REG-HMS Group HMS Group completed the conversion of a part of its GDRs into shares - no change in control
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HMS Group (HMSG)
HMS Group completed the conversion of a part of its GDRs into shares - no
change in control
20-Dec-2019 / 18:00 MSK
Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside
information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR), transmitted by
EQS Group.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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HMS Hydraulic Machines & Systems Group plc
(the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "HMS Group")
Moscow, Russia
December 20, 2019
HMS Group completed the conversion of a part of its GDRs into shares - no
change in control
Conversion of the global depositary receipts held by JSC HMS Holding, the
Company's major shareholder, and withdrawal of the underlying shares in
the Company to JSC HMS Holding - no change in control
HMS HYDRAULIC MACHINES & SYSTEMS GROUP PLC (LSE: HMSG) (the "Company")
announces today that on 16 December 2019 its major shareholder JSC HMS
Holding ("HMS Holding") completed the process of cancellation (disposal by
HMS Holding) of 2,924,207 global depositary receipts issued under the
Company's depositary receipts program representing 14,621,035 shares in
the Company (the "Underlying Shares") and withdrawal of (acquisition by
HMS Holding of) the Underlying Shares from the depositary (the Bank of New
York Mellon) in the name of HMS Holding (the "Conversion").
As a result of the Conversion, HMS Holding retains full control over the
majority shareholding in the Company being a direct holder of 71.51% of
the Company's issued share capital, and, consequently, the Conversion
neither triggers an obligation of the Company or HMS Holding to make any
mandatory offer to the GDR holders, nor lead to any change in corporate
governance of the Company.
Further details of the transactions above are available here:
1 http://grouphms.com/files/MAR_notification_by_HMS_Holding.pdf
For more information, please, contact:
Alexander Rybin, Head of Capital markets, on telephone: +7 (495) 730-6601,
or email: 2 capital-markets@hms.ru
Inna Kelekhsaeva, Deputy Head of Capital markets, on telephone: +7 (495)
730-6601, or email: 3 capital-markets@hms.ru
About HMS Group
HMS Group is the leading pump and compressor manufacturer, as well as
provider of flow control solutions and related services for the oil and
gas, petrochemistry, nuclear and thermal power generation, water and
wastewater sectors in Russia and the CIS headquartered in Moscow, Russia.
HMS Group's products are mission-critical elements of projects across a
diverse range of industries. HMS has a listing on the London Stock
Exchange in the form of global depositary receipts (LSE: HMSG).
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information.
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ISIN: US40425X4079
Category Code: CON
TIDM: HMSG
LEI Code: 254900DDFETNLASV8M53
OAM Categories: 2.2. Inside information
2.3. Major shareholding notifications
2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares
Sequence No.: 36680
EQS News ID: 941331
End of Announcement EQS News Service
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