ANNOUNCEMENT

 

RESULTS OF SAMPO FINANCE'S TAKE-OVER BID TO SHAREHOLDERS OF OPTIVA 

PANK

 

Sampo Finance Oy made a take-over offering to small shareholders of 

AS Optiva Pank, effective from 24.07.2000 until 25.08.2000. In the 

course of the take-over bid, Sampo Finance Oy acquired 4,865,682 

ordinary shares of AS Optiva Pank. The take-over bid was not 

conditional and was made for all 7,776,895 AS Optiva Pank ordinary 

shares held by small shareholders, i.e. 18.85% of total outstanding 

shares of AS Optiva Pank.  

 

Shares acquired by Sampo Finance Oy in the course of the take-over 

offering account for 62.57% of shares for which the take-over bid 

was made, and 11.79% of total outstanding ordinary shares of AS 

Optiva Pank.

 

As of end-day 29.08.2000, Sampo Finance Oy owned 92.94% of AS 

Optiva Pank shares, and voting rights proceeding from 38,344,657 AS 

Optiva Pank ordinary shares on general meetings of AS Optiva Pank 

shareholders.

 

As of end-day 29.08.2000, AS Hansapank as an entity acting in 

concert with the offeror owned 0.00% shareholding in AS Optiva 

Pank, and voting rights proceeding from 1 ordinary share of AS 

Optiva Pank on general meetings of AS Optiva Pank shareholders. 

 

 

Additional information: 

Helen Poolake, Hansabank Markets, tel. +372 61 33 515