The group announced that it will ask for a reopening of the offer, from January 12 to 27, for late sellers.
Beyond 90% of shares, he can then request a "squeeze-out" to recover the last shares and reach 100%.
This rate of 86.22% is "high, and very satisfactory", welcomed Friday evening the financial director of Veolia, Claude Laruelle, during a press point.
Suez shareholders had until Friday evening to bring their shares to Veolia, which after 18 months of offensive, is preparing to take the keys to its rival and create a juggernaut of water and waste.
The final result of this first round of takeover bids should be known "no later than Monday January 10," said the AMF.
The offer was set at 20.50 euros per share, 19.85 euros with the withdrawal of the dividend paid.
Veolia should settle it and take possession of its old rival on January 18.
Under an agreement reached with Suez in the spring, some 40% of the assets will be transferred by the end of January to a consortium of new buyers, responsible for maintaining and developing an independent "new Suez".
All operations should be completed in the second half of February, and Suez then withdrawn from the rating, says one at Veolia.
Friday evening, "Veolia Environnement was in any case" able to hold 551,451,261 Suez shares representing as many voting rights, or 86.22% of the capital and voting rights of this company ", according to the AMF.
With the takeover bid, "it received on deposit 363,641,261 Suez shares", it is specified.
Veolia already held 29.9% of the capital, bought from the energy company Engie in October 2020.
"Veolia Environnement thus being able to hold more than 50% of the capital and voting rights of Suez after the offer, [...] the offer initiated by Veolia Environnement therefore has a positive follow-up, ”continues the Autorité des marchés financiers.
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