By using this website you consent to our use of these cookies.I understand greiner-logo DE EN Greiner AG News Greiner AG confirms that European Commission initiates Phase II review of conditional takeover offer for Recticel SA Greiner AG confirms that European Commission initiates Phase II review of conditional takeover offer for Recticel SA 11/26/2021 Greiner AG Contact Person: Stefan Grafenhorst NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE ITS PUBLICATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL Kremsmünster, Austria, 26 November 2021. Greiner AG confirms that the European Commission has initiated a Phase II investigation of the conditional takeover offer for Recticel SA (Euronext: REC). A Phase II process lasts up to 90 working days plus possible extensions. Greiner will continue to engage with the European Commission’s services during the investigation. As communicated on November 15, 2021, Greiner will review its position regarding the conditions precedent at the latest by the publication of the results of the initial acceptance period (as referred to below). Should Greiner not waive the condition precedent requiring regulatory Phase I approvals, the offer to Recticel shareholders would lapse. In that case, Greiner would work constructively with the Commission to achieve Phase II approval and intends to launch a new offer to acquire a majority of Recticel shares if and when merger control clearance is provided. Should Greiner waive the condition precedent requiring regulatory Phase I approvals and close the offer, as per current merger control regulations, Greiner would be allowed to acquire the tendered shares but not exercise the voting rights until clearance has been granted. With regards to the share purchase agreement with Compagnie du Bois Sauvage, as published in the prospectus on October 5, 2021, the agreement is also being reviewed by the European Commission from a merger control perspective, although their decision does not constitute a condition precedent. In the event that the sale would be prohibited by the European Commission, Greiner will acquire the shares from Bois Sauvage with a view to immediately divest, to one or more third parties, at least such number of shares in Recticel obtained from Bois Sauvage as is required to ensure compliance with applicable merger control laws. Therefore, in any case, Greiner will be obligated to complete the transaction to the extent permissible under merger control laws and will become a shareholder of Recticel (i.e. below a shareholding level that would trigger merger filing obligations). The transfer of the ownership of the shares to Greiner will only occur at closing of the sale, which is now expected in the first half of 2022. Pending closing of the sale, Bois Sauvage will continue to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares in Recticel. Greiner also announces that the initial acceptance period of the conditional takeover offer will run until January 7, 2022, instead of December 17, 2021. This extension will ensure that two weeks lapse between the shareholders’ meeting convened by Recticel SA for December 24, 2021 and the end of the acceptance period, as is required by the rules on public takeover bids. On that basis, the results of the initial acceptance period are expected to be published on January 14, 2022. A supplement to the prospectus is expected to be published after the shareholders’ meeting convened by Recticel SA for December 6, 2021. 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Furthermore, this press release does not constitute or form part of an offer to sell, nor does it constitute a solicitation of an order to buy financial instruments in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. 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