Rexam Holds 96.89% of Airspray Share Capital Following Expiration of the Post-Acceptance Period.ALKMAAR Alkmaar (älk`mär), city (1994 pop. 92,962), North Holland prov., NW Netherlands. It is an important market town with varied industries. Alkmaar also attracts tourists, especially because of the famous Edam-cheese market, held weekly in front of the 16th-century weighhouse. Alkmaar was chartered in 1254. & DONGEN, Netherlands & LONDON -- Airspray N.V. (Pink Sheets:AYAKY) (Amsterdam Amsterdam, city, NetherlandsAmsterdam (ăm`stərdăm', Dutch ämstərdäm`), city (1994 pop. 724,096), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, North Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the IJ, an inlet of the IJsselmeer.:AIR), Rexam PLC and Rexam Plastics Nederland Nederland (nē`dərlənd), city (1990 pop. 16,192), Jefferson co., SE Tex.; founded by Dutch settlers as a rice-farming community in 1897, inc. 1940. Primarily a residential suburb between Beaumont and Port Arthur, it has two oil companies and a chemical industry. Rice and soybeans are grown and cattle are raised. B.V.:This is a joint press release issued by Airspray N.V., Rexam PLC and Rexam Plastics Nederland B.V. Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into Australia, Canada, Italy and Japan. With reference to the joint press releases dated 22 February 2006, 22 March 2006, 25 April 2006 and 23 May 2006 and to the offer memorandum of 25 April 2006 (the "Offer Memorandum"), Airspray N.V. ("Airspray"), Rexam PLC ("Rexam") and Rexam Plastics Nederland B.V. (the "Offeror") hereby jointly announce that the Offeror now holds 96.89% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in the capital of Airspray ("Shares") following the expiration of the post-acceptance period. --During the post-acceptance period, expiring Monday 12 June at 15:00 hours, Amsterdam time, 1,003,901 Shares have been tendered under the offer, representing 17.55% of all outstanding Shares --The Offeror has acquired a total of 13,750 Shares via regular trading on Euronext Amsterdam N.V. ("Euronext Amsterdam"), representing 0.24% of all outstanding Shares --Following the acceptance of the Shares offered during the post-acceptance period and including the Shares acquired via Euronext Amsterdam, the Offeror holds 5,542,570 Shares, representing 96.89% of all outstanding Shares Settlement Payment for the Shares that were tendered and delivered during the post-acceptance period prior to 15:00 hours, Amsterdam time on 7 June 2006 has already occurred. Payment for the Shares that were tendered and delivered during the post-acceptance after 15:00 hours, Amsterdam time on 7 June 2006 will be made as soon as possible, in accordance with the settlement procedures as described in the press release of 23 May 2006. Delisting of Shares and compulsory acquisition procedure The Shares will be de-listed from Euronext Amsterdam on 17 July 2006 and therefore 14 July 2006 will be the last day that the Shares can be traded on Euronext Amsterdam. Holders of Shares ("Shareholders") are reminded that the Offeror, having obtained more than 95% of the Shares, intends to initiate the statutory compulsory acquisition procedure as referred to in articles 2:92a or 2:201a of the Dutch Civil Code civil code n. in many states, the name for the collection of statutes and laws which deal with business and negligence lawsuits and practices. in order to acquire all Shares held by minority Shareholders. This press release is a public announcement as meant within article 9b paragraph 1 of the Securities Markets Supervision Decree 1995 (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995). This press release is also published in the Dutch language Dutch language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Also called Netherlandish, it is spoken by about 15 million inhabitants of the Netherlands, where it is the national language, and by about 300,000 people in the Western Hemisphere. The written and spoken forms of Dutch differ significantly.. In the event of any inconsistency, this English language version will prevail above the Dutch language version. Unless defined herein, defined terms used in this announcement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer Memorandum. Further information can be obtained from: |
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