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TENDER OFFER FOR VUELING AIRLINES, S.A. SHARES
International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. ("IAG"), for the purposes of complying with Article 82 of Law 24/1988, of 28 July, on the Securities Market (Ley del Mercado de Valores), further to its relevant fact dated 24 May 2013 (number 188,213), hereby discloses that on the date hereof Veloz Holdco, S.L., Sociedad Unipersonal ("Veloz Holdco"), a company fully and directly controlled by IAG, in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of Royal Decree 1066/2007 of 27 July on tender offers for the acquisition of securities, has filed with the National Securities Market Commission an application for authorisation for the launch of a public tender offer for the shares of Vueling Airlines, S.A. ("Vueling") for its delisting from the Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia Stock Exchanges (the "Offer").
Such application is filed after yesterday's approval, by Vueling's general shareholders meeting, of the delisting of Vueling's shares from the Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia Stock Exchanges and the launch of the Offer by Veloz Holdco.
28 June 2013
Forward-looking statements:
Certain information included in these statements is forward-looking and involves risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, projections relating to results of operations and financial conditions and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (the 'Group') plans and objectives for future operations, including, without limitation, discussions of the Company's Business Plan, expected future revenues, financing plans and expected expenditures and divestments. All forward-looking statements in this report are based upon information known to the Company on the date of this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
It is not reasonably possible to itemise all of the many factors and specific events that could cause the Company's forward-looking statements to be incorrect or that could otherwise have a material adverse effect on the future operations or results of an airline operating in the global economy. Further information on the primary risks of the business and the risk management process of the Group is given in the Annual Report and Accounts 2012; these documents are available on www.iagshares.com.
