공시 • Oct 29
Nasdaq Stockholm Approves Kindred Group's Request for Delisting of the SDRs from Nasdaq Stockholm, Last Day of Trading to Be on 11 November 2024 Nasdaq Stockholm has approved Kindred Group plc's (‘Kindred’ or the ‘Company’) request for delisting of the Swedish Depository Receipts (the ‘SDRs’) in Kindred from Nasdaq Stockholm. The last day of trading in the SDRs will be on 11 November 2024. As previously announced, Kindred has applied for de-listing of the Company's SDRs from Nasdaq Stockholm. Nasdaq Stockholm has now approved the application and resolved that the last day of trading in the SDRs will be on 11 November 2024. 공시 • Oct 27
Kindred Group Applies for Delisting of Swedish Depository Receipts from Nasdaq Stockholm Following La Française des Jeux's Public Offer La Française des Jeux SA's (‘FDJ’) recommended public offer to the holders of Swedish Depository Receipts (the ‘SDRs’) in Kindred Group plc (‘Kindred’ or the ‘Company’) to tender all their SDRs in the Company at a price of SEK 130 in cash per SDR (the ‘Offer’) was declared unconditional on 3 October 2024. After the end of the extended acceptance period, FDJ controls in total approximately 98.60% of the outstanding SDRs in the Company. Against this background, the board of directors of Kindred has applied for delisting of the SDRs in Kindred from Nasdaq Stockholm. In order to provide the remaining holders of SDRs in the Company with the opportunity to accept the Offer, FDJ extended the acceptance period of the Offer until and including 18 October 2024. During the extended acceptance period, the Offer has been accepted by SDR holders with a total of 14,734,917 SDRs, corresponding to approximately 6.83% of the outstanding SDRs in the Company. After the end of the extended acceptance period, FDJ thus controls in total 212,794,208 SDRs, corresponding to approximately 98.60% of the outstanding SDRs in the Company. FDJ has on 23 October 2024 initiated squeeze-out proceedings of the SDRs in Kindred not held by FDJ, and requested that the board of directors of Kindred applies for delisting of the SDRs in the Company from Nasdaq Stockholm. In light of the above, the board of directors of Kindred has on October 24, 2024, in accordance with FDJ's request, applied for delisting of the SDRs in the Company from Nasdaq Stockholm. Kindred will announce the last day of trading as soon as Nasdaq Stockholm has confirmed the date to the Company. 공시 • Oct 22
La Française des Jeux Intends Delisting of Kindred's SDRs from Nasdaq Stockholm La Française des Jeux (FDJ) announced that, following the extension until 18 October of its public tender offer for Kindred Group plc., 14,734,917 new Kindred Swedish Depositary Receipts (SDRs), representing 6.83% of the share capital, were tendered. Following the first settlement-delivery of the offer on 11 October 2024, FDJ already held 91.77% of Kindred's share capital. FDJ's shareholding in Kindred will therefore be 98.60% following settlement-delivery of the extended offer, expected to take place on 29 October 2024. As FDJ holds over 90% of Kindred's share capital, it intends to request the implementation of the squeeze-out procedure in accordance with Kindred's articles of association in order to acquire all the shares not tendered in the public offer and the delisting of Kindred's SDRs from Nasdaq Stockholm. 공시 • Oct 15
Kindred Group plc Announces Changes in the Board of Directors Kindred Group plc has received the resignations of the Chairman of the Board, Evert Carlsson, and the Directors James H. Gemmel, Cédric Boireau, Andrew McCue, Jonas Jansson and Kenneth Shea, which resignations have been rendered effective today, on 14 October 2024. Heidi Skogster and Martin Randel will remain directors until their term of office expiring on Kindred's next annual general meeting to be held in 2025. In accordance with article 77 of the Company's articles of association, with effect from 14 October 2024, the Board of Directors of Kindred has elected Pascal Chaffard, Edeline Minaire and Célia Vérot as new Directors upon proposal of La Française des Jeux, in replacement of the resigning Directors and in order to fill some of the casual vacancies arising as a result of the abovementioned resignations. The appointment of such Directors shall be for a term which shall expire at Kindred's next annual general meeting to be held in 2025. Pascal Chaffard has been elected as new Chairperson of the Board. Biographies of the new Directors are available below. Following these changes, the Board of Directors of Kindred will consist of Pascal Chaffard, Edeline Minaire, Célia Vérot, Heidi Skogster and Martin Randel. In addition, with effect from 14 October 2024, the Company's Audit Committee shall be composed of Heidi Skogster (Chairperson), Martin Randel and Edeline Minaire, while the Company's Remuneration Committee shall be composed of Pascal Chaffard (Chairperson), Martin Randel and Heidi Skogster. Pascal Chaffard Pascal Chaffard joined FDJ in 1994. He held the positions of Head of Strategy and Transformation (2010-2013), Product Marketing Director (2006-2009) and Financial Planning and Analysis Director (2001-2006). He is currently Executive Vice-President Finance, Performance and Strategy. Edeline Minaire Edeline Minaire is a Finance Director with extensive experience across major corporations. She has worked at Française des Jeux (FDJ) since 2016, serving as Finance Director from 2019, where she led key automation and digitalization projects. Prior roles at FDJ include Director of Accounting and Treasury. Before that, she held senior finance roles at Lafarge, playing a critical part in the LafargeHolcim merger. She began her career at Ernst & Young in audit and IFRS consulting. Célia Vérot Célia Vérot has been FDJ's Chief Regulation Officer since May 2024. Prior to this, she spent more than 10 years at the French Conseil d'Etat, where she held a number of jurisdictional positions. In the civil service, she was then Deputy Secretary General and Advisor at the French Prime Minister's Office. She also worked at the French multinational company Veolia Water as Vice President of Veolia Water Japan and at the Fondation du Patrimoine, a non-profit organization, as Chief Executive Officer during the last seven years. Reported Earnings • Jul 25
Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.22 (vs UK£0.13 in 2Q 2023) Second quarter 2024 results: EPS: UK£0.22 (up from UK£0.13 in 2Q 2023). Revenue: UK£325.7m (up 6.0% from 2Q 2023). Net income: UK£46.2m (up 67% from 2Q 2023). Profit margin: 14% (up from 9.0% in 2Q 2023). Revenue is forecast to grow 7.5% p.a. on average during the next 3 years, compared to a 9.3% growth forecast for the Hospitality industry in Germany. Over the last 3 years on average, earnings per share has fallen by 53% per year but the company’s share price has only fallen by 9% per year, which means it has not declined as severely as earnings. 
