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Deutsche EuroShop AG: Rights issue of up to 6,302,082 new shares with a ratio of 1:6 for the financing of the acquisition of the A10 shopping center approved
Deutsche EuroShop AG / Capital Increase
11.01.2010
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Rights issue of up to 6,302,082 new shares with a ratio of 1:6 for the
financing of the acquisition of the A10 shopping center approved
Hamburg, January 11, 2010 - The management board of Deutsche EuroShop AG,
Hamburg (ISIN DE0007480204), has resolved to increase the registered share
capital of the company by up to EUR 6,302,082 by issuing for cash up to
6,302,082 new ordinary registered shares, corresponding to approximately
16.7 % of the current registered share capital, by way of a partial use of
authorized capital. A committee of the supervisory board formed for this
purpose has consented to the resolution of the management board.
The new shares will be offered to existing shareholders by means of
indirect subscription rights at a ratio of 1:6, meaning that six old shares
will entitle a shareholder to subscribe for one new share. In order to
ensure an even subscription ratio, one of the existing shareholders has
agreed to waive its subscription rights with respect to four existing
shares held by it. The subscription price is EUR 19.50. The subscription
period begins on January 15, 2010 and is expected to end on January 29,
2010. The new shares will have full dividend entitlement for the fiscal
year 2009. The rights offering is directed exclusively to existing
shareholders of the company. Trading in the subscription rights will not be
provided for.
Any new shares that are not subscribed for in connection with the rights
offering can be acquired exclusively by existing shareholders by means of a
supplemental subscription at the subscription price. Binding offers to
acquire shares in such supplemental subscriptions must be delivered during
the subscription period.
The company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering of up to EUR
123 million primarily to finance its acquisition of the A10 Center in
Wildau near Berlin, which was agreed on January 6, 2010. The total
investment volume for that center, including the modernization and
expansion planned to be completed by 2011, amounts to approximately EUR 265
million, of which EUR 150 million will be financed by long-term debt.
KG CURA Vermögensverwaltung G. m. b. H. & Co., Hamburg, which is controlled
by members of the Otto family, has given a binding commitment to the
company and the underwriting banks to acquire up to a total of 3,150,000
new shares at the subscription price by exercising its subscription rights
and delivering a binding supplemental subscription offer.
The new shares are to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market and
the sub-section of the Official Market with further post-admission
obligations (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange without
publication of a prospectus.
The Joint Lead Managers for the transaction are COMMERZBANK
Aktiengesellschaft and DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank,
Frankfurt am Main.
Deutsche EuroShop AG
Management Board
This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of
an offer to buy securities. In particular, this document constitutes
neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase
securities in the United States. The shares in Deutsche EuroShop AG (the
'Shares') may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the
account or benefit of 'U. S. persons' (as such term is defined in
Regulation S under the U. S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
'Securities Act')) absent registration or an exemption from registration
under the Securities Act. The Shares have not been and will not be
registered under the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of
Shares in the United States.
11.01.2010 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release distributed by DGAP.
Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de
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Language: English
Company: Deutsche EuroShop AG
Oderfelder Straße 23
20149 Hamburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)40 413 579-0
Fax: +49 (0)40 413 579-29
E-mail: ir@deutsche-euroshop.de
Internet: www.deutsche-euroshop.de
ISIN: DE0007480204
WKN: 748020
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
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