L'OFFRE PUBLIQUE D'ACQUISITION POUR TOUTES LES ACTIONS NOMINATIVES EN MAINS DU PUBLIC DE SCHAFFNER HOLDING AG, LUTERBACH, SUISSE (LA "SOCIÉTÉ" OU "SCHAFFNER")
RESTRICTIONS À L'OFFRE
En Général
L'offre publique d'acquisition décrite dans les documents disponibles sur ce site web (l'"Offre") ne sera faite, directement ou indirectement, dans aucun pays ni aucune juridiction dans lequel ou laquelle une telle Offre serait considérée comme illicite ou enfreindrait de toute autre manière les lois ou réglementations en vigueur ou dans lequel ou laquelle Tyco Electronics (Suisse) Holding II Sàrl ("TE") ou l'une de ses filiales (TE ou ces filiales, l'"Offrante") serait tenue de procéder à une modification ou un aménagement des termes ou des conditions de l'Offre de quelque manière que ce soit, ou de soumettre des requêtes supplémentaires en lien avec l'Offre auprès d'autorités gouvernementales, régulatrices ou autres, ou d'entreprendre des démarches supplémentaires en lien avec l'Offre. Il n'est pas prévu d'étendre l'Offre à de tels pays ou juridictions. Aucun document relatif à l'Offre ne doit être distribué ou envoyé dans de tels pays ou juridictions ou utilisé pour solliciter l'acquisition de titres de participation de la Société par des personnes ou entités domiciliées ou incorporées dans de tels pays ou juridictions.
Selon le droit suisse, les Actions Schaffner apportées lors de l'Offre ne peuvent, en principe, plus être retirées après qu'elles aient été apportées, sous réserve de certains cas particuliers, notamment en cas de lancement d'une offre concurrente pour les Actions Schaffner.
Notice to U.S. Holders
Shareholders of Schaffner Holding AG ("Company") in the United States are advised that the registered shares of the Company are not listed on a U.S. securities exchange and that the Company is not subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and is not required to, and does not, file any reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder.
The Offer will be made for the registered shares of the Company, a Swiss company whose shares are listed on the SIX, and is subject to Swiss disclosure and procedural requirements, which are different from those of the United States.
The Offer will be made in the United States pursuant to Section 14(e) of, and Regulation 14E under, the Exchange Act, subject to the exemption provided under Rule 14d-1(c) under the Exchange Act for a tier I tender offer (the "Tier I Exemption"), and otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Swiss law. Accordingly, the Offer will be subject to disclosure and other procedural requirements, including with respect to withdrawal rights, settlement procedures, waiver of conditions and timing of payments that are different from those applicable under U.S. tender offer procedures and laws. Holders of Schaffner Shares resident in the United States (each a "U.S. Holder") are urged to consult with their own legal financial and tax advisors (including with respect to Swiss law) regarding the Offer.
To the extent permissible under applicable law or regulations, the Offeror and its affiliates or its brokers and its brokers’ affiliates (acting as agents for the Offeror or its affiliates, as applicable) may from time to time after the date of the pre-announcement and during the pendency of the Offer, and other than pursuant to the Offer, directly or indirectly purchase or arrange to purchase Schaffner Shares or any securities that are convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for Schaffner Shares. These purchases may occur either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. To the extent information about such purchases or arrangements to purchase is made public in Switzerland, such information will be disclosed by means of a press release or other means reasonably calculated to inform U.S. Holders of the Company of such information. In addition, the financial advisers to the Offeror may also engage in ordinary course trading activities in securities of the Company, which may include purchases or arrangements to purchase such securities. To the extent required in Switzerland, any information about such purchases will be made public in Switzerland in the manner required by Swiss law.
In particular, any financial statements or figures included or referenced in this announcement and in the Offer Prospectus have been or will be prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards of, or recognized in, Switzerland, which may not be comparable to the financial statements or financial information of U.S. companies. The Offer will be made to U.S. Holders on the same terms and conditions as those made to all other shareholders of the Company to whom an offer is made. Any informational documents are being disseminated to U.S. Holders on a basis comparable to the method that such documents are provided to the Company’s other shareholders.
As permitted under the Tier I Exemption, the settlement of the Offer will be based on the applicable Swiss law provisions, which differ from the settlement procedures customary in the United States, particularly as regards to the time when payment of the consideration is rendered. The Offer, which will be subject to Swiss law, will be made to U.S. Holders in accordance with the applicable U.S. securities laws, and applicable exemptions thereunder, in particular the Tier I Exemption. To the extent the Offer is subject to U.S. securities laws, those laws only apply to U.S. Holders of Schaffner Shares and will not give rise to claims on the part of any other person. It may be difficult for the Company’s shareholders to enforce their rights and any claim they may have arising under the of U.S. federal securities laws, since the Offeror and the Company are located in a non-U.S. jurisdiction, and some or all of their officers and directors may be residents of a non-U.S. jurisdiction. Company shareholders may not be able to sue the Offeror or the Company or their officers or directors in a non-U.S. court for violations of the U.S. securities laws. Further, it may be difficult to compel the Offeror and the Company and their respective affiliates to subject themselves to a U.S. court's judgment.
The receipt of cash pursuant to the Offer by a U.S. Holder may be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes and under applicable U.S. state and local laws, as well as foreign and other tax laws. Each holder of Schaffner Shares is urged to consult his or her independent professional advisor immediately regarding the tax consequences of an acceptance of the Offer.
Neither the SEC nor any securities commission of any State of the U.S. has (i) approved or disapproved of the Offer; (ii) passed upon the merits or fairness of the Offer; or (iii) passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the disclosure in the Offer documents. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.
United Kingdom
The communication of this Offer document will not be made, and has not been approved, by an authorised person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended. In the United Kingdom ("U.K."), this communication and any other offer documents relating to the Offer is/will be directed only at persons (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Order"), (ii) falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.") of the Order or (iii) to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). No communication in respect of the Offer must be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. The Offer, any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is/will be available only in the United Kingdom to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons.
Australia, Canada, Japan and South Africa
The Offer will not be addressed to shareholders of the Company whose place of residence, seat or habitual abode is in Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa, and such shareholders may not accept the Offer.
Confirmation
En cliquant sur le bouton "Je confirme et j'accepte" ci-dessous, vous confirmez et acceptez chacun des points suivants:
- que vous avez lu et compris et que vous n'êtes soumis à aucune des restrictions à l'Offre énoncées ci-dessus, que la communication relative à l'Offre peut légalement vous être destinée et que l'Offre peut légalement vous être adressée;
- que vous ne vous trouvez pas ou n'êtes pas résident dans une juridiction où l'extension de l'Offre obligerait TE ou l'une de ses filiales (y compris l'Offrante) ou toute autre personne à déposer ou à enregistrer un prospectus d'offre ou tout autre document, ou à prendre toute autre mesure supplémentaire en relation avec l'Offre, conformément ou en vertu des lois de cette juridiction;
- que vous ne dupliquerez pas ou ne transmettrez pas ou ne mettrez pas à disposition de toute personne ou ne distribuerez pas de quelque manière que ce soit les documents disponibles sur ce site web; et
- que vous comprenez et reconnaissez que le non-respect de ce qui précède pourrait entraîner une violation des lois applicables et/ou des dommages pour TE, ses filiales (y compris l'Offrante) et autres personnes.