|
|||
![]() |
|||
2007-06-28 10:08:58 CEST 2007-06-28 10:08:58 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Ruukki Group Oyj - Company AnnouncementSUBSCRIPTIONS APPROVED IN RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S DIRECTED SHARE ISSUENOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR THE UNITED STATES. Ruukki Group Plc's (”Ruukki Group” or the ”Company”) board of directors has today approved the subscriptions of 130,000,000 new Company shares allocated in the share issue. As a result of the share issue, the total registered number of Ruukki Group shares in the Trade Register will increase to 270,234,022 shares. All the shares subscribed in the share issue have been paid in full. The subscription price will be credited in full to the paid-up unrestricted equity reserve. All the shares subscribed in the share issue will entitle their holder to any full dividends and will rank pari passu with the Company's existing shares after they have been registered with the Trade Register. The interim shares representing the new shares subscribed for in the share issue have been traded on the OMX Nordic Exchange as of 25 June 2007. The new shares subscribed for in the share issue will be registered with the Trade Register and the interim shares will be combined with the Company's existing shares on or about 29 June 2007. The trading with the new shares will commence on or about 29 June 2007. The possible issuance of additional new shares in accordance with the over-allotment option will be announced separately later. RUUKKI GROUP PLC Antti Kivimaa Managing Director Ruukki Group is a multi-sector industrial group having mainly majority ownership interests in various small and medium-sized companies in e.g. house building, sawmilling business, furniture business and care services. Ruukki Group share (RUG1V) is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange's so-called small cap category. Further information: Antti Kivimaa Managing Director Ruukki Group Plc Tel. +358 400 501 780 www.ruukkigroup.fi For further information on technical matters related to the Offering, please contact Evli Bank Plc, by phone at +358 (9) 4766 9931, or by e-mail at operations@evli.com. The information contained herein is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States. This release does not constitute an offer to sell shares in Australia, Japan, Canada or the United States (save for exemption regarding the private placement). The shares referred to in the release may only be offered or sold in the United States pursuant to an exemption from registration requirements as provided for in the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, or in a transaction not subject to U.S. Securities Act of 1933 or any applicable laws of the states of the United States. There is no intention to register this offering or any portion of it in the United States or to conduct a public offering of the shares in the United States. This release does not constitute a direct or indirect offer to sell or acquire securities, nor shall there be any sale of the shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer or sale would be unlawful prior to registration of the shares, exemption from registration requirement or other qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This release does not constitute an offer of securities to the public in the United Kingdom. No offering circular has been or will be registered in the United Kingdom in respect of the securities, and consequently, the offering is directed only to persons who (i) are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) are per-sons falling within Article 19(5) ("investment professionals") of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant per-sons"). This release or any of its contents must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. |
|||
|