Balder publishes prospectus
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The Board of Directors of Fastighets AB Balder (“Balder”) has prepared a prospectus in relation to Svenska Handelsbanken AB’s (“Handelsbanken”) offering to acquire preference shares in Balder, which has been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority today, September 26, 2012.
The offering is directed to the public in Sweden and to institutional investors in Sweden and abroad. Balder has been informed by Handelsbanken that the price in the offering has been determined to SEK 290 per preference share.
The Swedish language prospectus is available on Balder’s website www.balder.se and on Handelsbanken’s website www.handelsbanken.se/investeringserbjudande. A Swedish language information brochure with a brief description of the offering is also available there.
For further information, please contact:
CEO Erik Selin, tel. +46 706 074 790 or
Head of Finance Marcus Hansson, tel. +46 768 369 848
Balder discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was released for publication on September 26, 2012 at 16.15.
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