THE BOARD OF AFFECTO PLC HAS RESOLVED TO APPLY FOR DELISTING OF AFFECTO’S SHARES FROM NASDAQ HELSINKI AND TO CHANGE AFFECTO’S FINANCIAL REPORTING
Affecto Plc – Stock Exchange Release, 2 November 2017 at 9:45, Helsinki
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THE BOARD OF AFFECTO PLC HAS RESOLVED TO APPLY FOR DELISTING OF AFFECTO’S SHARES FROM NASDAQ HELSINKI AND TO CHANGE AFFECTO’S FINANCIAL REPORTING
Affecto Plc’s (“Affecto”) board of directors has resolved to apply for the termination of public trading of the shares of Affecto and the delisting of the shares from the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (“Nasdaq Helsinki”). In addition, the board of directors of Affecto resolved that Affecto will not publish an interim Q3 report.
CGI Nordic Investments Limited (“CGI Nordic”) an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. owns approximately 96.67 per cent of all the shares and votes in Affecto which are not owned by Affecto or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries. CGI Nordic has initiated redemption proceedings for the remaining Affecto shares under Chapter 18 of the Finnish Companies Act (624/2006, as amended).
Provided that the arbitral tribunal to be appointed for the redemption proceedings confirms that CGI Nordic’s redemption right is clear, CGI Nordic is entitled to gain title to all the shares in Affecto held by the remaining shareholders immediately against the placement of a security approved by the arbitral tribunal for the payment of the redemption price.
Affecto will submit an application to Nasdaq Helsinki concerning delisting of its shares from the official list on 9 November 2017. In the application Affecto requests that the quotation of Affecto's shares on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki be terminated without delay upon CGI Nordic having gained title to all the shares in Affecto that are not owned by Affecto or any of its subsidiaries in the redemption proceedings.
As a result of the minority share redemption proceedings and the resolution regarding the application for termination of trading and the delisting of shares Affecto will not publish an interim Q3 report. This marks a change to the financial reporting timetable announced earlier by Affecto for the 2017 financial year according to which Affecto would publish an interim Q3 report on Tuesday 7 November 2017. Pursuant to the amendment of the Finnish Securities Markets Act (746/2012, as amended) that entered into force on 26 November 2015 listed companies are no longer obligated to publish interim reports for the first three and nine months of their financial periods.
Affecto Plc
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Heikki Nikku
Managing Director
heikki.nikku@cgi.com
tel. +358 400 500782
Jarkko Virtanen
Director, Marketing and Communications
jarkko.virtanen@cgi.com
+358 40 7593603
AFFECTO
Affecto is a Northern European full-stack data house with expertise in data intensive technologies. Their expertise ranges from enterprise information management to artificial intelligence. Affecto creates business value for its customers by helping them become data driven, thus transforming their businesses. Affecto has long term, committed customer relationships with a large number of essential Northern European companies as well as public institutions. Affecto has a local presence with 18 offices forming a powerful grid, and is a unique home for its 1000+ employees.
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