EANS-Adhoc: SHW AG 2,630,000 SHW shares of the initially offered 3,042,572 SHW
shares have been placed at a price of EUR 26.00.
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ad-hoc disclosure pursuant to section 15 of the WpHG transmitted by euro
adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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06.07.2011
NOT FOR RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED
STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN.
Aalen, 6 July 2011.
The SHW AG has, together with the selling shareholders and Joint Global
Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, set the issue price for the shares offered
in connection with its initial public offering at EUR 26.00 per share. In total
2,630,000 shares of the 3,042,572 offered shares have been placed, of which
2,350,000 shares have been sold by the selling shareholders and 280,000 shares
by the selling shareholder SHW Holding L.P. to cover an over-allotment. Upon
full exercise of the greenshoe option, the gross issue volume would amount to
EUR 68.38 million and 44.9 percent of the share capital of SHW AG would be held
in free float.
The first day of trading of the shares of SHW AG on the Regulated Market (Prime
Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange will be 7 July 2011.
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Disclaimer:
This Ad hoc announcement does not constitute an offer for the sale of securities
in the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan or other jurisdictions
in which offers are subject to legal restrictions. The securities referred to in
this Ad hoc announcement may not be sold or offered for sale in the United
States of America under the regulations of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the Securities Act), absent registration or an exemption from
registration. Subject to certain exemptions in accordance with the Securities
Act, the securities referred to in this announcement may not be sold or offered
for sale in Australia, Canada or Japan or to or for the account of Australian,
Canadian or Japanese persons. No registration will take place of the offer or
sale of the securities referred to in this announcement in accordance with the
respective legal requirements in Canada, Australia and Japan. No public offer of
securities is made in the United States of America.
This Ad hoc announcement does not constitute an offer to purchase shares of
other securities of SHW AG and does not replace the information set out in the
prospectus and potential supplements thereto. Interested investors should make
their investment decision regarding the securities referred to in this
announcement exclusively on the basis of information contained in the prospectus
related to the offer of these securities published by the company and approved
by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für
Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - BaFin) on 16 June 2011 including the supplement
no.1 to the prospectus dated 16 June 2011 that has been published on 29 June
2011. The prospectus as well as the supplement no.1 are available free of charge
at SHW AG (Wilhelmstrasse 67, 73433 Aalen-Wasseralfingen, Germany) or on the
website www.shw.de or from COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main
and BNP PARIBAS in Frankfurt am Main.
Further inquiry note:
Michael Schickling
Head of Investor Relations und Corporate Communications
Tel.: +49 (0) 7361 502 462
E-Mail: michael.schickling@shw.de
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issuer: SHW AG
Wilhelmstr. 67
D-73433 Aalen
phone: +49 7361 502-1
FAX: +49 7361 502-674
mail: IR@shw.de
WWW: http://www.shw.de
sector: Automotive Equipment
ISIN: DE000A1JBPV9
indexes:
stockmarkets: designated to listed: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English