Attica Bank – Information concerning the acquisition of warrants
Attica Bank Banking SA, following its corporate announcements of 12-08-2021 and 16-08-2021 and within the context of the implementation of the provisions of article 27A of L. 4172/2013 (“DTC”) as well as the relevant articles of Cabinet Act No. 28/06.07.2021, as amended by Cabinet Act No. 34/25-08-2021, informs its investors on the following:
- On 16-08-2021, the Bank issued 992,512,679 free (without remuneration) warrant for the acquisition of common shares (“securities”) in favor of the Greek State in book-entry form and delivered them to the Greek State to have at its disposal through ownership by crediting them to the Securities Account preserved by the Greek State in the system of the General Dematerialized Securities System.
- The existing shareholders have, pursuant to article 6 par. 1 of the aforementioned Act, a redemption right to the said securities proportionate to their percentage of participation in the share capital on the date of the General Meeting of 07-07-2021, and with a redemption price of € 0.1530 per security.
- Each existing common share corresponds (after a rounding procedure) to a right to acquire 2.15 securities.
- The deadline within which the existing shareholders can exercise their right of redemption of the securities is the period from 31.08.2021 until 15.09.2021.
- Existing shareholders are granted the right to pre-subscribe for the acquisition of unallocated securities within the aforesaid period with a redemption price of €0.1530 per security.
- Third parties are granted the right to pre-subscribe for the acquisition of unallocated securities within the same deadline at a redemption price of € 0.1530 per security.
- If, after the existing shareholders have exercised their redemption right, unallocated securities still remain, these will be distributed to the existing shareholders and to third-party investors who have subscribed for the pre-emption of unallocated securities. In the event that the number of unallocated securities is greater than the number of securities called for through subscriptions, the subscriptions shall be fully satisfied. In case the number of unallocated securities is not sufficient to cover the submitted applications, the Board of Directors of the Bank will issue a new decision determining the way that the unallocated securities will be distributed.
The application submitted by the existing shareholders or third parties to exercise the right of redeeming the securities as well as the pre-emption right for unallocated securities within the above deadline will be uniform and the rights will be exercised simultaneously. The above application shall be submitted either to the Bank’s branch network or to the custodian of each investor. At the same time the price that corresponds to the redemption of the above securities shall be paid. The receipt of the files and documents submitted to the Bank on behalf of the operators will be done by the Money Market and Capital Market Operational Support Sub-Division (3-5 Dimitriou Gounari Str. & Plapouta Str., Peristeri, Ground Floor).
For your better service and due to COVID-19, please first contact the Subdivision of Financial Markets and Capital Markets Operational Support / Custody Department, Mutual Funds and Register of shareholders (tel. +30 210-3669570 and +30 210 – 3669571, Ms. Eleni Efthymiou and Ms. Marina Apanomeritaki) to fix an appointment.
The following e-mail address will be used for sending any trial and final files: custodyservices@atticabank.gr.
- In case a request for unallocated securities is not met, the corresponding price shall be returned to the applicant after the process of distributing the
unallocated securities is completed. - The Public Participant (National Bank of Greece) will proceed to evaluate the requests, deliver the corresponding number of securities, settle the transaction, as well as return the product of the purchase of the securities to the Greek State.
- After the redemption period expires, the Bank will provide the applicants with information about the number of securities that will come into their possession, by crediting the warrants to their accounts in the Dematerialized Securities System (DSS).
- The Bank will subsequently issue a new corporate announcement regarding the listing of the securities to be traded on a regulated market as well as
regarding their trading period. - Afterwards, the securities will be automatically converted into common registered shares of the Bank with a proportion of one security per one share.
Important information: It should be particularly highlighted that by virtue of Article 8 of Cabinet Act 28/06.07.2021, as amended by Cabinet Act 34/25-08-2021, until the date of conversion of the securities: “In the event that authorized corporate acts take place, the number of securities shall remain unchanged, except in the case of a merger of shares, in which case the number of securities and therefore the number of shares issued as a result of the conversion thereof shall be readjusted as follows: the new number of securities shall be equal to the product of the number of securities immediately prior to the said merger, multiplied by the following ratio: Number of common shares after the merger / (by) the number of common shares that existed before the said merger.”
Given that the published invitation for the upcoming Bank’s General Meeting on 15-09-2021 includes, among others, the following item in the agenda: “Increasing the nominal value of existing common registered shares from € 0.30 to € 18.00 while simultaneously reducing the total number of existing common shares of the Bank by merging 60 shares in one (reverse split),…”, it should pointed out that if the relevant decision is taken by the aforementioned General Meeting, and in accordance with the above article of the Cabinet Act, the securities acquired during the procedure described above will be impaired by merging sixty (60) securities into one (1).
The number of shares to be acquired following the conversion following the procedure described above will correspond to the new impaired number of securities.
ATTICA BANK S.A.