General meeting of Sampo authorises Sampo's board of directors to issue new A shares in connection with the public tender offer to the shareholders of Topdanmark

9.7.2024 14:02:07 CEST | Topdanmark A/S | Tender offer

 9 July 2024

Announcement no. 11/2024

General meeting of Sampo authorises Sampo's board of directors to issue new A shares in connection with the public tender offer to the shareholders of Topdanmark 

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With reference to announcement no. 9/2024 of 17 June 2024 regarding the entering into of an agreement between Topdanmark A/S (”Topdanmark”) and Sampo plc (”Sampo”), pursuant to which Sampo will make a recommended public tender offer (share exchange offer) to the shareholders of Topdanmark for up to all shares (except treasury shares and shares already held by Sampo) in Topdanmark (the “Exchange Offer”), Sampo has today announced that an extraordinary general meeting of Sampo has on 9 July 2024 authorised Sampo’s Board of Directors to issue new A shares as consideration to the shareholders of Topdanmark in the Exchange Offer. Please see attachments for further details. 

Contacts

• Robin Hjelgaard Læfgren, Head of Investor Relations, [phone], [phone], [e-mail]

About Topdanmark A/S

Topdanmark is one of the largest insurance companies in Denmark.

We are 2,100 employees, and we help more than 110,000 commercial and agricultural customers and 600,000 private customers all over the country. We have been helping customers since 1898 when Topdanmark was founded.

Attachments

• 11-2024 Sampo authorises the issuance of new A shares.pdf
• Decision of Sampo plc’s Extraordinary General Meeting.pdf

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