Company Statement: Lufthansa offer accepted by over 85 percent of Austrian Airlines shareholders
( May 11, 2009, 08:03 GMT | Official Statement) -- Extract: On expiry of the acceptance term for the public takeover offer to the free-float shareholders of Austrian Airlines AG on 11 May 2009, Deutsche Lufthansa AG has through ÖLH Österreichische Luftverkehrs-Holding-GmbH received acceptance declarations for an expected equivalent of over 85 per cent of the share capital of Austrian Airlines AG.On expiry of the acceptance term for the public takeover offer to the free-float shareholders of Austrian Airlines AG on 11 May 2009, Deutsche Lufthansa AG has through ÖLH Österreichische Luftverkehrs-Holding-GmbH received acceptance declarations for an expected equivalent of over 85 per cent of the share capital of Austrian Airlines AG (not included in this figure are the shares held by Austrian Airlines AG). The actual acceptance quota can not be published until Thursday. That amount includes the 41.56 per cent stake currently still held by the ÖIAG. Also included is the syndicate of Austrian core shareholders, consisting of LVBG Luftverkehrsbeteiligungs GmbH, Raiffeisen-Invest-Gesellschaft mbH and Wiener Städtische Versicherung AG Vienna Insurance Group....
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