17.02.2016 – 06:31

Sandpiper Digital Payments AG

EQS-News: Sandpiper Digital Payments AG increased its stake in PlayPass and resolves on Issuance of Bonds

EQS Group-News: Sandpiper Digital Payments AG / Key word(s): Bond/Expansion
Sandpiper Digital Payments AG increased its stake in PlayPass and resolves on
Issuance of Bonds

17.02.2016 / 06:30
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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SANDPIPER Digital Payments AG increased its stake in PlayPass and resolves on
Issuance of Bonds

St. Gallen (CH), February 17th, 2016: SANDPIPER Digital Payment AG ("SANDPIPER",
ISIN: CH0033050961, Ticker: SDP,www.sandpiper.ch) increased its stake in Antwerp
based PlayPass NV to 32%.

PlayPass NV,www.playpass.be, is the leading festival solution company providing
contactless solutions for cashless payments, accrediation, access management and
brand activation. PlayPass NV is executing their internationalization strategy
and managed to secure market entry into the UK market.

PlayPass equips the 2016 edition of the dance festival "Eastern Electric" at
Hatfield House and has recently been nominated for Startup of the Year in
Belgium.

SANDPIPER, a Swiss based stock-listed technology holding, focuses on the
consolidation of the fragmented payment landscape by pursuing a "buy & build"
strategy in the area of cashless payment systems for sports & events as well as
for education and retail markets. The festival and event market is one of
Sandpiper's growth segments.

The Management Board of SANDPIPER, with the approval of the Company's Board of
Directors, resolved on the offer of senior, unsecured bonds with an amount of up
to CHF 3 million (the "Offering"). The Bonds will be issued at 100% of their
principal amount. Bondholders may elect to convert their Bonds for Shares (Loan
Agreement with Conversion Option). The Bonds will have a maturity of two years
and will carry a coupon of 4.00% per annum.

Use of proceeds: SANDPIPER intends to use the proceeds to continue investing in
its platform and generally increase SANDPIPER's flexibility to decisively seize
promising market opportunitie and for general corporate purposes.

About SANDPIPER

SANDPIPER Digital Payments AG,www.sandpiper.ch, is a stock-listed technology
holding based in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The company is focused on the
consolidation of the fragmented payment landscape in Europe by pursuing a "buy &
build" strategy in the area of digital cashless payments and access control.

SANDPIPER is already today one of the largest providers of closed-loop payment
systems in Europe. SANDPIPER solutions provide safe and intuitive payment
technologies based on RFID/NFC and mobile applications for markets such as
Retail, Education, Stadium, and Events.

Volker Rofalski, Tel: +41-44-783 80 30; Fax: +41-44-783 80 40,
Internet:www.sandpiper.ch


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Additional features:

Document:http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=TUCINUQIAK
Document title: SANDPIPER_PlayPass_Bond

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Language: English

Company:  Sandpiper Digital Payments AG

          Poststrasse 17

          9001  St. Gallen

          Switzerland

Phone:    +41 44 783 80 49

Fax:      +41 44 783 80 40

E-mail:    news@sandpiper.ch

Internet: www.sandpiper.ch

ISIN:     CH0033050961

Valor:    A0MYNQ

Listed:   Foreign Exchange(s) BX


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