Approval received from the French antitrust authorities: further milestone passed for the amicable takeover with Eurosic

Furthermore, Gecina acknowledges that on July 26, 2017, Eurosic's Board of Directors approved the findings from the report prepared by the independent expert Ledouble, confirming that the terms for Eurosic's sale of the diversification companies to Batipart are fair, that there is no infringement concerning the equality of treatment for Eurosic's shareholders due to this sale, and that the terms of the public offering for Eurosic are fair with a view to a mandatory withdrawal. On this occasion, Eurosic's Board of Directors confirmed its unanimous support for the amicable takeover with Gecina.

With the approval received from the French antitrust authorities, a further significant milestone has been passed for amicable takeover. The acquisition of Eurosic's controlling blocks, representing 85.3% of the capital[1], from its six main shareholders is expected to be completed by the end of August 2017[2].

In accordance with stock market regulations, once Gecina has effectively acquired these blocks, Gecina will submit a proposed public takeover and exchange offer for all the Eurosic securities not yet held by Gecina by this date. Eurosic's main shareholders have made a commitment to tender their remaining securities, representing 9.5% of the capital[1], for the securities branch of this offer.

Through this operation, Gecina will become Europe's fourth largest real estate group, with a total portfolio of 19.5 billion euros, and the market leader for office real estate, with 15.5 billion euros of assets. This major operation is perfectly aligned with its total return value creation strategy and marks a significant acceleration of Gecina's development, further strengthening its positioning as a specialist for urban offices in Paris, continental Europe's leading real estate market. 

^[1] On a fully diluted basis taking into account the OSRA subordinated redeemable bonds and excluding treasury stock, representing a total of 64,732,509 shares (at June 20, 2017)

^[2] Subject to the satisfaction of the remaining conditions precedent, in particular the concurrent acquisition by Gecina of blocks of Eurosic shares representing at least 50.1% of the share capital of Eurosic^.