euro adhoc: Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Financing, Stock Offerings (IPO)
Offer
price and offering volume for Kapsch TrafficCom AG's IPO determined
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25.06.2007
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Offer price and offering volume for Kapsch TrafficCom AG's IPO determined
. Offer price set at EUR 32.00 per share . 3,700,000 shares allotted (including over-allotment of 340,000 shares) . Offering volume (including over-allotment) more than 14 times subscribed
Vienna, June 25, 2007. Kapsch TrafficCom AG, together with KAPSCH-Group Beteiligungs GmbH, and the joint lead managers today set the offer price for the offer shares in Kapsch TrafficCom AG at EUR 32.00 per share.
2,200,000 shares came from a capital increase and 1,160,000 shares from the holdings of KAPSCH-Group Beteiligungs GmbH. Including the over-allotment of 340,000 shares from the holdings of KAPSCH-Group Beteiligungs GmbH, a total of 3,700,000 shares were allocated to investors. The gross issue proceeds amounted to approximately EUR 108 million (excluding the over-allotment of 340,000 shares), of which about EUR 70 million are attributable to the company's capital increase.
The market capitalization of Kapsch TrafficCom AG at the offer price will amount to some EUR 390 million.
The offering volume (including over-allotment) was more than 14 times subscribed. Approximately 24% of the offer shares (including the over- allotment) were placed with Austrian retail investors. Austrian retail investors who submitted their orders to Erste Bank, an Austrian Sparkasse, ecetra Central European e-Finance AG (brokerjet.at) or Bank Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. (Österreich) AG by 3.00 p.m. on June 18, 2007 will receive 50% of their orders up to 300 shares and 15% of their orders in excess of that number. All other Austrian retail investors willnot get allocated any shares.
Commencement of trading is expected to take place on June 26, 2007 under the trading symbol KTCG on the Official Market (Prime Market) of the Vienna Stock Exchange. Delivery of the shares is expected to take place on or about June 29, 2007. The international securities identification number (ISIN) is AT000KAPSCH9.
Kapsch TrafficCom is a leading international supplier of innovative road traffic telematics systems, products and services. The company primarily develops and supplies electronic toll collection ("ETC") systems, in particular multi-lane free-flow ("MLFF") ETC systems, and provides commercial and technical operation for ETC systems. In addition, Kapsch TrafficCom provides traffic management systems, including traffic surveillance systems, parking and access systems (on-street and off-street) and traffic control systems and the Company has established itself to be among the world market leaders in ETC systems with more than 100 installations in 26 countries in Europe, Australia, Latin America, the Asian/Pacific region and South Africa with a total of more than nine million transponders and 11,000 equipped lanes. Kapsch TrafficCom is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and has subsidiaries and representative offices in 18 countries. As of March 31, 2007, Kapsch TrafficCom had 774 employees.
Vienna, June 25, 2007
This press release constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy any securities. The securities have already been sold.
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end of announcement euro adhoc 25.06.2007 18:15:58
Further inquiry note:
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Marcus Handl
Tel. +43 1 50811 - 1120
mailto:marcus.handl@kapsch.net
Branche: Technology
ISIN: AT000KAPSCH9
WKN:
Index: Prime.market
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market