euro adhoc: CompuGROUP Holding AG
Financing, Stock Offerings (IPO) /
CompuGROUP Holding AG sets offer price at Euro 18 per share
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03.05.2007
Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act):
CompuGROUP Holding AG sets offer price at Euro 18 per share
CompuGROUP Holding AG, together with the selling shareholders, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and Lehman Brothers International (Europe) as Joint Bookrunners, today set the offer price for up to 16,554,940 shares (including a potential over-allotment of up to 2,159,340 shares) offered in connection with its public offering at Euro 18 per share.
The offering consists of 7,340,600 shares resulting from a capital increase from authorized capital with subscription rights resolved by the management board with the consent of the supervisory board and up to 7,055,000 shares from the holdings of the selling shareholders (plus up to 2,159,340 shares from the holdings of certain selling shareholders to cover a potential over-allotment).
The total volume of the offering (including a potential over-allotment) amounts to approximately Euro 298 million. As a result of the capital increase of 7,340,600 shares, CompuGROUP Holding AG expects to receive net proceeds of approximately EUR 125 million. Assuming the over-allotment option is fully exercised, the free float will be approximately 33%.
Board of Management
CompuGROUP Holding AG Maria Trost 21 56070 Koblenz
Admission: official market (Prime Standard) Frankfurt stock exchange ISIN: DE0005437305 WKN: 543730 Ticker symbol: COP Contact:
CompuGROUP Holding AG Ralf Glass Maria Trost 21 56070 Koblenz fon: +49 (0) 261 8000 0 fax: +49 (0) 261 8000 1166 email: investor@compugroup.com
This communication does not constitute an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities of CompuGROUP Holding AG described herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the laws of any State, and may not be offered or sold within the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable State laws. Neither CompuGROUP Holding AG nor any selling shareholder intends to register any portion of the offering in the United States or conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.
The information contained herein serves information purposes and does not constitute any offer for sale or subscription of or solicitation or invitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for securities of CompuGROUP Holding AG. The offer is being made solely by means of, and on the basis of, the published securities prospectus (including any amendments thereto, if any) submitted to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. An investment decision regarding the publicly offered securities of CompuGROUP Holding AG should only be made on the basis of the securities prospectus. The securities prospectus is available free of charge from Deutsche Bank AG, Große Gallusstraße 10 - 14, 60311 Frankfurt am Main or Lehman Brothers International (Europe), Rathenauplatz 1, 60313 Frankfurt am Main or on the CompuGROUP Holding AG website.
This communication is directed only at (I) persons who are outside
the United Kingdom or (II) investment professionals falling within
article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Order") or
(III) high net worth companies and other persons to whom it may
lawfully be committed falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high
net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.") of the Order
(all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons").
Any person who is not a Relevant Person must not act or rely on
this communication or any of its contents. Any investment or
investment activity to which this communication relates is
available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with
Relevant Persons. Stabilization / Regulation (EC) 2273/2003 and FSA.FK1 29936v2
end of announcement euro adhoc 03.05.2007 23:36:00
Further inquiry note:
Ralf Glass
IR
Tel.: +49 (0)261 8000 0
E-Mail: investor@compugroup.com
Branche: Software
ISIN: DE0005437305
WKN: 543730
Börsen: Börse Berlin-Bremen / free trade
Baden-Württembergische Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse / admission applied: official
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