Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Dec 19, 2014
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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Regulated information
19 December 2014
Disclosure in accordance with the Act of 2 May 2007
Pursuant to Articles 15 §1 and 18 §1 of the Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant participations in listed companies, Bekaert publishes the following information:
Status as of 31 December 2014
| Total capital: | € 176 914 000.00 |
|---|---|
| Total number of securities conferring voting rights: | 60 111 405 shares |
| Total number of voting rights (the denominator): | 60 111 405 (one voting right per share) |
| Supplementary data | |
| Total number of debentures convertible into securities conferring voting rights: |
3 000 (cf. the additional information provided below) |
| Total number of rights, whether or not reflected by securities, to subscribe for securities |
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| conferring voting rights yet to be issued: | 490 106 subscription rights (each subscription right entitles the holder to one new share upon exercise) |
| Total number of voting rights that may result from the exercise of such subscription rights: |
490 106 (one voting right per new share) |
| Total number of shares without voting rights: | none |
Press Katelijn Bohez T +32 56 23 05 71
Investor Relations Jérôme Lebecque T +32 56 23 05 72
www.bekaert.com
Capital increase on 18 December 2014 as a result of the exercise of 16 580 subscription rights.
On 18 June 2014 Bekaert issued senior unsecured convertible bonds due 18 June 2018 in a principal amount of € 300 million. Those bonds will from 29 July 2014 till 9 June 2018 be convertible into Bekaert shares at a conversion price of € 37.06.
Upon receipt of a request for conversion Bekaert will be able to elect to convert the bonds into new and/or existing Bekaert shares or to redeem them in cash. With a view to mitigate dilution for existing shareholders Bekaert expects to make use of such possibilities to the extent possible.
If all of the bonds were to be converted into new Bekaert shares at a conversion price of € 37.06, Bekaert would have to issue 8 094 981 new shares, each of which entitling the holder to one vote. The conversion price might have to be revised in accordance with the conditions of the bonds.
According to 14bis of the Articles of Association the provisions of Articles 6 through 17 of the Act apply not only to the legal thresholds of 5 % and of each multiple of 5%, but also to the thresholds of 3% and 7.50%.
The notifications should be transmitted to both NV Bekaert SA and the FSMA. The FSMA recommends transmitting the notifications first electronically, to the e-mail address [email protected], and subsequently – for reasons of legal certainty – by fax to no + 32 2 220 59 12.
It is recommended to transmit notifications to NV Bekaert SA electronically as well, to the attention of [email protected]
Bekaert (www.bekaert.com) is a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coatings. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 28 000 people worldwide. Serving customers in 120 countries, Bekaert pursues sustainable profitable growth in all its activities and generated combined sales of € 4.1 billion in 2013.
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