The offer OMX made to shareholders of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange (CSE) in December last year.
By the expiration of the offer period on Monday, 383,914 shares in CSE had been tendered under the offer – an acceptance level of approximately 99.4 percent of all shares and votes in CSE, excluding the treasury shares held by CSE.
The conditions for completion of the offer are now satisfied. OMX will acquire approximately 18 per cent of the tendered shares in CSE in exchange for newly issued shares in OMX and approximately 82 per cent for cash.
OMX is issuing 2,927,292 new shares, increasing its capital by a maximum of SEK 5,854,584.
OMX will initiate compulsory redemption proceedings pursuant to section 20b of the Danish Companies Act for the balance of the shares. They will be paid in cash.