ASSYSTEM S.A.'s SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE A CAPITAL REDUCTION REPRESENTING A MAXIMUM NOMINAL AMOUNT OF €6,000,000
Paris, 22 November 2017 - 6.00 p.m. (CET) - As announced on 17 October 2017, Assystem S.A. (ISIN FR0000074148 - ASY) held today an Extraordinary General Meeting at which its shareholders approved a resolution providing for Assystem's capital to be reduced by a maximum nominal amount of €6 million by way of the Company buying back up to 6 million of its own shares on the open market and subsequently cancelling those shares.
As a result of this shareholder approval, and the decision issued by the Autorité des marchés financiers on 31 October 2017 (AMF decision no. 217C2549) stating that the share buyback offer is compliant with the applicable regulations and granting visa to the information note filed by Assystem (visa 17-570 dated 31 October 2017), the conditions precedent applicable to the offer have been met and it can now go ahead.
Pursuant to the provisions of article 231-28 of the AMF General Regulations, the informations relating to Assystem's legal, financial and accounting characteristics in particular will be made available to the public on 23 November 2017.
The AMF and Euronext Paris will publish a notice indicating the conditions under which the public buyback offer will be completed along with the detailed schedule. It is expected that the offer period will run from 24 November 2017 until 14 December 2017 (inclusive).
Disclaimer This press release does not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell securities, nor may it be used in connection with any such offer or solicitation, either directly or indirectly, by anyone in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation would be illegal or unauthorised or would require the publication of a prospectus or the completion of any other type of formalities in order to comply with the local laws and regulations. The share buyback offer described above has not been and will not be registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and will not be open to shareholders domiciled in the United States.
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ABOUT ASSYSTEM
Assystem is an international engineering group. As a key participant in the industry for 50 years, the Group supports its clients in managing their capital expenditure throughout the product life cycle. Assystem S.A. is listed on Euronext Paris. For more information please visit www.assystem.com Follow Assystem on Twitter: @Assystem
CONTACTS
| Philippe Chevallier CFO & Deputy CEO Tel.: +33 (0)1 55 65 03 10 Anne-Charlotte Dagorn Communications Director acdagorn@assystem.com Tel.: +33 (0)6 83 03 70 29 | Agnès Villeret Investor Relations - Komodo agnes.villeret@agence-komodo.com Tel.: +33 (0)6 83 28 04 15 |
