On September 11, 2006, Segulah Alfa AB (“Segulah”), an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by Segulah III, L.P., announced a public offer to the shareholders in Närkes Elektriska AB (publ) (“NEA”) (“the Offer”). The acceptance period of the Offer expired on October 5, 2006 on which date_en Segulah had obtained acceptance in respect of 787,500 Series “A” shares and 8,101,212 Series “B” shares, corresponding to 96.3 percent of the shares and 97.9 percent of the number of votes in NEA.
Segulah herewith announces that all the conditions relating to the Offer to the shareholders in NEA have been satisfied and that it will therefore complete the Offer.
For shareholders who accepted the Offer during the acceptance period a statement of account will be rendered around October 13, 2006.
To enable those shareholders who have not yet accepted the Offer to do so, Segulah has decided to extend the acceptance period until 5.00 pm (Swedish time) on October 20, 2006. For shareholders who accept the Offer during the extended acceptance period, a statement of account will be rendered around October 27, 2006.
Segulah will in the near future request that NEA’s shares be delisted. Segulah will also call for forced redemption of the outstanding shares in NEA.
For further information, please contact:
Gabriel Urwitz
Chairman of AB Segulah (publ.)
Tel: +46 (0)8 442 89 50
Mobile: +46 (0)705 90 89 00
Sebastian Ehrnrooth
Partner in AB Segulah (publ.)
Tel: +46 (0)8 442 89 50
Mobile: +46 (0)733 60 42 05
