Afarak Group Plc Afarak Group Plc Has Resolved To Extend The Offer Period Of The Tender Offer

 
TIDMAFAGR 
 
   Released: July 12, 2019 
 
   14:40 London, 16:40 Helsinki, 12 July 2019 - Afarak Group Plc ("Afarak" 
or "the Company") (LSE: AFRK, NASDAQ: AFAGR) 
 
   AFARAK GROUP PLC HAS RESOLVED TO EXTEND THE OFFER PERIOD OF THE TENDER 
OFFER 
 
   NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) IN, 
INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES OR ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD 
CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. 
 
   Stock Exchange Release 
 
   The Board of Directors of Afarak has resolved on a two-week extension to 
the offer period ("Offer Period") regarding the acquisition of Afarak's 
own shares (the "Shares") in a voluntary public tender offer directed to 
all shareholders (the "Offer"or the "Tender Offer"). 
 
   The Offer Period of the Offer which was currently scheduled to expire on 
15 July 2019 at 4:00 pm (Finnish time), will by virtue of the terms and 
conditions of the Offer be extended to expire on 29 July 2019 at 4:00 pm 
(Finnish time). 
 
   Except for the extension of the Offer Period, the terms and conditions 
of the Offer remain unchanged. Due to the extension of the Offer Period 
the dates for, inter alia, the announcement of the preliminary and the 
final result of the Tender Offer, the settlement of the completion 
trades and payment of the offer consideration will change accordingly. 
Such estimated dates will be announced separately in connection with the 
supplement of the offer document of the Offer ("Offer Document") 
regarding, inter alia, the extension of the Offer Period. 
 
   Helsinki, July 12, 2019 
 
   Afarak Group Plc 
 
   Board of Directors 
 
   For additional information, please contact: 
 
   Guy Konsbruck, CEO, [phone], [e-mail] 
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   Financial reports and other investor information are available on the 
Company's website: www.afarak.com. 
 
   Afarak Group is a specialist alloy producer focused on delivering 
sustainable growth with a Speciality Alloys business in southern Europe 
and a FerroAlloys business in South Africa. The Company is listed on 
NASDAQ Helsinki (AFAGR) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange 
(AFRK). 
 
   Distribution: 
 
   NASDAQ Helsinki 
 
   London Stock Exchange 
 
   Main media 
 
   www.afarak.com 
 
   Disclaimer 
 
   This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of 
an offer to sell shares in Afarak Group Plc (the "Shares") anywhere in 
the world. The final terms and further provisions of the public tender 
offer (the "Offer") will be disclosed in the offer document approved by 
the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority. Holders of the Shares are 
strongly recommended to read the offer document and all announcements in 
connection with the Offer as they contain or will contain important 
information. 
 
   The Offer is not being made directly or indirectly, in or into the 
United States or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute 
a violation of the laws of such jurisdiction. The Offer is not being 
made by the use of the mails or any other means or instruments of 
interstate or foreign commerce (inter alia, transmission by fax, 
telephone or internet) in or into the United States, nor by the use of 
any facility of a national securities exchange in the United States. 
Accordingly, the sending or any other distribution of this announcement 
or any other accompanying document in or into the United States or any 
other jurisdiction, where to do so would constitute a violation of the 
laws of such jurisdiction, is prohibited. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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