Reclassification of Class A shares to Class B shares in Investment AB Kinnevik
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
In accordance with the proposal on reclassification, approved by the
Extraordinary General Meeting held on 18 June this year, owners of 6,296,012
Class A shares in Investment AB Kinnevik (publ) have required reclassification
of Class A shares to Class B shares. After reclassification, which is estimated
to be registered at the Swedish Company Registration Office around 19 July, the
number of Class A shares with ten votes each will amount to 42,369,312, and the
number of Class B shares with one vote each to 235,398,878, of which 449,892 are
Class B treasury shares. The total number of votes in Kinnevik will amount to
659,091,998 (658,642,106, excluding the 449,892 Class B treasury shares which
may not be represented at general meetings). The total number of shares after
reclassification is unchanged at 277,768,190.
The company has been informed that the agreement between Verdere S.à r.l., SMS
Sapere Aude Trust, Sophie Stenbeck and HS Sapere Aude Trust regarding
coordinated voting of their shares has expired. When the reclassification of
shares has been registered, Verdere S.à r.l will control 44.8% of the votes and
10.6% of the capital in Kinnevik.
The information is of such character, which Kinnevik shall disclose in
accordance with the law on Trading with Financial Instruments (1991:980). The
information was distributed for disclosure at 8.00 a.m. on 5 July, 2013.
For further information, visit www.kinnevik.se or contact:
Torun Litzén, Director, Investor Relations Phone +46 (0)8 562 000 83
Mobile +46 (0)70 762 00 83
Investment AB Kinnevik was founded in 1936 and thus embodies seventy-five years
of entrepreneurship under the same group of principal owners. Kinnevik's
objective is to increase shareholder value, primarily through net asset value
growth. The company's holdings of growth companies are focused around the
following business sectors; Telecom & Financial services, Online, Media and
Industry and other investments. Kinnevik has a long history of investing in
emerging markets which has resulted in a considerable exposure to consumer
sectors in these markets. Kinnevik plays an active role on the Boards of its
holdings.
The Kinnevik's class A and class B shares are admitted to trading on the NASDAQ
OMX Stockholm's list for large cap companies, within the financial and real
estate sector. The ticker codes are KINV A and KINV B.
Press release:
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