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CHARGEURS - Successful public tender offer on Chargeurs shares
PRESS RELEASE
Paris, April 4, 2024
Successful public tender offer for Chargeurs shares, initiated by Colombus
Holding and Colombus Holding 2, now holding 67.58% of Chargeurs’ share capital
• At the end of the reopening period of the Offer, closed on April 3, 2024, 502,456 shares were tendered, representing an equivalent number of voting rights • The shares tendered will be added to the 6,590,305 shares held by the Initiators before the opening of the Offer and to the 8,885,597 shares tendered during the initial Offer period, which closed on March 13, 2024 • At the settlement date, scheduled for April 9, 2024, the Initiators will hold 16,802,818 shares, representing 67.58% of the share capital and 17,954,318 voting rights, representing 68.46% of the total voting rights (including the 824,460 treasury shares assimilated to the shares held by the Initiators) • Chargeurs, which will remain a listed company, thus adopts a capital structure more in line with its diversified holding profile and long-term growth strategy. |
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers has published today the final outcome of the public tender offer initiated jointly by Colombus Holding and Colombus Holding 2 (the "Initiators") for the shares of the Chargeurs group (the "Company").
The Offer was subject to a reopening period, in accordance with the Article 232-4 of the General Regulations, from March 20 to April 3, 2024. During this period, 502,456 shares were tendered, representing the equivalent number in voting rights.
Following settlement, which will take place on April 9, 2024, the shares tendered will be added to the capital held by Colombus Holding and Colombus Holding 2, i.e. 16,300,362 shares as at March 20, 2024, bringing the total number of shares held by Groupe Familial Fribourg, via the two holding companies, to 16,802,818 shares, representing 67.58% of the capital, and 17,954,318 voting rights, i.e. 68.46% of the Company's voting rights (including the 824,460 treasury shares assimilated to the shares held by the Initiators).
Michaël Fribourg, Chief Executive Officer of Chargeurs group, said : « The Offer has been as successful as we expected, and we are opening a new chapter in the history of Chargeurs. The Fribourg Family Group and its partners will strengthen Chargeurs' global expansion model, through global niche champions in high value-added sectors. The maintenance of a significant free float reflects the high degree of confidence and conviction of a solid base of institutional and individual shareholders, keen to benefit from the Group's future value creation. Chargeurs has a powerful portfolio of assets and the strengths to express its value potential in the future. »
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PRESS RELEASE
Paris, April 4, 2024
Disclaimer
This press release has been prepared for information purposes only. It does not constitute an offer to purchase or the solicitation of an offer to sell Chargeurs shares or an offer to sell in any country, including France. It is not intended for distribution in countries other than France, with the exception of those in which such distribution is authorized by applicable laws and regulations.
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ABOUT CHARGEURS
CHARGEURS is a family-owned entrepreneurial Group and world leader in high value added niche markets. Located in nearly 100 countries with nearly 2,300 employees, the Group is organized into two strategic business segments: Technologies and Luxury.
Benefiting from the long-term strategy of the Fribourg Family Group, its reference shareholder via Columbus Holding, Chargeurs serves sectors with strong structural growth and expresses its know-how of excellence in the commercial, industrial, marketing and logistics fields. The Group, whose global signature is High Emotion Technology, achieved revenues of €653.2 million in 2023.
The Chargeurs share is listed on Euronext Paris and is PEA-PME eligible.
ISIN Code: FR0000130692, Bloomberg Code: CRI:FP, Reuters Code: CRIP.PA
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