euro adhoc: CHRIST WATER TECHNOLOGY AG
Capital measures
Capital increase
successfully completed
Issue price was fixed at EUR 11.10
Resolution passed to issue 1,758,349 new shares (roughly 9.8% of
the nominal capital)
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Company Information
10.12.2007
The Management Board of Vienna Stock Exchange-listed Christ Water Technology AG ("CHRIST") resolved today to increase the company´s share capital from EUR 17,858,500.00 by EUR 1,758,349.00 by issuing 1,758,349 new shares for cash contribution.
The issue price of the new shares was determined in a book-building procedure taking into account the current and recent days´ share prices of the CHRIST share at EUR 11.10.
Proceeds from the issue are to be used mainly to finance the acquisition of Zeta Group, to implement a sea water desalination plant project in the United Arab Emirates and to develop the operator-business of smaller, primarily municipal drinking water and/or waste water plants.
The new shares were offered by the company by way of a private placement to selected institutional investors in Austria and the rest of Europe. GBR Financial Services GmbH has act as selling agent. The volume of shares offered representing a total of roughly EUR 19.5mn was considerably oversubscribed.
The new shares are expected to be traded in the Prime Market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange on or about December 13th, 2007.
DISCLAIMER: THIS PRESS RELEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL NOR AN INVITATION TO BUY SECURITIES IN AUSTRIA, GERMANY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ("USA") OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC OFFER OF SHARES IN CHRIST WATER TECHNOLOGY AG (THE 'COMPANY'). THE SECURITIES WERE NOT AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE US SECURITIES ACT 1933, AS AMENDED ("SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE USA ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT BEING ISSUED IN THE USA AND MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED TO U.S. PERSONS OR PUBLICATIONS WITH GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE USA.
Issuer: CHRIST WATER TECHNOLOGY AG Walter-Simmer-Straße 4 A-5310 Mondsee Telephone: +43/6232/9011-0 FAX: +43/6232/9011-1099 E-mail: office@christ-water.com WWW: http://www.christ-water.com ISIN: AT0000499157 Indices: WBI, ATX Prime Stock exchanges: Official Market: Wiener Börse AG
end of announcement euro adhoc 10.12.2007 14:30:00
Further inquiry note:
Christ Water Technology Group
Mag. Ralf Burchert
ralf.burchert@christ-water.at
Tel.: 06232/5011-1113
Branche: Biotechnology
ISIN: AT0000499157
WKN: 675399
Index: WBI, ATX Prime
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market