LISTING OF VIOHALCO SA/NV ON THE MAIN MARKET OF THE ATHENS EXCHANGE
PRESS RELEASE OF VIOHALCO SA/NV
Brussels, 12 February 2014
The enclosed information constitutes regulated information as defined in the Belgian Royal Decree of 14 November 2007 regarding the duties of issuers of financial instruments which have been admitted for trading on a regulated market and is announced also in accordance with the provisions of Greek law 3340/2005.
Viohalco proceeds with the secondary listing of its shares on the Athens Exchange
Viohalco SA/NV announces today that the Hellenic Exchanges ? Athens Exchange Holding Company S.A. (Helex) has approved on 11 February 2014 the secondary listing of Viohalco SA/NVΆs 219,611,308 shares, representing 100% of its share capital, on the Main Market of Athens Exchange.
Viohalco SA/NVΆs shares will be listed on the Main Market of Athens Exchange, under the ticker symbols "VIO" (in Latin characters) and "BIO" (in Greek characters) and ISIN code BE0974271034. The first day of trading on the Main Market of Athens Exchange will be on the 14th of February 2014.
In the context of this secondary listing, a supplement to the prospectus dated 29 October 2013 relating to the listing and the admission to trading of all shares of Viohalco SA/NV on Euronext Brussels, has been approved by the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority, the FSMA, on 28 January 2014.
This supplement and this prospectus have been notified by the FSMA, upon request of Viohalco SA/NV, to the Hellenic Capital Market Commission inGreece, in connection with the secondary listing and admission to trading of the shares on the Main Market of Athens Exchange. As a result, in accordance with relevant applicable Greek laws, the prospectus, together with the above supplement, constitute the prospectus made available inGreecefor the secondary listing.
The above prospectus and the supplement are available on Viohalco SA/NVΆs website (www.viohalco.com), as well as on the website of Helex.
This is not an offering to purchase, subscribe or sell the shares in Viohalco SA/NV. No new capital will be raised as part of this secondary listing. In addition, the shares will continue to be listed primarily on Euronext Brussels under the ticker symbol "VIO" and the ISIN code BE0974271034.
About Viohalco SA/NV
Viohalco SA/NV is the parent company of the Viohalco group and holds participations in approximately 90 companies, seven of which are listed on the Athens Exchange. With production facilities in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, FYROM and the United Kingdom, where almost 8,000 personnel is employed, the groupΆs subsidiaries specialise in the manufacture of steel, copper and aluminium products, generating an annual turnover of more than EUR 3 billion. In addition, the group owns substantial real estate properties in Greece and redeveloped some of its properties as real estate development projects. For more information about our company, please visit our website at www.viohalco.com.
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