On 7 November 2019, Vonovia SE, through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary HomeStar InvestCo AB ("Vonovia"), announced a mandatory cash offer (the "Offer") to Hembla's shareholders to transfer the remaining shares in Hembla to Vonovia. On 10 December 2019, Vonovia announced that Vonovia will, upon settlement, hold 6,136,989 A-shares and 81,282,426 B-shares in Hembla, corresponding to approximately 95.3 percent of the total voting rights and approximately 94.1 percent of the share capital in Hembla.

Following the press release in December, Vonovia has requested that Hembla's board of directors applies for the delisting of the company's shares from Nasdaq Stockholm. Vonovia has also requested a compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares pursuant to Chapter 22 of the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551).

Based on the above, the board of directors of Hembla has decided to apply for delisting of Hembla's shares from Nasdaq Stockholm. Such an application has today been made to Nasdaq Stockholm. The last day of trading in the shares will be announced as soon as Hembla has been informed thereof by Nasdaq Stockholm.

Stockholm on 18 December 2019               
Hembla AB (publ)               
The board of directors  

For further information, please contact

Jenny Wärmé, Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs, tfn +46 708 43 12 18

The information was released for publication on 18 December 2019 at 19.00 (CET).