February 11 - Boskalis has announced a mandatory public offer for the outstanding ordinary shares of Dockwise at a price of EUR18.50 per share effective today February 11, 2013.

A mandatory general offer must be made during the takeover process when a company owns more than 33 percent of the voting shares in another company.

As of today's date of the mandatory offer, Boskalis holds more than 16.7 million shares in Dockwise, representing approximately 42.2 percent of the company.
 
A Boskalis statement said that together with the irrevocable commitments already obtained, this means that approximately 92.4 percent of the shareholding is already acquired by, or committed to, Boskalis.

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