own account and on behalf of third parties. EDF Energies Nouvelles is the subsidiary of the EDF group dedicated to the development of renewable energies.
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