Royal Dutch shares

[Rey®]

Cosa può fare un investitore che abbia in portafoglio azioni Royal Dutch e che nn abbia aderito all'offerta di concambio prevista per la fusione con Shell (e conclusa il 9 agosto) ?

carta straccia? trattativa privata?

grazie per l'aiuto

[FaGal]

Royal Dutch Shell acquires over 95% of Royal Dutch Shares

Released: 02 Aug 2005
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART INTO ITALY OR JAPAN


Joint Announcement by Royal Dutch Shell plc ('Royal Dutch Shell') and N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij ('Royal Dutch')



Royal Dutch Shell acquires over 95% of Royal Dutch Shares
Royal Dutch Shell announces that as of 2 August 2005, Royal Dutch Shell has acquired 1,966,867,638 ordinary shares in the share capital of Royal Dutch (‘Royal Dutch Shares’), representing 95.04% of all issued and outstanding Royal Dutch Shares. This includes those shares accepted for exchange in the initial offer period and those shares accepted for exchange to date in the subsequent offer acceptance period. This level exceeds the 95% level at which Royal Dutch Shell may elect to initiate squeeze out procedures. An acceptance level of at least 95% is also required by applicable Euronext rules in order to de-list from Euronext Amsterdam. Accordingly, Royal Dutch Shell has requested that Royal Dutch seek delisting from Euronext Amsterdam. Royal Dutch Shell has also requested that Royal Dutch seek delisting from the New York Stock Exchange.



The subsequent offer acceptance period remains open and will expire at 3:00 p.m. Amsterdam time on 9 August 2005. During this period, holders of Royal Dutch Shares continue to be able – subject to the terms of the Royal Dutch Offer documents – to tender any remaining Royal Dutch Shares.



The subsequent offer acceptance period is not an extension of the offer by Royal Dutch Shell to acquire all ordinary shares of Royal Dutch that expired on 18 July 2005 (the “Royal Dutch Offer”). During the subsequent offer acceptance period there will be no withdrawal rights for Royal Dutch Shares tendered for exchange. Royal Dutch Shell will promptly accept for exchange any Royal Dutch Shares tendered during the subsequent offer acceptance period at the same exchange ratio as in the Royal Dutch Offer period (that is, two Royal Dutch Shell Class A ordinary shares for every Royal Dutch Share held in bearer or Hague registry form tendered and one Royal Dutch Shell Class A ADR (representing two Royal Dutch Shell Class A Shares) for every Royal Dutch Share held in New York registry form tendered).



Remaining Royal Dutch Shares
As previously announced, if by the end of the subsequent offer acceptance period, Royal Dutch Shell does not hold 100% of Royal Dutch Shares, Royal Dutch Shell reserves the right to use any legally permitted method to obtain 100% of the Royal Dutch Shares. This could include a squeeze out procedure, engaging in one or more corporate restructuring transactions, such as a merger, liquidation, transfer of assets or conversion of Royal Dutch into another form or corporate entity, or changing the Royal Dutch articles of association to alter the corporate or capital structure in a manner beneficial to Royal Dutch Shell. Further, Royal Dutch Shell could engage in one or more transactions with minority holders of Royal Dutch Shares which may include public or private exchanges, tender offers or purchases for consideration consisting of Royal Dutch Shell Shares, other securities or cash.

Enquiries:




Media
UK/USA/International:
Stuart Bruseth +44 20 7934 6238
Andy Corrigan +44 20 7934 5963
Simon Buerk +44 20 7934 3453
Bianca Ruakere +44 20 7934 4323
Lisa Givert +44 20 7934 2914
Susan Shannon +44 20 7934 3277
Bernadette Cunnane +44 20 7934 2713
Netherlands :
Herman Kievits +31 70 377 8750

Institutional Investors
UK :
David Lawrence +44 20 7934 3855
Gerard Paulides +44 20 7934 6287
Europe:
Bart van der Steenstraten +31 70 377 3996
USA :
Harold Hatchett +1 212 218 3112

Private Investor Call Centres

UK Call Centre: Freephone 0800 169 1679 (+44 1903 276323 from outside the UK) Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., London time

US Call Centres:
Holders of Royal Dutch New York Registered Shares: Within the US call toll free (877) 278 4235, outside of the US call +1 212 440 9800 Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 p.m., New York time
Holders of Shell Transport ADRs: Within the US call toll free (877) 278 6357, outside of the US call +1 212 440 9800 Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 p.m., New York time




Legal notices



Holders of ordinary shares of Royal Dutch are urged to carefully review the registration statement on Form F-4 (including the prospectus) and other documents relating to the Royal Dutch Offer that have been filed with, or furnished to, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC') by Royal Dutch Shell and the related solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 that has been filed with the SEC by Royal Dutch and, as the case may be, the Royal Dutch Offer document and the prospectus which have been filed with, or furnished to, Euronext Amsterdam N.V. and the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets by Royal Dutch Shell, regarding the Royal Dutch Offer, because each of these documents will contain important information relating to the Royal Dutch Offer and the subsequent offer acceptance period. A free copy of any of these documents filed with the SEC (once filed) and other documents made public or filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by Royal Dutch Shell, Royal Dutch and Shell Transport can be obtained at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge at the Royal Dutch Shell website at www.shell.com/unification or free of charge by contacting Investor Relations, Shell International B.V., FSK, PO Box 162, 2501 AN The Hague, The Netherlands.



The Royal Dutch Offer is not being and will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by the use of the mails or any other means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone or internet) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any such facilities of a national securities exchange of, Japan, and is not and will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facilities from or within Japan. The Royal Dutch Offer is not being made to residents of Japan or in Japan. This announcement and other documents related to the transaction must not be electronically provided to, nor accessed by, residents of Japan or persons who are in Japan. Copies of this announcement and any other documents related to the transaction are not being, and must not be, mailed or otherwise distributed or sent to any person or company in or from Japan. Persons receiving this announcement (including custodians, nominees and trustees) or other documents related to the transaction must not distribute or send them to any person or company in or from Japan.



The Royal Dutch Offer has not been notified to the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa pursuant to applicable Italian securities laws and implementing regulations. Absent such notification, no public offer can be carried out in the Republic of Italy. Consequently, this announcement and other documents relating to the transaction have not been, and cannot be, disclosed to any Italian residents or person or entity in the Republic of Italy and no other form of solicitation has been and can be, carried out in the Republic of Italy. This announcement and any document relating to the transaction may not be mailed, distributed, disseminated or otherwise disclosed to any Italian residents or persons or entities in the Republic of Italy.

The Royal Dutch Offer is not to be made in New Zealand and may not be accepted by persons in New Zealand except as set out below. No prospectus has been registered with the New Zealand Registrar of Companies in accordance with the Securities Act 1978 (New Zealand) (the 'New Zealand Securities Act'). Accordingly, neither the Royal Dutch Offer documents nor any other offering materials or advertisement in relation to the Royal Dutch Offer may be received by a person in New Zealand nor may Royal Dutch Shell shares be offered directly or indirectly in New Zealand except in circumstances where there is no contravention of the New Zealand Securities Act (or any statutory modification or re-enactment of, or statutory substitution for, the New Zealand Securities Act).



The distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions other than The Netherlands, England or the US may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Interested persons should inform themselves about and observe all applicable requirements. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.



All investment is subject to risk. The value of the Royal Dutch Shell shares may go down as well as up. Past performance is no guarantee for future returns. Investors are advised to seek expert financial advice before making any decisions as regards the proposals, including the Royal Dutch Offer referred to in this announcement.



http://www.unification.shell.com/she...ts/2005-08-02/

[FaGal]

Vado ad esplicare.

Nel diritto olandese, in materia di opa, è previsto un diritto di squeez-out: ossia, ai sensi della sezione 2:92 del libro II sulle Persone giuridiche del Codice civile, è previsto che la società che divenga titolare del 95% a seguito di Opa ha diritto a rivolgersi alla Business Chamber della Corte d'Appello di Amsterdam per ottere un decreto di trasferimento coattivo delle azioni (più o meno come il nostro 111 TUF anche se qui è ben rimarcato). La Corte si pronuncia fissando nel decreto il prezzo delle azioni, previa perizia di un singolo o di un collegio di tre esperti. E quindi ordina di pagare quella somma contro il rilascio di titoli liberi (azioni residue).
Questo è quanto contiene il comunicato quando si parla di diritto di squeeze out per la legge olandese



Ciao graficista

[FaGal]

Detto ciò la vedo dura ottenere un Writ of summons, per intenderci, da eseguire in Italia contro un singolo azionista...andrà a trattativa. Non so come faranno, ti chiamerà Guido Rossi,

Un'altra tecnica che possono adottare, anzi che sicuramente adotteranno, è quella della cd. triangolazione. Posto che questo tipo di operazioni è consentita dalla normativa ed è fiscalmente neutra per loro, possono costituire una terza entità, darti quelle azioni e poi fonderla con la loro.

Il punto di vista, forse poco, anzi togli il forse, tutelante l'investitore non imprenditore è che la società e l'azionista sono un po' un tutt'uno e la contrapposizione dell'azionista alla maggioranza viene percepita come un atto di slealtà e quindi viene tutelata la maggioranza che si indentifica con l'interesse societario, legittimando anche comportamente abusivi contro la minoranza (abusivi per noi). Ecco che credo che la strada dalla fusione-triangolazione sarà quella seguita perchè un'ingiunzione come quella citata non credo possa essere delibata (cioé approvata) da un giudice italiano per essere fatta eseguire contro gli azionisti.

[Rey®]

grazie fabio, gentilissimissimo!

[FaGal]

Mio consiglio è imbastire una trattativa privata..per ulteriori approfondimenti in mp