This information is disclosed in accordance with the Securities Markets Act and
NASDAQ OMX Stockholm's rules regarding public offers on the stock market.
This press release may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into,
the United States of America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, South
Africa or Japan. The Offer is not being made to (and acceptances will not be
accepted from) persons in those countries or elsewhere where their participation
requires further offer documents, filings or other measures in addition to those
required by Swedish law.
Ratos makes offer document public
Ratos has today made public the offer document regarding the offer to the
shareholders in HL Display to tender all their outstanding shares in HL Display
to Ratos compliant with the mandatory bid rules. The offer document is available
in a Swedish language version only.
The offer document will be mailed to all directly registered shareholders in HL
Display and can be ordered from ABG Sundal Collier, +46 8 566 286 00. The offer
document will also be available at Ratos's office, Drottninggatan 2, 111 96
Stockholm, Sweden, at ABG Sundal Collier's office, Regeringsgatan
65, 5tr, 103 89 Stockholm, Sweden, as well as at Remium's office, Kungsgatan
12-14, 111 35 Stockholm, Sweden. The offer document is also available on
www.ratos.se, www.abgsc.se and www.remium.se.
The acceptance period for the offer is expected to commence on 23 June 2010 and
end on
13 August 2010.
Stockholm 21 June 2010
Ratos AB
The Board of Directors
For further information, please contact:
Arne Karlsson, CEO Ratos, +46 8 700 17 00
Emma Rheborg, Head of Corporate Communications and IR Ratos, +46 8 700 17 20
Financial calendar from Ratos:
Interim Report January - June 2010 20 August 2010
Interim Report January - September 2010 4 November 2010
Ratos is a listed private equity company. The business concept is to maximise
shareholder value over time by investing in, developing and divesting primarily
unlisted companies. Ratos offers investors a unique investment opportunity.
Ratos's equity is approximately SEK 15 billion and has a market capitalisation
of approximately SEK 33 billion. Ratos's holdings include AH Industries,
Anticimex, Arcus Gruppen, Bisnode, Camfil, Contex, DIAB, EuroMaint, GS-Hydro,
Hafa Bathroom Group, Haglöfs, HL Display, Inwido, Jøtul, Lindab, MCC, Medisize,
SB Seating, Superfos and Other holdings.
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