Silmäasema Oyj: Coronaria Oy Supplements the Tender Offer Document Relating to the Public Tender Offer for All Shares Issued by Silmäasema Plc

Silmäasema Oyj: Coronaria Oy Supplements the Tender Offer Document Relating to the Public Tender Offer for All Shares Issued by Silmäasema Plc

Silmäasema Oyj

Stock Exchange Release

13 November at 3:05 p.m. EET



NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA OR HONG KONG, OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE TENDER OFFER WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, SEE SECTION “IMPORTANT INFORMATION” BELOW.



Silmäasema Oyj has today received the following information regarding Coronaria’s supplemented Tender Offer Document Relating to the Public Tender Offer for All Shares Issued by Silmäasema Plc.



Coronaria Oy (“Coronaria” or the “Offeror”) has on September 5, 2019 commenced a mandatory public tender offer to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares in Silmäasema Oyj (“Silmäasema”) that are not held by Coronaria, Silmäasema or any of its subsidiaries (the “Tender Offer”). The subsequent offer period under the Tender Offer (the “Subsequent Offer Period”) commenced on October 2, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. (Finnish time) and expires on November 21, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. (Finnish time).

The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has today approved a supplement to the tender offer document relating to the Tender Offer (the “Supplement Document”). The Supplement Document relates to the unaudited interim report published by Silmäasema Oyj on November 8, 2019 for the nine months period ended September 30, 2019 (“Interim Report”), which the Offeror supplements the tender offer document with. The Supplement Document and the Interim Report are added to this release as Annex 1.

The tender offer document will be available with the Supplement Document in Finnish from November 11, 2019 onwards at the headquarters of Coronaria, Saaristonkatu 22, 3rd floor, FI-90100 Oulu, Finland, at Carnegie Investment Bank AB, Finland branch, Eteläesplanadi 22 A, 7th floor, FI-00130 Helsinki, Finland and at Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd., Fabianinkatu 14, FI-00100 Helsinki, Finland. The electronic version of the tender offer document will be available with the Supplement Document in Finnish from November 11, 2019 onwards online at /ostotarjous and /ostotarjous and in English from November 11, 2019 onwards online at /tender-offer and /tenderoffer.

Silmäasema’s operations will continue as normal and the transaction has no impact on our customers.

Annex 1: Supplement Document and Interim report



SILMÄASEMA OYJ



For further information, please contact:

CEO Jussi Salminen, tel. +358 40 834 5818

CFO Sari Nordblad, tel. +358 50 552 7247

Niina Streng, Head of Communications and Investor Relations, tel. +358 50 322 5195





Silmäasema is a Finnish company, which offers all products and services for optical retail and eye healthcare nationwide. Silmäasema is the largest private eye clinic provider offering eye surgeries and the second largest optical retail chain in Finland. The Silmäasema chain has nearly 150 stores and 13 eye clinics in Finland as well as eight stores in Estonia. The Silmäasema chain employs over 1,000 eye healthcare professionals. The Silmäasema Group’s net sales were EUR 122.9 million in 2018 and adjusted EBITDA was EUR 11.8 million.





IMPORTANT INFORMATION



THIS RELEASE MAY NOT BE RELEASED OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDI-RECTLY, IN OR INTO, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA OR HONG KONG OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE TENDER OFFER WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

THIS RELEASE IS NOT A TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT AND AS SUCH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR INVI-TATION TO MAKE A SALES OFFER. IN PARTICULAR, THIS RELEASE IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND IS NOT AN EXTENSION OF THE TENDER OFFER, IN OR INTO, THE UNITED STATES CANADA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA OR HONG KONG. INVESTORS SHALL ACCEPT THE TENDER OFFER FOR THE SHARES ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN A TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT. OFFERS WILL NOT BE MADE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE EITHER AN OFFER OR PARTICIPATION THEREIN IS PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR WHERE ANY TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT OR REGISTRATION OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS WOULD APPLY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN FINLAND.

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