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Deutsche EuroShop AG: Rights issue with a ratio of 1:8 for the financing of the acquisition of shopping centers approved
Deutsche EuroShop AG / Key word(s): Capital Increase
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Rights issue with a ratio of 1:8 for the financing of the acquisition of
shopping centers approved
Hamburg, November 4, 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 5,736,822 by issuing for cash up to
5,736,822 new ordinary registered shares, corresponding to approximately
12.5 % 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 1:8, meaning that shareholders
will be entitled to subscribe for one new share for each eight existing
shares held. In order to ensure an even subscription ratio, one of the
existing shareholders has agreed to waive its subscription rights with
respect to two existing shares held by it. The subscription price is
EUR23.00. The subscription period begins on November 8, 2010 and is
expected to end on November 22, 2010. The new shares will have full
dividend entitlement for the fiscal year 2010. 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. To the extent that, due to a large number of
supplemental subscriptions, it is not possible to allocate to each
shareholder all of the additional shares that it wishes to purchase, offers
to purchase additional shares will be filled pro rata based on the number
of additional shares sought by each shareholder in proportion to the total
volume of supplemental subscriptions, until the entire volume of the
capital increase has been allocated. The company intends to use the net
proceeds of the offering of up to EUR132 million to finance its acquisition
of the Billstedt-Center Hamburg and further shopping center investments.
The total investment volume for the Billstedt-Center Hamburg amounts to
approximately EUR 160 million, of which up to EUR 80 million is to be
financed by long-term debt.
KG CURA Vermögensverwaltung G. m. b. H. & Co., Hamburg, which is controlled
by members of the Otto family, is obligated on the basis of a framework
agreement with the company to acquire up to a total of 1,147,364 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 the solicitation
of an offer to buy securities. In particular, this document constitutes
neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to purchase
securities in the United States. The subscription rights and the shares in
Deutsche EuroShop AG (the 'Securities') 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 Securities have
not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act. Any public
offering of securities in the United States must be made by means of a
prospectus that may be obtained from the issuer and that contains detailed
information about the company and management as well as financial
statements. There will be no public offering of the Securities in the
United States.
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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 Hamburg, München, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hannover, Stuttgart
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