Dai Nippon Printing Secures 96.55% of Austriacard in Tender Offer
Dai Nippon Printing (TYO:7912) has concluded its tender offer for Austriacard, securing 35.1 million shares, representing 96.55% of the Austrian company's outstanding ordinary shares.The 65.2 billion yen, or 351 million euro deal priced at 10 euro per share, has cleared competition authority approvals in Austria, Germany, and Turkey, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Wednesday.The company has also secured foreign direct investment or FDI clearances in Greece and Romania, though Austrian FDI approval remains pending.An additional three-month acceptance period will run from Aug. 26 to Nov. 26, to allow remaining shareholders to tender their stakes.Dai Nippon Printing plans to initiate a squeeze-out procedure under Austrian law once FDI clearance is obtained, aiming to make Austriacard a wholly owned subsidiary and pursue delisting from both the Vienna and Athens exchanges.