Gallaher Announces Result of Austria Tabak Offer and Statutory Extension.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2001 Gallaher Group Gallaher Group is a major British based multinational tobacco company. It was traded on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index prior to its April 2007 acquisition by Japan Tobacco. Plc (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLH GLH Gallaher Group PLC (stock symbol) GLH guided learning hours (education) GLH Goes Like Hell GLH Green Leafhopper GLH Girl Love Handles GLH Ground Launched Hellfire (missile) ), the leading tobacco company for the UK market, announces that the offer by Gallaher (Austria) GmbH ("Gallaher Austria"), its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , for the remaining 12,950,319 shares in Austria Tabak Aktiengesellschaft ("Austria Tabak") not owned by Gallaher Austria closed on September 27, 2001. 12,549,868 shares, representing 57.04 percent of the total issued share capital of Austria Tabak, were tendered in relation to the offer. Together with the 9,049,681 shares acquired from the Austrian Republic through Osterreichische Industrieholding Aktiengesellschaft on August 23, 2001, the Gallaher Group now owns a total of 21,599,549 shares in Austria Tabak, representing 98.18 percent of its total issued share capital. In accordance with Austrian takeover rules, the offer period has been statutorily extended by a further ten trading days and accordingly the period for acceptance of the offer now ends on October 16, 2001. The offer is not being made in Canada Made in Canada may also mean Country of origin. Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on the CBC from 1998 to 2003. In the United States, France, Australia and Latin America, the show was syndicated as The Industry. , Australia or Japan. |
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