Introduction
On October 7, 2014, the extraordinary general meeting of Royal Imtech N.V. ("Imtech") will be held. At this meeting, the rights issue and the share consolidation will be proposed to the shareholders. Reference is made to the published agenda of the extraordinary general meeting and the notes thereto. As also referred to in the notes to the published agenda, the Board of Management had yet to determine the sequence of both events defined as Scenario A (first the rights issue and then the share consolidation) and Scenario B (first the share consolidation and then the rights issue).
Election of Scenario A
Today, the Board of Management determined to adopt Scenario A, which decision has been approved by the Supervisory Board. This means that the share consolidation will take place after the rights issue. Scenario A will facilitate maximum participation of all shareholders in the rights issue. For the avoidance of doubt, the rights issue and share consolidation remain subject to approval of the extraordinary general meeting, among other things.
Adjustment of the tick size
In order to ensure an efficient price setting the tick size of Imtech will be adjusted temporarily. The current tick size of the Imtech ordinary shares is EUR 0.001. This means that the price of a share can increase or decrease with steps of EUR 0.001. From October 1, 2014 up to and including October 31, 2014, the tick size will be adjusted to EUR 0.0001 temporarily. By reducing the tick size, small movements in the share price can be more accurately reflected and will not have a disproportionate impact on the percentage rate of change.
Tentative time table
The tentative time table is included for illustrative purposes only. With the exception of the date of the EGM, and the date as per which the tick size will be reduced, the exact dates of the various events are not yet fixed as the date of launch of the transaction depends on timing of approval of the prospectus by the AFM, among other things. Capitalised terms have the meaning given thereto in the "Annex Rights Issue" of the published agenda of the extraordinary general meeting.
Event
Time (for illustrative purposes only)
Start trading with adjusted tick size
1 October 2014, 9:00 CET
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
7 October 2014, 10:00 CET
Publication prospectus
Record date Rights Issue
8 October 2014, (subject to change; below dates will then also change accordingly)
Ordinary shares trade ex-rights
Start trading of rights
Start exercise period
9 October 2014
End trading of rights
22 October 2014, 17:40 CET
End exercise period
23 October 2014, 12:00 CET- Noon
Start of Rump offering (if any)
23 October 2014, 17:40 CET
End of Rump offering (if any)
24 October 2014, 17:40 CET
Issue of shares ("Settlement")
27 October 2014
Ordinary shares trade consolidated
28 October 2014
Record date share consolidation
29 October 2014
End of trading with adjusted tick size
31 October 2014
More information
Shareholders wishing to obtain more information are requested to contact their bank or other financial institution or the shareholders helpdesk via the European telephone number: 00800 3912 3912 (toll-free) or via email: imtech@georgeson.com. Furthermore, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Corporate Broking department, is available to answer questions shareholders may have via 00800 2226 2676 (toll-free) or corporate.broking@nl.abnamro.com.