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WPU - Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S - Disclosure of major shareholding
Reference is made to announcements no. 16 and no. 19 published on December 17,
2024, and December
20, 2024, respectively, by WPU - Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S ("WPU" or the
"Company"), announcing
conditional agreements entered into between Vitol B.V. ("Vitol") and certain
shareholders in the
Company regarding Vitol's acquisition of shares in WPU and the partial
settlement of Vitol's
acquisition of shares in WPU.
On the date hereof, Vitol has acquired 34,586,995 shares of nominally DKK 0.01
each in WPU, which,
when taken together with the shares already held by Vitol in WPU, brings Vitol's
total holding in WPU
to 46,983,048 shares of nominally DKK 0.01 each, representing approximately
89.14 per cent of the
outstanding share capital and votes in WPU.
This information is disclosed by WPU in accordance with the requirements in
section 4.3.1 of the
Euronext Growth Markets Rule Book Part I.
Updated disclosure of major shareholding expected Monday December 23, 2024
WPU is expected to publish an updated major shareholder announcement on Monday
December 23,
2024, where Vitol is expected to settle the acquisition of additional 640,999
shares of nominally DKK
0.01 each, following which Vitol's total holding of shares and voting rights in
WPU will be 90.36 per
cent the outstanding share capital and votes in WPU. Accordingly, on such date
Vitol is expected to
exceed the 90 per cent reportable threshold of the share capital and votes in
WPU pursuant to section
4.3.1 of the Euronext Growth Markets Rule Book Part I.
For further information, contact:
WPU: Thomas Åberg, CFO, e-mail: TA@WPU-DK.COM
Important notice:
This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to
purchase, any securities of the Company. Copies of this announcement are not
being made and may
not be distributed or sent into any jurisdiction in which such distribution
would be unlawful or would
require registration or other measures. Persons distributing this communication
must satisfy
themselves that it is lawful to do so.
Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking
statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by
words such as "believe",
"expect", "anticipate", "strategy", "intends", "estimate", "will", "may",
"continue", "should" and similar
expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon
various assumptions, many
of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although the Company
believe that these
assumptions were reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject
to significant
known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important
factors which are difficult
or impossible to predict, and are beyond their control. Such risks,
uncertainties, contingencies and
other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the
expectations expressed
or implied in this release by such forward-looking statements. The Company does
not make any
guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this
announcement are
free from errors nor does it accept any responsibility for the future accuracy
of the opinions expressed
in this announcement or any obligation to update or revise the statements in
this announcement to
reflect subsequent events. You should not place undue reliance on the
forward-looking statements in
this announcement. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements
contained in this
announcement speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without
notice. The Company does
not undertake any obligation to review, update, confirm, or to release publicly
any revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that
arise in relation to the
content of this announcement. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates
makes any representation
as to the accuracy or completeness of this announcement and none of them accepts
any responsibility
for the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. This
announcement is for
information purposes only and is not to be relied upon in substitution for the
exercise of independent
judgment. It is not intended as investment advice and under no circumstances is
it to be used or
considered as an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities or a recommendation to
buy or sell any securities of the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its
affiliates accepts any
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