MediClin AG / Offer
04.07.2008
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ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG
of
MEDICLIN AG,
Frankfurt am Main
(DE0006595101)
Frankfurt/Main, July 4, 2008 The Management Board of MEDICLIN AG
(DE0006595101) (the 'Company') has been informed today that one of its
current shareholders, ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG (Cologne), following the
purchase of additional shares is in slight excess of 30 per cent. of the
voting rights in the Company and has thereby gained control within the
meaning of Section 35 para. 1 in connection with Section 29 para. 2 of the
German Takeover Act (WpÜG). According to this, ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG
holds directly 5,709,639 no-par shares of MEDICLIN AG (equal to about 18.13
per cent. of the voting rights) and indirectly through its subsidiary DKV
Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG (Cologne) further 3,740,500 no-par shares
(equal to about 11.87 per cent.). As the Company was further told, ERGO
Versicherungsgruppe AG will publish a mandatory offer pursuant to Section
35 para 2 WpÜG following approval by the German Financial Federal Financial
Supervisory Authority (BaFin). According to this, ERGO Versicherungsgruppe
AG intends to offer to acquire all outstanding shares in MEDICLIN AG for a
purchase price of 2.50 per no-par share.
As the Company was further told, Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft (Munich) ist the majority shareholder in ERGO
Versicherungsgruppe AG. Accordingly, all voting rights held directly or
indirectly by ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG are also attributed to Münchener
Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft and Münchener
Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft has also gained control
about the Company. ERGO Versicherungsgruppe has informed the Company that
it will publish the mandatory offer also in the name of Münchener
Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft.
MEDICLIN AG
The Management Board
DGAP 04.07.2008
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Language: English
Issuer: MediClin AG
c/o MediClin Geschäftsführungs-GmbH Okenstraße 27
60329 Frankfurt
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)781 488-189
Fax: +49 (0)781 488-184
E-mail: alexandr.muehr@mediclin.de
Internet: www.mediclin.de
ISIN: DE0006595101
WKN: 659510
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
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