The company EP Global Commerce GmbH (EPGC) announced in a press release its proposal to acquire Metro AG via a takeover offer to the shareholders of Metro AG at a price of EUR 8.48 per share.
More information about this transaction is available on the Metro AG website www.metroag.de.
This information describes the potential effects this transaction will have on the above mentioned contracts.
On 03 November 2020, the company EP Global Commerce GmbH (EPGC) announced the result of the voluntary takeover offer to the shareholders of Metro AG at a price of EUR 8.48 per share. The conditions for the fair value settlement of Metro AG derivative contracts according to the Eurex contract specifications are therefore not fulfilled and trading in Metro AG Options- and Futures-contracts continue unchanged.
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