Oct. 30, 2009 (Hugin AS) --
On 22 October 2009, the general meeting of shareholders of Draka
Holding N.V. ("Draka") approved the private placement of
4,061,716 ordinary shares to Flint Beheer B.V. at a price of
¤ 12.40 per ordinary share and the issue of preference shares to the
two holders of Draka's preference shares that held more than 5%
of Draka's issued share capital allowing such holders to maintain
their holdings above 5%.
Payment for and delivery of the ordinary shares took place on 22
October 2009 and admission to trading and listing of these ordinary
shares on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) is expected to be on
Thursday 5 November 2009. Payment for and delivery of the preference
shares took place today, 30 October 2009.
Currently Draka's issued ordinary share capital consists of
48,736,597 ordinary shares. 708,400 preference shares have been
issued to the two holders of Draka's preference shares on 30 October
2009. After this placement, Draka's issued preference share capital
consists of 5,754,657 preference shares.
Amsterdam, 30 October 2009
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2009 & 2010 financial calendar (provisional)
Publication of trading update for the
second half of 2009 Thursday, 12 November 2009
(before start of trading)
Publication of 2009 full-year figures Monday, 22 February 2010
(before start of trading)
General Meeting of Shareholders, Hilton
Amsterdam Tuesday, 20 April 2010,
starting at 14:30h
Publication of trading update for the
first half of 2010 Tuesday, 18 May 2010
(before start of trading)
Publication of 2010 half-year figures Thursday, 19 August 2010
(before start of trading)
Publication of trading update for the
second half of 2010 Thursday, 11 November 2010
(before start of trading)
Company profile
Draka Holding N.V. ('Draka') is the holding company of a number of
operating companies that are active worldwide in the development,
production and sale of cable and cable systems. Draka's activities
are divided into three groups: Energy & Infrastructure, Industry &
Specialty and Communications.
Within these three groups, the activities are organised into
divisions. Energy & Infrastructure consists of the Europe and
Asia-Pacific divisions; Industry & Specialty consists of the
Automotive & Aviation, Elevator Products, Cableteq USA and Industrial
divisions and the Communications Group comprises the Telecom
Solutions, Multimedia and Specials, Americas and Optical Fiber
divisions.
Draka has 68 operating companies in 30 countries throughout Europe,
North and South America, Asia and Australia. Worldwide, the Draka
companies employ some 9,500 people. Draka Holding N.V.'s head office
is in Amsterdam. In 2008, Draka reported revenue of ¤ 2.7 billion and
net income of ¤ 83.5 million (excluding non-recurring items).
Draka Holding N.V. ordinary shares and subordinated convertible bonds
are listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam. The company has been included
in the Next150 index since 2001 and the AMX index (Amsterdam Midkap
index) since 4 March 2008. Options on Draka shares are also traded on
the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam Derivative Markets.
More information on Draka Holding N.V. can be found at www.draka.com.
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