euro adhoc: A-TEC Industries AG
Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers
Serbian
government rejects A-TEC Industries offer
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Company Information/RTB Bor
10.04.2008
Vienna, 10 April 2008 - The Serbian government has just announced its rejection of the revised offer for Rudarsko-topionicarski kombinat Bor (RTB), adjusted to current circumstances, submitted by A-TEC Industries to the Serbian Agency for Privatisation.
Under the terms of the offer, A-TEC Industries had proposed to pay an additional USD 230 million (m). Together with the interest bearing, returnable down payment of USD 150m already made, this would have amounted to a total of USD 380m. A-TEC Industries would also have issued a USD 60m performance bond and paid the outstanding USD 86m on 7 May. In addition, A-TEC which also had a USD 50m AWS (federal promotional bank of the republic of austria) guarantee at its disposal stated its readiness to increase the bid bond by USD 5m to USD 15m.
"In a difficult economic and political setting, we made the Serbian government a good offer that was in the best interests of the country, RTB and the latter´s employees and creditors," said A-TEC Industries CEO Mirko Kovats, expressing regret at the government´s move. "Regardless of this decision we are standing by our strategic goal of expanding our Metal Industry Division by making complementary acquisitions. Our copper business remains one of the Group´s core operations."
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Further inquiry note:
IR contact:
Gerald Wechselauer
Head of Investor Relations
Phone: +43 1 22760 - 130
Mobile: +43 (0)664 6104475
Email: gerald.wechselauer@a-tecindustries.com
Press contact:
Claudia Müller-Stralz
A-TEC Industries AG Press Office
Pleon Publico, Neulinggasse 37, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel. +43 (0)1 71786 direct dial 107; fax +43 (0)1 7178660
claudia.mueller@pleon-publico.at
Branche: Holding companies
ISIN: AT00000ATEC9
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Index: ATX Prime
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / Regulated free trade