Update 02 February 2022
The company Siltronic AG announced on 01 February 2022 via an ad-hoc information that the Takeover Offer of GlobalWafers will not be consummated. The conditions for the settlement at fair value of the Siltronic options contracts pursuant to the Eurex contract specifications are therefore not fulfilled. Trading in Siltronic options will continue without any contract adjustments. New maturities and strike prices were already introduced with effect as of 02. February 2022. As of 03 February 2022, the underlying of the Siltronic options will change back from the tendered shares into the original Siltronic shares. Changes to the reference data will be processed according to the following table.
Product code old/new | ISIN of the underlying instrument old | ISIN of the underlying instrument new | Product-ISIN old | Product-ISIN new |
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More information about this transaction is available on the company`s website under www.offer-globalwafer-siltronic.com.
Update 16 February 2021
In a notice released on 15 February 2021, the company GlobalWafers Co. Ltd., Taiwan, announced the results of the public tender offer to the shareholders of Siltronic AG. According to the announcement 56.92% of the Siltronic AG shares are to be attributed to GlobalWafers Co. Ltd. The completion of the offer is still subject to the entry of further offer conditions.
Hence, the shares underlying the Eurex-listed futures and options contracts are changed to the tendered line effective 16 February 2021. Accordingly, the ISIN of the above-mentioned contracts will change as specified in the below table:
Product code old/new | ISIN of the underlying instrument old | ISIN of the underlying instrument new | Product ISIN old | Product ISIN new |
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*Corrections have been made to ISIN codes in table (16 February 2021).
In a media release dated 30 November 2020 the company GlobalWafers Co., Ltd., Taiwan, confirmed discussions with Siltronic AG to enter into a Business Combination Agreement pursuant to which GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. would launch a voluntary tender offer to the shareholders of Siltronic AG at a price of EUR 125.00 per share.
More information about this transaction is available on Siltronic AG`s website under www.siltronic.com and on Global Wafers Co., Ltd.'s website under www.sas-globalwafers.com.
This information describes the potential effects this transaction will have on the Eurex-listed contracts.