EANS-News: YOUNIQ AG launches roadshow for planned capital increase
- Issue of up to 3,525,000 new ordinary shares - Gross issue proceeds of up to EUR 31.7 million - Fresh equity to mainly serve financing of potential pipeline in "Student Living" business area - Uplisting into Prime Standard planned for July 2011
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Subtitle: - Issue of up to 3,525,000 new ordinary shares - Gross issue proceeds of up to EUR 31.7 million - Fresh equity to mainly serve financing of potential pipeline in "Student Living" business area - Uplisting into Prime Standard planned for July 2011
Frankfurt am Main (euro adhoc) - Frankfurt am Main, May 9, 2011 - The Management Board of YOUNIQ AG has today launched the investor roadshow for the company's planned capital increase. A total of 3,525,000 new ordinary bearer shares of YOUNIQ AG are to be offered for subscription as part of the public offering. To these are to be added up to 500,000 further shares that are held by the two major shareholders GOETHE INVESTMENTS S.à r.l. and Rabano PROPERTIES S.à r.l. YOUNIQ AG's share capital will increase by 50%, from EUR 7,050,000 to up to EUR 10,575,000, once the new shares have been successfully placed.
As part of a bookbuilding process, the new shares are to be offered to institutional investors in Germany and selected European countries as part of a pre-placing. This is possible because the two major shareholders are refraining from exercising their subscription rights. The pre-placing is to be conducted in the period between May 11, 2011 and May 13, 2011 inclusive. The price range for the bookbuilding is to be published prospectively on May 10, 2011 by way of an ad hoc announcement. The maximum subscription price will be EUR 9 per share. Shareholders comprising the free float - which currently amounts to approximately 2% - can exercise their subscription rights according to the 2:1 subscription ratio within the statutory subscription period between May 19, 2011 and June 3, 2011 inclusive. A successful placing at the upper end of the bookbuilding range would consequently generate gross issue proceeds of up to EUR 31.7 million. These proceeds are to primarily serve the realisation of the possible pipeline of up to 3,500 residential units for students.
Once the new shares and the additional 500,000 secondary shares have been fully placed, the interests of GOETHE INVESTMENTS and Rabano PROPERTIES would reduce from currently around 98.0% to as little as 60.7%. The free float would increase from around 2% to up to 39.4% accordingly.
Rainer Nonnengässer, CEO of YOUNIQ AG, regards the "Student Living" core business, in particular, as being further strengthened as a result of the planned transaction: "We are significantly improving our financing base with the targeted issue proceeds and the restructuring of the shareholder loan. This will allow us to realise our potential pipeline of up to 3,500 residential units across Germany, and to expand our earnings base. At the same time, we are making an important contribution to increasingly establishing the "student accommodation" asset class in Germany."
Once the transaction has been successfully concluded, the company will apply for admission of the shares to trading in the Prime Standard prospectively in July 2011. The securities prospectus for the public offering that has been approved by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) can be downloaded from YOUNIQ AG's website at www.youniq-group.de, within the Investor Relations area.
Disclaimer
This publication does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities. No offer of securities of YOUNIQ AG, Frankfurt am Main is being or will be, made to the public outside Germany. The offer in Germany is being made exclusively on the basis of the securities prospectus which has been published and filed with the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht. Any decision to invest in the securities of YOUNIQ AG, Frankfurt am Main offered should solely be based on the securities prospectus. Copies of the securities prospectus are available free of charge at the offices of YOUNIQ AG, Frankfurt am Main and at the offices of the underwriting banks.
This publication and the information contained therein is not for distribution or publication, neither directly nor indirectly, in or into the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan.
This publication does not constitute an offer for sale of any securities into the United States. Securities, including any shares of YOUNIQ AG, Frankfurt am Main in the course of the offer, may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US persons (as such term is defined in the Regula¬tion S under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the "Securities Act")) unless they are registered under the Securities Act or exempt from registration. There will be no registration or public offer of any securities of YOUNIQ AG, Frankfurt am Main in the United States.
Company profile
YOUNIQ AG
YOUNIQ AG has focused on student accommodation since 2009. The company covers a significant range of the student accommodation value chain - ranging from the purchase of real estate and land, through project development including planning, planning permission procurement and construction, all the way through to commercial and technical management. YOUNIQ has developed into a leading provider for this segment with currently 1,804 high-quality apartments under management or under construction. These properties are located at eight sites in Germany, including Munich, Erlangen, Karlsruhe, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig. YOUNIQ bundles its many years of experience in the project development and asset management areas for largely residential properties. Drawing on its historic business operations, YOUNIQ AG holds an additional portfolio of 1,049 units that generate a stable rental income stream. YOUNIQ AG (ISIN: DE000A0B7EZ7, German Securities Identification Code/WKN: A0B7EZ) is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (General Standard).
Further information: www.youniq-group.de
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Contact:
Investor Relations
cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle
Tel.: +49 (0)611 - 205855-11
Fax: +49 (0)611 - 205855-66
E-mail: wiehle@cometis.de
Branche: Real Estate
ISIN: DE000A0B7EZ7
WKN: A0B7EZ
Börsen: Berlin / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
Frankfurt / regulated dealing/general standard