EQS-Adhoc: Voluntary public takeover offer aimed at control by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd to the shareholders of AUSTRIACARD HOLDINGS AG
EQS-Adhoc: Voluntary public takeover offer aimed at control by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd to the shareholders of AUSTRIACARD HOLDINGS AG
EQS-Ad-hoc: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. / Key word(s): Tender Offer
Voluntary public takeover offer aimed at control by Dai Nippon Printing
Co., Ltd to the shareholders of AUSTRIACARD HOLDINGS AG
13-May-2026 / 08:45 CET/CEST
Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by [1]EQS News – a service of
[2]EQS Group.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Tokyo | 13 May 2026
Publication pursuant to Section 5 of the Austrian Takeover Act
Voluntary public takeover offer aimed at control by Dai Nippon Printing
Co., Ltd to the shareholders of AUSTRIACARD HOLDINGS AG
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd (the „Bidder“) hereby announces that its
board of directors has today resolved to make a voluntary public takeover
offer aimed at control to all shareholders of AUSTRIACARD HOLDINGS AG
(„AUSTRIACARD“ or the „Target Company“) in accordance with Sections 25a et
seq. of the Austrian Takeover Act (Übernahmegesetz) („Offer“).
The Offer is aimed at the acquisition of all outstanding ordinary shares
in AUSTRIACARD, i.e. up to 36,353,868 ordinary bearer shares
(Stammaktien). Pursuant to Section 25a paragraph 2 of the Austrian
Takeover Act, the Offer is legally conditional upon the Bidder receiving
declarations of acceptance with respect to the Offer that comprise more
than 50% of the shares with permanent voting rights that are the subject
of the Offer. The Bidder intends that the Offer will be subject to an
(increased) minimum acceptance threshold of 75% of the shares with
permanent voting rights.
Shareholders are to be offered EUR 10 in cash per AUSTRIACARD share (ISIN
AT0000A325L0) on a cum dividend basis; this corresponds to a premium of
approximately 23.8 % on the closing price of the AUSTRIACARD share traded
on 12 May 2026 on the Vienna Stock Exchange, or a premium of approximately
46.1 % compared to the volume-weighted 6-month average price of the
AUSTRIACARD share traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange prior to that date.
The Bidder and Mr. Nikolaos Lykos, who holds a total of 27,114,422
AUSTRIACARD shares (the „Lykos Shares“), corresponding to a participation
of approximately 74.58% in the total registered nominal share capital
(Grundkapital) and voting rights of the Target Company, have today entered
into an agreement under the terms of which Mr. Lykos has irrevocably
undertaken to accept the Offer in respect of all Lykos Shares.
The completion of the transaction in accordance with this agreement, and
thus the sale and transfer of the Lykos Shares to the Bidder, is subject
to the acceptance of the Offer and the terms and conditions thereof.
Further details will be set out in the Offer document.
Furthermore, the Bidder and the Target Company have today signed a
memorandum of understanding („Memorandum of Understanding“). The
Memorandum of Understanding sets out certain details of the Offer
(including the Offer price and the terms of the Offer) as well as certain
mutual obligations of the Bidder and the Target Company in connection
therewith.
In the Memorandum of Understanding, the management board of the Target
Company has undertaken – subject to their statutory obligations – to
support the Offer.
In the course of the negotiations leading to the conclusion of the
Memorandum of Understanding, the Bidder was finally informed that the
members of the Target Company’s management board who hold AUSTRIACARD
shares intend to accept the Offer during the (initial) acceptance period.
The Offer will be subject to customary conditions precedent, such as
regulatory approvals and an increased minimum acceptance threshold.
Details will be set out in the Offer document.
Subject to the Takeover Commission’s review of the Offer document and
non-prohibition of its publication, the Offer document and further
information regarding the Offer will be made available on the websites of
the Bidder ([3] www.global.dnp/index.html), AUSTRIACARD
([4] www.austriacard.com) and the Takeover Commission ([5] www.takeover.at).
In addition, the Offer document will be available free of charge in
printed form at the registered office of Raiffeisen Bank International AG,
which will act as payment and settlement agent, at the address Am
Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna, during its regular business hours.
The Offer will not be a delisting offer.
Enquiries & Contact
Yusuke Kitagawa
+81-3-6735-0101
[6]kitagawa-y3@mail.dnp.co.jp
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute
an offer to purchase or a solicitation to sell securities. The terms and
conditions of the voluntary public takeover offer are governed exclusively
by the Offer document. The Offer is being conducted exclusively in
accordance with the applicable provisions of Austrian law.
End of Inside Information
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Language: English
Company: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
1-1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku
162-8001 Tokyo
Japan
Phone: +81-80-1044-0960
Internet: https://www.global.dnp/en/
ISIN: JP3493800001
WKN: 856615
Listed: Vienna Stock Exchange (Vienna MTF)
EQS News ID: 2326666
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