IMMOBILIARE GRANDE DISTRIBUZION SIIQ SPA This Press Release does not constitute or form part of, an offer for sale of financial instruments or a solicitation to buy financial instruments. The financial instruments mentioned herein have not been, and will not be subject to registration under the U.S. Securities Act or in Australia, Canada, Japan and South Africa or in any other country where the offer or sale would be subject to the approval of local authorities or in any case prohibited by law. The financial instruments mentioned in this Press Release may not be offered or sold in the United States of America or to US persons, unless they are registered pursuant to the US Securities Act, or hold an exemption to registration applicable under the terms of the US Securities Act.
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PRESS RELEASE
Bologna, 9 December 2015 IGD - Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ S.p.A., one of the main player owner and manager of retail shopping centers in Italy and listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, announces that the Information Document drafted pursuant to Article 5 of Consob Regulation No. 17221/2010 related to the signing of a preliminary agreement with UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A. concerning the acquisition of the entire capital of Punta di Ferro S.r.l., together with the opinion of the Related Party Committee, are available at the Company's registered office, on the Company's website http://eng.gruppoigd.it/ sections Investor Relations
- Acquistion and ABB 2015, as well as on the authorized storage system SDIR_NIS www.emarketstorage.com.
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This Press Release is published for information purposes only, in accordance with Italian law, and should not be construed as an investment proposal, and, in any case, may not be used or considered as an offer to sell nor an invitation or offer to buy or sell financial instruments by Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ S.p.A. The documentation regarding the offering of shares referred to in this press release will not be subject to approval by CONSOB or any other competent authority in Italy or abroad in accordance with applicable law and, therefore, the shares subject to the offer may be offered, sold or distributed in Italy and in other Member States of the European Economic Area which have implemented the Directive 2003/71/EC (the 'Prospectus Directive') (each, a 'Relevant Member State'), subject to exemption from the provisions of the law and regulations governing public offerings, exclusively to 'qualified' investors (as defined in Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive, in accordance with the laws and regulations for implementation adopted respectively by each Relevant Member State, including, with regard to Italy, Article 26, first paragraph, letter b) of CONSOB regulation 16190 of 29 October 2007, and as referred to in Article 34-ter, first paragraph, letter b) of CONSOB Regulation 11971 of 14 May 1999, and subsequent modifications; herein the 'Qualified Investors'), and outside of Italy and the Relevant Member States, to institutional investors in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S ('Regulation S') of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'U.S. Securities Act') and, in the United States, to 'Qualified Institutional Buyers', pursuant to Rule 144A of the U.S. Securities Act.
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IGD - Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ S.p.A.
Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ S.p.A. is one of the main players in Italy's retail real estate market: it develops and manages shopping centers throughout the country and has a significant presence in Romanian retail distribution. Listed on the Star Segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, IGD was the first SIIQ (Società di Investimento Immobiliare Quotata or real estate investment trust) in Italy. IGD has a real estate portfolio valued at circa €1,942.38 million at 30 June 2015, comprised of, in Italy, 25 hypermarkets and supermarkets, 20 shopping malls and retail parks, 1 city center, 2 plots of land for development, 1 property held for trading and an additional 7 real estate properties. Following the acquisition of the company Winmark Magazine SA in 2008 14 shopping centers and an office building, found in 13 different Romanian cities, were added to the portfolio. An extensive domestic presence, a solid financial structure, the ability to plan, monitor and manage all phases of a center's life cycle: these qualities summarize IGD's strong points.
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CONTACTS INVESTOR RELATIONS CLAUDIA CONTARINI Investor Relations +39 051 509213 clazorzettoudia.contarini@gruppoigd.it FEDERICA PIVETTI IR Assistant +39 051 509242 federica.pivetti@gruppoigd.it | CONTACTS MEDIA RELATIONS IMAGE BUILDING Cristina Fossati, Federica Corbeddu +39 02 89011300 igd@imagebuilding.it |
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