Voluntary public takeover offer for
IFCO Systems N.V.
Voluntary public takeover offer of Brambles Investment Limited to the shareholders of IFCO Systems N.V.
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Important Legal Information
On the following pages you will find the offer document as well as further information and publications in connection with the voluntary public takeover offer (the "Takeover Offer" or also the "Offer") pursuant to Section 29 (1) of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz, "WpÜG") by Brambles Investment Limited, with its statutory corporate seat in Addlestone, United Kingdom, registered with the Companies House in Cardiff under number 05963795 (the "Offeror"), for the acquisition of shares in IFCO Systems N.V. with its corporate seat in Amsterdam, Netherlands, registered with the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam under trade register number 34113177 ("IFCO Systems N.V." or the "Target Company").
The Offer is made to all shareholders of IFCO Systems N.V. ("IFCO Shareholders") and refers to the acquisition of all issued shares in IFCO Systems N.V. ("IFCO Shares"), that are not already held by the Offeror.
All information contained on this website or being accessible through this website is for information purposes as well as the purpose of complying with the provisions of the WpÜG in conjunction with the German regulation on the contents of offer documents, consideration related to takeover offers and mandatory offers, and exemptions from the obligation to publish and submit an offer (together the "German Takeover Law"), and with certain applicable provisions of the securities laws and regulations of the United States of America and the corporate and securities laws and regulations of the Netherlands only. The information contained on this website and the documents accessible through this website are not for the purposes of the Bidder making any representations or entering into any other binding legal commitments. In particular, such information and documents do not constitute an offer to the IFCO-Shareholders to purchase, or an invitation to issue an offer to sell, shares in IFCO Systems N.V. An offer to purchase shares in IFCO Systems N.V. will only be made by publishing the offer document and will exclusively be subject to its terms and conditions.
The Takeover Offer is made solely pursuant to German law, in particular pursuant to the German Takeover Law, and in compliance with certain applicable provisions of the securities laws and regulations of the United States of America and corporate and securities laws and regulations of the Netherlands. The Bidder does not make a public offer under any other jurisdiction than the Federal Republic of Germany. Accordingly, no further registrations, authorizations or approvals of the Takeover Offer have been procured, granted or applied for outside the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bidder and the persons acting in concert with the Bidder pursuant to section 2 para 5 WpÜG therefore do not assume any responsibility for compliance with any laws other than those of the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States of America and the Netherlands. Thus, IFCO-Shareholders cannot rely on the application of any other laws protecting investors.
If any announcements or information on this website contain forward-looking statements, such statements do not represent facts and are characterized by words such as "expect", "believe", "estimate", "intend", "aim", "assume" or similar expressions. Such statements express the intentions, opinions or current expectations and assumptions of the Bidder and the persons acting in concert with the Bidder pursuant to section 2 para. 5 WpÜG, for example with regard to the potential consequences of the Takeover Offer for IFCO Systems N.V., for those IFCO-Shareholders who choose not to accept the Takeover Offer or for future financial results of IFCO Systems N.V. Such forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates and forecasts which the Bidder and the persons acting in concert with the Bidder pursuant to section 2 para. 5 WpÜG have made to the best of their knowledge, but which do not claim to be correct in the future. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and usually cannot be influenced by the Bidder or the persons acting in concert with the Bidder pursuant to section 2 para. 5 WpÜG. It should be kept in mind that actual events or consequences may differ materially from those contained in or expressed by such forward-looking statements.