Ad-hoc | 12 February 2004 19:20
Lufthansa to Sell 78,000,000 Amadeus Shares
Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG announces the sale of 78,000,000 Class A-Shares of Amadeus
Global Travel Distribution S.A. in an Accelerated Bookbuilt Offering to
institutional investors. Bookbuilding will commence immediately. The sale price
of the Amadeus Class A Shares will be determined after the books have closed. A
press release will be made in due course after completion of the sale.
Following the completion of the transaction, Lufthansa’s ownership of Amadeus
Class A Shares will stand at 5.1% compared to 18.3% before the transaction. The
free float of Amadeus Class A Shares will increase from 40.1% to 53.3% of
Amadeus’ outstanding Class A share capital. Lufthansa has entered into a
standard lock-up agreement under which it has agreed not to dispose of any of
its remaining holding of 29,826,173 Amadeus Class A Shares for a period of 180
days from today.
The placing will be managed by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Investor Relations
Ulrike Schlosser, Telefon (+49) 696-90997, Fax (+49) 696-90990
Email: investor.relations@dlh.de
12 February 2004
end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 12.02.2004
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