Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG
euro adhoc: Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG
Financing, Stock Offerings
(IPO)
Warimpex successfully prices IPO in Vienna and Warsaw
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24.01.2007
Warimpex successfully prices IPO in Vienna and Warsaw
- Offer price set at EUR 11.00 (PLN 42.83) per share - Offering over-subscribed - strong demand throughout Europe - First day of trading Scheduled for 26th January (Vienna) and 29th January (Warsaw) Fresh capital (net proceeds of approximately EUR 58.5 million) to fund
continued growth
Vienna and Warsaw, 24 January 2007
Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG priced its Initial Public Offering today. The shares will be listed and traded on the Vienna and Warsaw Stock Exchanges, the offer price having been set at EUR 11.00 (PLN 42.83) per share. The offering of 10 million shares - (including greenshoe) - was significantly over- subscribed, with both strong retail and institutional demand from investors in Austria and Poland as well as institutional demand throughout Europe. Approximately 33 percent of the offering was placed in Poland. The issued share capital following the IPO will be 36 million shares, corresponding to a market capitalisation of approx. EUR 396 mn. With the exercise of the greenshoe, the free float will be 27.8 %.
Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG, headquartered in Vienna, is a real estate development and investment company with a special focus on hotel properties in Central and Eastern Europe. 6 million new shares plus 3 million existing shares owned by the founding shareholders were offered to investors in Austria and Poland through a public offering, and to institutional investors in Europe by way of a private placement. The greenshoe comprised a further 1 million shares. The settlement date for the completion of the offer is 26 January; trading on the Prime Market in Vienna is scheduled to start on 26 January and in Warsaw on 29 January 2007. Warimpex intends to use the fresh influx of capital (approximately EUR 58.5 million net proceeds) primarily to finance its continued growth strategy.
The transaction was handled by CA IB / Bank Austria Creditanstalt as lead manager and bookrunner with Raiffeisen Centrobank as co-lead manager.
Disclaimer
The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution to United States Persons or to publications with a general circulation in the United States. These materials are not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States. No public offering of the securities will be made in the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered pursuant to the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration thereunder or pursuant to an available exemption therefrom.
end of announcement euro adhoc 24.01.2007 11:41:16
Further inquiry note:
Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG
Phone: +43 1 310 55 07-0
DI Christoph Salzer
mailto:presse@warimpex.com
Mag. Daniel Folian, mailto:investor.relations@warimpex.com
www.warimpex.com
Branche: Real Estate
ISIN: AT0000827209
WKN:
Index: ATX Prime
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market