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OCI N.V. announced today its first of trading on NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam under the ticker symbol ‘OCI US’.
To celebrate the first day of trading, Nassef Sawiris, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OCI N.V. sounded the bell to open trading of the European markets of NYSE Euronext at 9:00 AM CET today. Mr. Sawiris was joined by Cees Vermaas, CEO and Chairman of NYSE Euronext Amsterdam, Diederik Zandstra, Head of Listings Europe of NYSE Euronext, Bas Pulles, commissioner of Foreign Trade, and other guests. OCI N.V. will trade in US Dollars and will also launch a Euro-traded security in the near future.
For more information about OCI N.V. and its listing on the NYSE Euronext, please visit www.ocinv.nl
For additional information contact:
Investor Relations Department:
Omar Darwazah
Email: [email protected]
Erika Wakid
Email: [email protected]
Hassan Badrawi
Director
Tel: +202 2461 1036/0727/0917
Fax: +202 2461 9409
This press release is an advertisement and not a prospectus and investors should not subscribe for any shares or other securities referred to in this press release except on the basis of information in the Offering Circular or the Supplement published by the Company in connection with the admission of the OCI N.V. Shares to listing and trading on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam. The Supplement constitutes a supplement published in connection with a takeover offer for the purpose of article 16 of the European Union Directive 2003/71/EC as amended, and has been prepared in accordance with the Dutch Financial Supervision Act, for the purpose of giving new additional information with regard to the listing. Copies of the Offer Document, the Offering Circular and the Supplement are available to eligible participants on the Company’s website (www.ocinv.nl). This press release does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, any shares or other securities of the Company, nor shall any part of it nor the fact of its distribution form part of or be relied on in connection with any contract or investment decision relating thereto, nor does it constitute a recommendation regarding the securities of the Company.
This press release may not be published, distributed, transmitted or otherwise sent into the United States of America (including its territories and possessions, every State in the United States and the District of Columbia). This press release does not constitute an extension into the United States of the offer mentioned in this press release, nor does this press release constitute nor form part of an offer to sell securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States. OCI GDR Holders located or resident in the United States or who are acting for the account or benefit of, a such persons will not be eligible to participate in the offer described in this press release. Offer documents, including the Offer Document and Offering Circular describing the terms of the offer, when issued, will not be distributed or sent into the United States.
Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Company. You can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “expect”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “intend”, “will”, “could”, “may”, or “might”, the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. These statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. The Company does not intend to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ materially form those contained in the Company’s projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, general economic conditions, its competitive environment, as well as many other risks specifically related to the Company and its operations.
The information contained herein does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of any jurisdiction. The securities referred to herein may not be offered, or sold in the United States absent registration under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) or another exemption form, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirement of the Securities Act.
These materials and information contained herein are not a public offer or advertisement of securities in the Netherlands, and are not an offer, or an invitation to make offers, to purchase, sell, exchange or transfer any shares or global depositary receipts in the Netherlands.
This press release is directed in the United Kingdom only at (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”); (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order and to (iii) persons to whom it would otherwise be lawful to distribute it.
