Update as of 23 May 2023
In an ad hoc release dated 22 May 2023, the company Atlantic BidCo announced that all offer conditions of the public tender offer to the shareholders of Aareal Bank AG have been fulfilled. Accordingly, as described in Corporate Action Info 001 and pursuant to the Contract Specifications for Futures Contracts and Options Contracts at Eurex Deutschland, existing positions will be settled at the theoretical fair value. Reference price for the calculation of the fair values is the tender offer price of EUR 33.00 per share.
The final settlement price for the option contracts with open interest is given in the table below.
On 23 May 2023, all participants with open positions will receive an information containing an overview of their respective open positions. Resulting cash balances will be booked on 23 May 2023, with value date 24 May 2023. In the end-of-day processing on 24 May 2023, open positions will be booked out, effective 25 May 2023.
Trading in the above-mentioned contracts has been discontinued.
Update as of 25 May 2022
In a notice released on 25 May 2022, the company Atlantic BidCo GmbH has announced that the minimum threshold of 60% of the public tender offer to the shareholders of Aareal Bank AG has been exceeded after the end of the acceptance period. The final result is expected to be published on 30 May 2022. The completion of the offer is still subject to the entry of further offer conditions. Hence, the shares underlying the Eurex-listed options contracts are changed to the tendered line, effective 26 May 2022. The tendered line will serve as the underlying of the affected contracts until the settlement of the offer. Accordingly, the ISIN of the affected contracts will change as specified in the following table.
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Further details are given in the downloadable Info 002 below.
On 5 April 2022, Aareal Bank AG announced that the company Atlantic BidCo GmbH has concluded talks with shareholders with a view to making a potential new takeover offer for the company.
In this context, an offer price of EUR 33.00 (including a dividend proposal of EUR 1.60 per share) is being contemplated. More information about this transaction is available on the company’s website www.aareal-bank.com.
This information describes the potential effects this transaction will have on the above-mentioned contracts.
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