| 09/05/00 |
| The company obtains control of 99.4% of Astra
capital stock and 99.0% of YPF capital stock
|
| FINAL RESULTS OF THE REPSOL YPF SWAP OFFER
ON YPF AND ASTRA SHARES
|
Repsol YPF informs that
following the swap offers made to YPF, S.A. and Astra Compa��a Argentina de
Petr�leo, S.A. shareholders in return for new Repsol YPF S.A. shares, the
company's stake in YPF S.A. will increase to 99.0%, while increasing its stake
in Astra to 99.4%. In the case of Astra, a total of
18,256,848 ordinary shares have been accepted in the swap. With regard to YPF,
the ordinary shares accepted in the swap operation have risen to a total of
4,083,057. It should be pointed out that the
swap offers consisted of two Repsol YPF shares for every YPF share and four
Repsol YPF shares for three Astra shares. Following the closure of the
operation and in consequence of the aforementioned results, Repsol YPF will
proceed to issue a total of 32,508,578 shares which implies a capital stock
increase of 2.7%. After this increase, the company's capital stock will be
comprised of 1,220,508,578 shares. |