Announcement of Regulated information pursuant to L. 3556/2007 - Notification of substantial holdings L. 3556/2007
Announcement of Regulated information pursuant to L. 3556/2007
Notification of substantial holdings L. 3556/2007
OPAP S.A. (the “Company”), pursuant to the provisions of L.3556/2007 and following a disclosure received by «Valea Foundation» on 01.02.2017, announces that, as a result of a transfer of shares, «Valea Foundation» indirectly controls Emma Delta Variable Capital Investment Company Ltd which in turn indirectly controls the voting rights attached to 33% shares in the Company (i.e. in total 105,270,000 voting rights attached to shares in the Company). The date of the transaction completion was 30.01.2017.
The full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are effectively held from now on, starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity is as following:
|
Name |
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
|
VALEA FOUNDATION |
33%1 |
- |
33% |
|
VALEA HOLDING AG |
33%1 |
- |
33% |
|
KKCG Holding AG |
33%1 |
- |
33% |
|
KKCG AG |
33%1 |
- |
33% |
|
SAZKA Group a.s. |
33%1 |
- |
33% |
|
Emma Delta Management Ltd |
33% |
- |
33% |
|
Emma Delta Variable Capital Investment Company Ltd |
33% |
- |
33% |
|
Emma Delta Hellenic Holdings Ltd |
33% |
- |
33% |
1VALEA FOUNDATION is the sole shareholder of VALEA HOLDING AG. VALEA FOUNDATION has no shareholders and is not controlled by any person. VALEA HOLDING AG is the sole shareholder of KKCG HOLDING AG. KKCG HOLDING AG is the sole shareholder of KKCG AG. KKCG AG directly holds 75% of the shares and voting rights in SAZKA Group a.s. and exercises joint control of SAZKA Group a.s. together with EMMA GAMMA LIMITED which is ultimately controlled by Mr. Jiri Smejc. SAZKA Group a.s. holds 66.7% of the shares and voting rights in Emma Delta Management Ltd, whereas the rest 33.3% is controlled by Mr. Georgios Melissanidis through the entity Georgiella Holdings Co. Limited, pursuant to the TR1 notification dated 29.07.2014. Emma Delta Management Ltd is the only entity having voting rights in Emma Delta Variable Capital Investment Company Ltd, which is the sole shareholder of Emma Delta Hellenic Holdings Ltd, which holds 33% of the shares and voting rights in OPAP S.A.
Athens, 03.02.2017
OPAP S.A.