Regulatory Filings • Feb 1, 2018
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This Tender Offer for the sale of shares of Zespół Elektrociepłowni Wrocławskich KOGENERACJA Spółka Akcyjna with the registered office in Wrocław ("Tender Offer") is hereby announced by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Spółka Akcyjna with the registered office in Warsaw ("Offeror").
This Tender Offer is announced pursuant to Article 73 Section 2 Item 1 of the Act of 29 July 2005 on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading and Public Companies (consolidated text: Journal of Laws 2016, item 1639) ("Act on Public Offering") as well pursuant to the Regulation of the Minister of Development and Finance of 14 September 2017 on the Templates of Tender Offers for the Sale or Exchange of Shares in a Public Company, the Detailed Manner of their Announcement and the Conditions for Acquiring Shares as a Result of These Tender Offers (Journal of Laws of 2017, item 1748) (the "Regulation").
The subject of the Tender Offer is 2,383,999 (two million three hundred eighty three thousand nine hundred and ninety nine) of dematerialized ordinary bearer shares issued by the company operating under the business name of Zespół Elektrociepłowni Wrocławskich KOGENERACJA Spółka Akcyjna, with its registered office in Wrocław, ul. Łowiecka 24, 50-220 Wrocław ("Company"), entered into the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register maintained by the District Court for Wrocław-Fabryczna in Wrocław, 6th Commercial Division of the National Court Register, under KRS number 0000001010, with the par value of PLN 5.00 (five zlotys) each, traded on the regulated (basic) market run by Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie S.A. /Warsaw Stock Exchange ("WSE")/, designated by Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych S.A. /National Depository for Securities ("NDS")/ with ISIN code PLKGNRC00015, with each share entitling its bearer to 1 (one) vote at the general meeting of shareholders of the Company ("Shares") ("General Meeting").
Having acquired from EDF International SAS and EDF Investment II B.V., on 13 November 2017, 99.52% of shares, rounded to one hundredth of a percent, in the share capital of EDF Polska S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw, currently operating under the name of PGE Energia Ciepła S.A., the Offeror has indirectly exceeded 33% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting, therefore the Tender Offer is of consequential nature.
The Offeror is PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Spółka Akcyjna with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Mysia 2, 00-496 Warsaw, entered into the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register maintained by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw in Warsaw, 12th Commercial Division of the National Court Register under the number KRS 0000059307.
The entity acquiring the Shares is PGE Energia Ciepła Spółka Akcyjna with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Złota 59, 00-120 Warsaw, entered in the register of entrepreneurs of the National Court Register maintained by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw in Warsaw, 12th
Commercial Department of the National Court Register under KRS number 0000013479 ("Acquirer").
| Business name: |
Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna Branch - Brokerage House Dom Maklerski PKO Banku Polskiego w Warszawie "DM PKO BP" |
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| Registered office |
Warsaw |
| Address: | ul. Puławska 15, 02-515 Warsaw |
| Phone: | +48 22 521 80 10, and +48 22 521 80 12 |
| Fax: | +48 22 521 79 46 |
| Email address: | [email protected] |
As a result of the Tender Offer, the Acquirer intends to obtain, in total, rounded to one hundredth of a percent, 16.00% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting, by acquiring a total of 2,383,999 (two million three hundred eighty three thousand nine hundred ninety nine) shares entitling to exercise 2,383,999 (two million three hundred eighty three thousand nine hundred and ninety nine) votes and constituting, rounded to one hundredth of a percent, 16.00% of the share capital of the Company.
All the Shares which the Offeror intends to acquire as a result of the Tender Offeror are dematerialized shares.
Following the Tender Offer, the Acquirer of the Shares intends to directly reach the target of 33.74% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting, which corresponds to 5,026,868 (five million twenty six thousand eight hundred and sixty eight) shares of the Company. Following the Tender Offer, the Acquirer, together with its subsidiary Investment III B.V., intends to reach the target of 66% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting, which corresponds to 9,834,000 (nine million eight hundred and thirty-four thousand) shares of the Company.
Not applicable. The Acquirer will be the only entity acquiring the Shares under the Tender Offer.
The shares subject to the Tender Offer will be acquired at the price of PLN 81.80 (say: eighty one 80/100 zloty) for each Share ("Share Price").
The price specified in Item 8 of the Tender Offer complies with the conditions provided for in Article 79 of the Act on the Offering.
In particular, the Share Price indicated in Item 8 of the Tender Offer is not lower than the average market price, i.e. the price being the arithmetic mean of the daily average volumeweighted prices from the period of 6 (six) months preceding the date of announcing the Tender Offer, during which the Company's shares were traded on the regulated market of WSE, which amounts to PLN 81.80 (say: eighty one 80/100 zloty).
In the period of 12 months prior to the announcement of the Tender Offer, neither the Offeror nor any of its subsidiary or parent company acquired shares of the Company, however, it should be noted that entities that became (direct or indirect) subsidiaries of the Offeror as a result of the acquisition from EDF International SAS and EDF Investment II BV of 99.52% shares, rounded to one hundredth of a percent, in the share capital of EDF Polska S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw, currently operating under the name of PGE Energia Ciepła S.A., performed transactions involving (direct or indirect) acquisition of the Company's shares prior to the date of acquisition. These entities performed transactions involving (direct or indirect) acquisition of the Company's shares at the time when they were not (direct or indirect) subsidiaries of the Offeror.
The Offeror declares that it is not, nor was in the 12 months preceding the announcement of the Tender Offer, a party to the agreement referred to in Article 87 Section 1 Item 5 of the Act on the Offering.
| The announcement day of the Tender Offer: | February 1, 2018 |
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| The starting date for accepting subscriptions for Shares in the Tender Offer: |
February 21, 2018 |
| The closing date for accepting subscriptions for Shares in the Tender Offer: |
March 6, 2018 |
The estimated date of settlement of the transaction of acquisition of Shares by NDS: March 14, 2018
Subscriptions for the sale of Shares in the Tender Offer will be accepted only on working days (deemed to be days of the week from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays in Poland), during the business hours of the branches indicated in Item 18.
The deadline for accepting subscriptions for the sale of Shares in the Tender Offer may be extended by the Offeror on the terms specified in the Regulation.
The Offeror shall announce publicly the extension of the deadline for the subscription for Shares, in accordance with § 5 Section 5 Item 1 (a) in conjunction with § 3 Section 2 and 4 of the Regulation, no later than 14 days prior to the date of expiry of the initial deadline for the subscription for Shares.
The deadline for accepting subscriptions for the sale of Shares in the Tender Offer will not be shortened.
The State Treasury is the parent entity of the Offeror in the meaning of Article 4 Item 14 of the Act.
The Offeror is the parent entity of the Acquirer in the meaning of Article 4 Item 14 of the Act.
Percentage of votes arising from the Company's shares which, on the day of the announcement of the Tender Offer, is held by the Offeror together with the parent company and its subsidiaries, is, rounded to one hundredth of a percent, 50.00% in the total number of votes at the General Meeting, representing, rounded to one hundredth of a percent, 50.00% in the share capital of the Company, which is equivalent to 7,450,001 (seven million four hundred and fifty thousand one) shares of the Company.
The Offeror is not a party to the agreement referred to in Article 87 Section 1 Item 5 of the Act on the Offering.
The Offeror together with the parent company and its subsidiaries intends to reach, having conducted the Tender Offer, 66% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting, corresponding to a total of 9,834,000 (nine million eight hundred thirty four thousand) shares of the Company, which will entitle it to 9,834,000 (nine million eight hundred thirty four thousand) votes at the General Meeting.
The Acquirer of the Shares together with the parent company and its subsidiaries hold a total of 7,450,001 (seven million four hundred and fifty thousand and one) Company shares entitling it, rounded to a hundredth of a percent, to 50.00% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting, rounded to one hundredth of a percent, 50.00% of the share capital of the Company.
The Acquirer is not a party to the agreement referred to in Article 87 Section 1 Item 5 of the Act on the Offering.
The Acquirer intends, having conducted the Tender Offer, to reach, together with the parent company and its subsidiaries, the total level of no more than 9,834,000 (nine million eight hundred and thirty four thousand) shares of the Company, which will entitle it to 9,834,000 (nine million eight hundred and thirty four thousand) votes at the General Meeting, i.e. 66.00% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting, constituting 66.00% of the Company's shares.
The Offeror is the direct parent company of the Acquirer in the meaning of Article 4 Item 14 of the Act.
Subscriptions for Shares will be accepted at the customer service points ("Customer Service Points", "POK") of Brokerage House DM PKO BP, in accordance with the list indicated below:
| Item | Name of the branch | Address | Post code | Town |
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| 1. | POK DM PKO BP in Bełchatów |
ul. Wojska Polskiego 65 | 97-400 | Bełchatów |
| 2. | POK DM PKO BP in Białystok |
Rynek Kościuszki 16 | 15-426 | Białystok |
| 3. | POK DM PKO BP in Bydgoszcz |
ul. Gdańska 23 | 85-005 | Bydgoszcz |
| 4. | POK DM PKO BP in Częstochowa |
al. Najświętszej Maryi Panny 19 |
42-200 | Częstochowa |
| 5. | POK DM PKO BP in Dębica |
ul. Piłsudskiego 20 | 39-200 | Dębica |
| 6. | POK DM PKO BP in Elbląg |
ul. Teatralna 9 | 82-300 | Elbląg |
| 7. | POK DM PKO BP in Gdańsk |
ul. Okopowa 3 | 80-958 | Gdańsk |
| 8. | POK DM PKO BP in Gdynia |
ul. Waszyngtona 17 | 81-342 | Gdynia |
| 9. | POK DM PKO BP in Jelenia Góra |
ul. Różyckiego 6 | 58-506 | Jelenia Góra |
| 10. | POK DM PKO BP in Katowice |
ul. Warszawska 7 | 40-009 | Katowice |
| 11. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Jana Pawła II 23/25 | 75-841 | Koszalin |
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| in Koszalin |
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| 12. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Piłsudskiego 19 | 31-110 | Kraków |
| in Kraków |
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| 13. | POK DM PKO BP | os. Centrum E 13 | 31-934 | Kraków |
| in Kraków |
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| 14. | POK DM PKO BP in Legnica |
ul. Wrocławska 25 | 59-220 | Legnica |
| 15. | POK DM PKO BP in Lublin |
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 14 |
20-002 | Lublin |
| POK DM PKO BP | al. Piłsudskiego 153 | 92-332 | Łódź | |
| 16. | in Łódź |
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| POK DM PKO BP | ul. Dąbrowszczaków 30 | 10-541 | Olsztyn | |
| 17. | in Olsztyn |
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| POK DM PKO BP | ul. Reymonta 39 | 45-072 | Opole | |
| 18. | in Opole |
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| 19. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Tumska 20c | 09-400 | Płock |
| in Płock |
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| 20. | POK DM PKO BP | Plac Wolności 3 | 60-914 | Poznań |
| in Poznań |
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| 21. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Partyzantów 3 | 24-100 | Puławy |
| in Puławy |
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| 22. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Pracy 21 | 47-400 | Racibórz |
| in Racibórz |
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| 23. | POK DM PKO BP | al. Piłsudskiego 31 | 44-335 | Jastrzębie-Zdrój |
| in Jastrzębie Zdrój |
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| (division of POK DM PKO BP |
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| in Racibórz) |
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| POK DM PKO BP | ul. 3 Maja 23 | 35-959 | Rzeszów | |
| 24. | in Rzeszów |
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| 25. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Bieszczadzka 3 | 38-400 | Krosno |
| in Krosno (division |
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| of POK DM PKO | ||||
| BP in Rzeszów) |
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| 26. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. 11 listopada 2 | 76-200 | Słupsk |
| in Słupsk |
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| 27. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Kilińskiego 20 | 41-200 | Sosnowiec |
| in Sosnowiec |
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| 28. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Noniewicza 89 | 16-400 | Suwałki |
| in Suwałki |
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| 29. | POK DM PKO BP in Szczecin |
al. Niepodległości 44 | 70-404 | Szczecin |
| POK DM PKO BP | ul. Szeroka 14/16 | 87-100 | Toruń | |
| 30. | in Toruń |
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| POK DM PKO BP | ul. Bolesława Chrobrego 9 | 58-300 | Wałbrzych | |
| 31. | in Wałbrzych |
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| 32. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Sienkiewicza 12/14 | 00-010 | Warsaw |
| in Warsaw |
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| 33. | POK DM PKO BP | ul. Puławska 15 | 02-515 | Warsaw |
| in Warsaw |
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| 34. | POK DM PKO BP in Wrocław |
ul. Piotra Skargi 1 | 50-082 | Wrocław |
| 35. | POK DM PKO BP in Zielona Góra |
ul. Różyckiego 2 | 65-066 | Zielona Góra |
The Tender Offer document and all the forms necessary to submit the subscription can be obtained at each of the Customer Service Points indicated above.
During the Tender Offer, until the subscription for the Shares is closed, the Acquirer shall not acquire the Shares from the Company's shareholders who have responded to the Tender Offer.
The transactions involving the acquisition of Shares subject to subscriptions will be concluded no later than within three working days after the subscription period ends under the Tender Offer. These transactions will be settled no later than within 3 working days of the conclusion thereof. The assumed dates on which the transactions of the acquisition of Shares will be carried out and settled are provided in Item 10 of the Tender Offer.
Not applicable - all Shares covered by the subject of the Tender Offer are dematerialized.
Not applicable - the Tender Offer provides for no subscription for the exchange of shares
Not applicable - the Tender Offer provides for no subscription for the exchange of shares
Not applicable - the Tender Offer provides for no subscription for the exchange of shares
Not applicable - the Tender Offer provides for no subscription for the exchange of shares
Not applicable - the Tender Offer provides for no subscription for the exchange of shares
The Offeror is the indirect parent company of the Company in the meaning of Article 4 Item 14 of the Act. Through its subsidiaries, i.e. the Acquirer and Investment III B.V., the Offeror holds a total of 7,450,001 (seven million four hundred and fifty thousand one) Company shares entitling it, rounded to hundredth of a percent, to 50.00% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting, representing, rounded to hundredth of a percent, 50.00% of Company shares. The Offeror is not a subsidiary of the Company.
The State Treasury is the dominant entity of the Offeror.
The Acquirer is the indirect parent company of the Company in the meaning of Article 4 Item 14 of the Act. The Acquirer and its subsidiary: Investment III B.V. hold a total of 7,450,001 (seven million four hundred and fifty thousand one) Company shares entitling it, rounded to hundredth of a percent, to 50.00% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting, representing, rounded to hundredth of a percent, 50.00% of Company shares.
The Acquirer of the Shares under the Tender Offer declares that there are no legal conditions the fulfilment of which would be required in order to acquire the Shares under the Tender Offer and no decisions of the competent authorities are required to grant permission to the acquisition of the Shares, and no notice of no objections to the acquisition of Shares is required.
The current plans of the Offeror assume that the Offeror will maintain the dominant position in the Company. In addition, the Offeror expects that during the period of its involvement in the Company, the Company will maintain its current subject and scale of business operations and will undertake new short- and long-term projects aimed at increasing the value, technological development and strengthening the Company's competitive market position.
The current plans of the Acquirer assume that it will maintain the dominant position in the Company. In addition, the Acquirer expects that during the period of its involvement in the Company, the Company will maintain its current subject and scale of business operations and will undertake new short- and long-term projects aimed at increasing the value, technological
development and strengthening the Company's competitive market position.
According to Article 77 Section 3 of the Act on the Offering, the Offeror may withdraw from the Tender Offer only if another entity announces a tender offer for Shares subject to the Tender Offer.
The shares will be acquired in accordance with the procedure set out in § 6 Section 1 Item 2 of the Regulation. The Acquirer will (i) acquire Shares subject to subscriptions made during the first 14 days of acceptance of subscription, on a pro-rata basis - if the number of Shares subject to subscriptions is greater than the one indicated in the Tender Offer, or (ii) acquire all Shares subject to subscriptions made by the end of the working day preceding the day, at the end of which the number of Shares subject to subscriptions exceeded the number of shares specified in the Tender Offer - if the number of Shares subject to subscriptions made during the first 14 days of subscriptions is equal or lower than the one indicated in the Tender Offer; as regards the Shares subject to the subscriptions submitted on the day when the number of Shares subject to the subscriptions exceeded the number of shares specified in the Tender Offer, the Acquirer will apply the principle of proportional reduction.
Should, after the application of the mechanism indicated in Section 32 of the Tender Offer, fractional shares remain, these Shares will be allocated successively from the subscriptions covering the largest number of Shares to subscriptions covering the smallest number of Shares, until the number of Shares acquired reaches 2,383,999 (two million three hundred eighty three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine).
In order to secure the acquisition of the Shares in the Tender Offer, unconditional and irrevocable bank guarantees have been established for the period until the acquisition of Shares in the Tender Offer has been settled:
(i) a bank guarantee issued by Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. and (ii) a bank guarantee issued by ING Bank Śląski S.A. The collateral was established in the total amount not lower than 100% of the value of the Shares which are to be acquired in the Tender Offer (calculated according to the Share Price indicated in Item 8 of the Tender Offer). The certificate on the establishment of the collateral was provided to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority on the day of the Announcement.
This Tender Offer document, along with any subsequent updates and changes to the information contained herein that will be made public in accordance with applicable law is the only legally binding document containing information on the terms and conditions for the sale of Shares under the Tender Offer. This Tender Offer, as well as actions taken in response to the Tender Offer, are governed by the Polish law.
This Tender Offer is addressed to all shareholders of the Company holding Shares during the subscription period for the sale of Shares in the Tender Offer. The shares subject to subscriptions submitted in response to the Tender Offer and being the subject of a sale transaction under the Tender Offer must be fully transferable and free from any third party rights the provisions of which prevent their sale under the Tender Offer, in particular the shares may not be pledged.
The Offeror, the Acquirer and DM PKO BP will not be liable for reimbursement of costs incurred by the Company's shareholders, their proxies or statutory representatives as a result of taking actions necessary to submit a subscription for the sale of Shares in the Tender Offer and will not be obliged to reimburse any costs or pay any compensation should the Tender Offer fail to take place on the terms and conditions specified in the Tender Offer.
Any persons or entities intending to respond to the Tender Offer who hold the Shares should provide the investment firm maintaining their securities account with: the instruction to issue a deposit certificate with the deadline on the date of the settlement of the transaction under the Tender Offer (inclusive) and an irrevocable order to sell the Shares to the Acquirer with the deadline on the date of performing the transaction under the Tender Offer (inclusive).
In DM PKO BP Customer Service Points listed in Item 18 hereof, during the Tender Offer, on the days when a WSE session is held, during the CSP business hours, the person or entity intending to respond to the Tender Offer should submit two copies of the form for the subscription for the sale of the Shares, the template of which form will be available in POK (with one copy for the responder to the Tender Offer and one for DM PKO BP) and submit to the CSP the original deposit certificate issued by the entity maintaining the securities account of the shareholder.
One should bear in mind that the person or entity responding to the Tender Offer bears all legal, financial and tax consequences of the investment decisions made.
Under the Tender Offer, only subscriptions in accordance with the document templates provided by DM PKO BP will be accepted.
Shareholders submitting subscriptions will incur the usual costs of brokerage fees as well as costs and expenses charged by entities maintaining securities accounts related to the issuance of a deposit certificate and the settlement of Share sale transactions under the Tender Offer. Shareholders making subscriptions should contact the entities maintaining their securities accounts to determine the amounts of commission and fees due.
Signatures of persons acting on behalf of the Offeror and the Acquirer
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. PGE Energia Ciepła S.A.
Wojciech Kowalczyk
Vice-President of the Management Board
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Wojciech Dąbrowski President of the Management Board
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Ryszard Wasiłek Vice-President of the Management Board Radosław Woszczyk Member of the Management Board
Signatures of persons acting on behalf of DM PKO BP
Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna Branch - Brokerage House Dom Maklerski PKO Banku Polskiego in Warsaw:
Bożena Kłopotowska
Deputy Director
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Piotr Rusiecki
Deputy Director
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