Uniper listing to go ahead in September – no legal action by shareholders
E.ON is continuing to make swift progress with the spinoff and preparations for the listing of Uniper as planned. There has been no legal action by any shareholder during the one-month period in which the decision could be challenged. This paves the way for the next steps leading up to the Uniper listing in September. At this year's AGM on June 8, close to 99.7 percent of the shareholders had voted in favor of the spinoff,
E.ON CEO Johannes Teyssen said: "We now expect the listing of Uniper SE to go ahead in September. We are thus fully on track to achieve our objective. I am delighted that we have managed to also complete this step in line with the timetable we announced for the spinoff. We have convinced our shareholders that the transformation of E.ON is the right response to the challenges and opportunities of the new energy world. It is a great motivation for us to focus all our efforts on turning E.ON into customer-centric provider of state-of-the-art energy solutions that improve customers' lives. For Uniper the listing will pave the way to becoming an independent company with a focused strategy capable of making full use of its strengths in the classical energy business."
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