EQS-Adhoc: Voluntary public takeover offer aimed at control by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd to the shareholders of AUSTRIACARD HOLDINGS AG

EQS-Ad-hoc: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. / Key word(s): Tender Offer
   Voluntary public takeover offer aimed at control by Dai Nippon Printing
   Co., Ltd to the shareholders of AUSTRIACARD HOLDINGS AG

   13-May-2026 / 08:45 CET/CEST
   Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the
   Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by [1]EQS News - a service of
   [2]EQS Group.
   The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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   Tokyo | 13 May 2026

   Publication pursuant to Section 5 of the Austrian Takeover Act

    

   Voluntary public takeover offer aimed at control by Dai Nippon Printing
   Co., Ltd to the shareholders of AUSTRIACARD HOLDINGS AG

    

   Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd (the "Bidder") hereby announces that its
   board of directors has today resolved to make a voluntary public takeover
   offer aimed at control to all shareholders of AUSTRIACARD HOLDINGS AG
   ("AUSTRIACARD" or the "Target Company") in accordance with Sections 25a et
   seq. of the Austrian Takeover Act (Übernahmegesetz) ("Offer").

   The Offer is aimed at the acquisition of all outstanding ordinary shares
   in AUSTRIACARD, i.e. up to 36,353,868 ordinary bearer shares
   (Stammaktien). Pursuant to Section 25a paragraph 2 of the Austrian
   Takeover Act, the Offer is legally conditional upon the Bidder receiving
   declarations of acceptance with respect to the Offer that comprise more
   than 50% of the shares with permanent voting rights that are the subject
   of the Offer. The Bidder intends that the Offer will be subject to an
   (increased) minimum acceptance threshold of 75% of the shares with
   permanent voting rights.

   Shareholders are to be offered EUR 10 in cash per AUSTRIACARD share (ISIN
   AT0000A325L0) on a cum dividend basis; this corresponds to a premium of
   approximately 23.8 % on the closing price of the AUSTRIACARD share traded
   on 12 May 2026 on the Vienna Stock Exchange, or a premium of approximately
   46.1 % compared to the volume-weighted 6-month average price of the
   AUSTRIACARD share traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange prior to that date.

   The Bidder and Mr. Nikolaos Lykos, who holds a total of 27,114,422
   AUSTRIACARD shares (the "Lykos Shares"), corresponding to a participation
   of approximately 74.58% in the total registered nominal share capital
   (Grundkapital) and voting rights of the Target Company, have today entered
   into an agreement under the terms of which Mr. Lykos has irrevocably
   undertaken to accept the Offer in respect of all Lykos Shares.

   The completion of the transaction in accordance with this agreement, and
   thus the sale and transfer of the Lykos Shares to the Bidder, is subject
   to the acceptance of the Offer and the terms and conditions thereof.
   Further details will be set out in the Offer document.

   Furthermore, the Bidder and the Target Company have today signed a
   memorandum of understanding ("Memorandum of Understanding"). The
   Memorandum of Understanding sets out certain details of the Offer
   (including the Offer price and the terms of the Offer) as well as certain
   mutual obligations of the Bidder and the Target Company in connection
   therewith.

   In the Memorandum of Understanding, the management board of the Target
   Company has undertaken – subject to their statutory obligations – to
   support the Offer.

   In the course of the negotiations leading to the conclusion of the
   Memorandum of Understanding, the Bidder was finally informed that the
   members of the Target Company’s management board who hold AUSTRIACARD
   shares intend to accept the Offer during the (initial) acceptance period.

   The Offer will be subject to customary conditions precedent, such as
   regulatory approvals and an increased minimum acceptance threshold.
   Details will be set out in the Offer document.

   Subject to the Takeover Commission’s review of the Offer document and
   non-prohibition of its publication, the Offer document and further
   information regarding the Offer will be made available on the websites of
   the Bidder ([3]www.global.dnp/index.html), AUSTRIACARD
   ([4]www.austriacard.com) and the Takeover Commission ([5]www.takeover.at).
   In addition, the Offer document will be available free of charge in
   printed form at the registered office of Raiffeisen Bank International AG,
   which will act as payment and settlement agent, at the address Am
   Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna, during its regular business hours.

   The Offer will not be a delisting offer.

   Enquiries & Contact

   Yusuke Kitagawa

   +81-3-6735-0101

   [6][email protected]

    

   IMPORTANT INFORMATION

   This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute
   an offer to purchase or a solicitation to sell securities. The terms and
   conditions of the voluntary public takeover offer are governed exclusively
   by the Offer document. The Offer is being conducted exclusively in
   accordance with the applicable provisions of Austrian law.

   End of Inside Information

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   13-May-2026 CET/CEST News transmitted by [7]EQS Group

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   Language:    English
   Company:     Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
                1-1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku
                162-8001 Tokyo
                Japan
   Phone:       +81-80-1044-0960
   Internet:    https://www.global.dnp/en/
   ISIN:        JP3493800001
   WKN:         856615
   Listed:      Vienna Stock Exchange (Vienna MTF)
   EQS News ID: 2326666


    
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