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Coloplast — Major Shareholding Notification 2008
Aug 13, 2008
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Announcement No. 13/2008 13 August 2008
Ownership
Coloplast has today received the following announcement from one of the company's main shareholders, the foundation Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond:
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Announcement regarding ownership
The main shareholder Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond has announced the following concerning its holdings in Coloplast A/S:
- Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond will, if necessary, participate in share buyback programmes to ensure that the foundation's share of the capital will be between 10-11%.
- Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond intends to own up to 11% of the share capital of Coloplast A/S.
- Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond now owns 9.57% of the capital via its ownership of DKK 3,600,000 A shares and DKK 18,427,750 B shares in Coloplast.
The policies announced will be revised and published if legislation in force is changed, if owners of A shares transfer shares mutually, or if Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond should receive a significant number of shares as a gift or by inheritance. Under all circumstances, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond will in 2014 decide if to revise the policies.
On behalf of the board Niels Peter Louis-Hansen Chairman of the board
Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond owns 720,000 A shares as well as 3,685,550 B shares corresponding to 13.88% of the voting rights in the company.
Coloplast is currently running a share buy-back programme of up to DKK 1 billion during 2008 and 2009. As of August 8, 2008 DKK 441 million have been utilised under the programme and the company's own holdings amount to 2,990,722 B shares.
For further information, please contact
Investors and analysts
Lene Skole Executive Vice President, CFO Tel. +45 4911 1665 E-mail [email protected]
Ian S.E. Christensen Head of Investor Relations Tel. +45 4911 1301 E-mail [email protected]
Press and the media
Elisabeth Geday Head of External Relations Tel. +45 4911 1922 E-mail [email protected]
This announcement is available in a Danish and an English-language version. In the event of discrepancies, the Danish version shall prevail.