Notice of stabilization and exercise of the over-allotment option

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Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) (”Handelsbanken”) has exercised the over-allotment option to subscribe for an additional 3,300,000 shares in a new issue of B-shares in Platzer. The over-allotment option comprised 3,300,000 B-shares in total. After exercise of the over-allotment option, an aggregate of 25,300,000 B-shares, corresponding to 26.42% of the number of shares outstanding in Platzer, have been sold in the offering.

The stabilization period commenced on November 29, 2013 and ended on December 27, 2013. All stabilization transactions were carried out at SEK 26.50. The stabilization period has now been concluded and no further stabilization transactions will be carried out.

Date Price
December 16, 2013 SEK 26.50
December 17, 2013 SEK 26.50
December 18, 2013 SEK 26.50
December 27, 2013 SEK 26.50

The new issue of 3,300,000 B-shares under the over-allotment option is intended to be registered with the Swedish Companies Registrations Office today, December 30, 2013. This means that the number of shares will increase from 92,447,434 to 95,747,434 and the number of votes from 272,447,434 to 275,747,434.

3,300,000 B-shares in Platzer that Handelsbanken borrowed from one of Platzer’s original owners to cover over-allotment in connection with the IPO will be returned following the registration of the new issue with the Swedish Companies Registrations Office.

As a result of the return of the lent shares and the registration of the new issue, two of the original owners of Platzer will file disclosure notifications in relation to their shareholdings. The disclosure notifications do not imply any changes in their original shareholdings.

Platzer Fastigheter Holding AB (publ)

For further information, please visit www.platzer.se or contact:
P-G Persson, CEO, tel. +46 734-11 12 22
Lennart Ekelund, CFO, tel. +46 703-98 47 87

Platzer Fastigheter Holding AB (publ) owns and manages commercial properties in the Gothenburg area with a total leasable area of approximately 370,000 square meters. Platzer is one of the leading real estate companies within commercial properties in Gothenburg with a value of approximately SEK 7 billion. Platzers shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm, Mid Cap.

Important notice

This document has not been approved by any regulatory authority. This document is a press release and not a prospectus or offering circular. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities of Platzer (the “Securities”) and may not be relied on for any investment contract or decision. Investment contracts or decisions may only be made based on information in the prospectus published by the company.

The Securities will not be offered or sold or acquired in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or in any other jurisdictions where actions in addition to those pursuant to Swedish law are required. This press release is not for distribution or release in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration thereunder. No communication or information related to the Securities may be disseminated to the public in jurisdictions other than Sweden where prior registration or approval is required for that purpose. No steps have been taken or will be taken relating to the offering of Securities outside of Sweden in any jurisdiction in which such steps would be required. The purchase of Securities is subject to specific legal or regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions. The company assumes no responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such restrictions.

The company will not authorize any offer to the public of Securities in any Member State of the European Economic Area other than Sweden. With respect to each Member State of the European Economic Area other than Sweden and which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), no action has been undertaken or will be undertaken to make an offer to the public of Securities requiring a publication of a prospectus in any Relevant Member State. As a result, the Securities comprised by the contemplated offering may only be offered in Relevant Member States:

(a)      to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;

(b)     to any legal entity meeting two or more of the following criteria: (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than € 43 million and (3) an annual net turnover of more than € 50 million, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or

(c)      in any other circumstances, not requiring the company to publish a prospectus as provided under Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes hereof, the expression an “offer to the public of Securities” in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase any Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

This press release may contain forward-looking information. Forward-looking information are statements reflecting the company’s current view of future events and anticipated or planned financial and operational performance. Words such as "intends", " assesses", "expects", "may", "plans", "contemplates", "estimates" or similar expressions that implies an indication or prediction regarding future development or trends, that are not based on historical facts, are forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is by nature connected with known, as well as unknown, risks and uncertainties as it depends on future events and circumstances. Forward-looking information does not imply a guarantee regarding future results or development and the actual results may materially differ from what is implied by the forward-looking information.