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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES.
UniCredit is pleased to announce that, until expiry of the additional acceptance period closed on November 11, 2005, a total of 705,108,946 shares have been tendered in the Tender Offer for HVB shares, including 690,555,346 ordinary shares and 14,553,600 preferred shares.
The number of tendered shares corresponds to approximately 93.93% of the registered share capital and the voting rights of HypoVereinsbank including HVB preferred shares which presently carry voting rights (and approximately 93.81% without taking into account such HVB preferred shares).
The meeting of the Board of Directors of UniCredit convened to resolve on the liberation of the Offered Shares is scheduled for November 18, 2005.