euro adhoc: Financing, Stock Offerings (IPO)
Price range for shares of
CompuGROUP Holding AG is between Euro 17.00 and Euro 21.00 per share
Disclosure announcement transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement.
29.04.2007
Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG:
Price range for shares of CompuGROUP Holding AG is between Euro 17.00 and Euro 21.00 per share
On the basis of investor feedback from the management road show which commenced April 23, 2007, CompuGROUP Holding AG together with the selling shareholders as well as Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and Lehman Brothers International (Europe) as Joint Bookrunners has set the price range, within which purchase offers for the shares of CompuGROUP Holding AG may be submitted, at Euro 17.00 to Euro 21.00 per share. Within the scope of the offering 7,340,600 shares resulting from a capital increase from authorized capital resolved by the management board with consent of the supervisory board on April 19, 2007 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) will be offered.
Assuming that the maximum number of shares is placed and further assuming full exercise of the greenshoe-option the freefloat will be approximately 33%. Investors interested in the offering will be permitted to submit bids to purchase shares during the offer period which will start April 30, 2007 and end on May 3, 2007 at 12:00 noon (Central European Summer Time) for retail investors and at 2:00 p.m. (Central European Summer Time) for institutional investors. The final offer price will be determined on May 3, 2007.
Trading of the shares of CompuGROUP Holding AG on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the stock exchange symbol COP and ISIN DE005437305 (International Securities Identification Number) is expected to commence on May 4, 2007. It is expected that the shares will be delivered on May 8, 2007, against payment of the offer price and the customary securities commissions.
Board of Management
CompuGROUP Holding AG Maria Trost 21 56070 Koblenz
Applied for 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 3236 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 intend 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 29746v4
end of announcement euro adhoc 29.04.2007 21:28:17
Further inquiry note:
Ralf Glass
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
dealing