DGAP-News: Franz Haniel&Cie. GmbH: Haniel successfully implements further measures to reduce its debt: Reduction of the Metro shareholding to 30.01% realised - Proceeds of approximately EUR 300 million generated
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Franz Haniel&Cie. GmbH: Haniel successfully implements further
measures to reduce its debt: Reduction of the Metro shareholding to
30.01% realised - Proceeds of approximately EUR 300 million generated
06.02.2013 / 09:15
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Haniel successfully implements further measures to reduce its debt
- Reduction of the Metro shareholding to 30.01% realised
- Proceeds of approximately EUR 300 million generated
- Rapid implementation due to attractiveness and liquidity of the shares
Duisburg, 6 February 2013. In a further important step towards implementing
the package of measures to reduce its debt announced on 27 November 2012,
Franz Haniel&Cie. GmbH downsized its shareholding in Metro AG from 34.24%
to 30.01%. The disposal of approximately 13.7 million shares generated
proceeds of around EUR 300 million.
The alignment took place after prior consultation with the pool partner,
Schmidt-Ruthenbeck, with whom the company previously bundled 50.01% of the
shares. In the context of the pool partnership, Haniel and
Schmidt-Ruthenbeck will continue to positively accompany and support the
strategic development of Metro AG.
'We are pleased that we were able to take this important, previously
announced, step towards reducing our debt in such a short space of time',
said CEO Stephan Gemkow. 'The shareholding in Metro AG will remain an
anchor investment for Haniel going forward.'
The Haniel Group
Haniel is an internationally successful, family-owned group of companies.
In 2011, its around 58,000 employees generated sales of 27.3 billion euros
in more than 30 countries. The Holding Company regards itself as a creator
of value. It shapes the portfolio, controls the Group's strategy, and
defines the guidelines for Group-wide human resources management.
Responsibility for the operating business rests with the five divisions,
all of which occupy market-leading positions. Haniel distinguishes between
wholly-owned investments (CWS-boco and ELG), majority investments (Celesio
and TAKKT) and minority investments (METRO GROUP). In outline, the
divisions are CWS-boco, which ranks among the leading international vendors
of washroom hygiene products, dust control mats and textile services; ELG,
a global market-leading company in the trading and processing of raw
materials for the stainless steel industry; TAKKT, which is the leading B2B
specialist mail order company for business equipment in Europe and North
America; Celesio, one of the leading international service providers in the
pharma and healthcare sectors; and METRO GROUP, the most international
retailing company in the world.
You can find more information about the Haniel Group at www.haniel.com.
Contact:
Dietmar Bochert
Head of Corporate Communications&Spokesperson
Tel.: +49 203 806-578
E-Mail: DBochert(at)haniel.de
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Language: English
Company: Franz Haniel&Cie. GmbH
Franz-Haniel-Platz 1
47119 Duisburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)203 806 578
Fax: +49 (0)203 806 80 578
E-mail: dbochert(at)haniel.de
Internet: www.haniel.de
ISIN: XS0482703286, XS0459131636
WKN: 601960, A1A6NE
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Hannover; Freiverkehr in Berlin,
Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart; Open Market in Frankfurt
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