Ad-hoc | 22 May 2007 20:14
DF Deutsche Forfait AG / IPO Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DF Deutsche Forfait AG share price was set at EUR 7.50 Capital increase completely accomplished Issuing price at the end of the price range Cologne, 22 May 2007 – The share price was set at EUR 7.50, i.e. at the upper end of the price range (EUR 7.00 to EUR 7.50). The capital increase to the amount of up to 1,800,000 new shares due to the IPO has already accomplished. This will result in DF Deutsche Forfait AG share capital of 6,800,000 shares. The share distribution and announcement will take place tomorrow, 23 May 2007. The listing in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is scheduled for Thursday, 24 May 2007. A total of 2,070,000 shared were offered. The majority, 1,080,000 units, were derived from a capital increase. The 270,000 shares bought from old shareholders and set aside for a greenshoe option are also expected to be placed. Based on an issue price of EUR 7.50, the issue volume amounts to EUR 15.5m. This means that the company will obtain around EUR 13.5 m, or around 87 percent of the issue. equinet AG and M.M.Warburg & CO KGaA acted both as Joint Lead Managers and as Joint Bookrunners for the IPO. comdirect Bank AG functioned as Selling Agent. DF Deutsche Forfait AG Media & Investor Relations Kattenbug 18 - 24 50667 Cologne T +49 221 97376-46 F +49 221 97376-60 E communications@dfag.de http://www.dfag.de International Securities Identification Number (ISIN): DE0005488795 National Securities Number (WKN): 548879 Code: DE6 Listing requested: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard) About DF Group The main business activities of DF Group are the purchase and sale of selected export receivables in emerging markets on a non-recourse basis. The objective is to sell on the acquired receivables at the same time or in the short term. Forfaiting is an increasingly important tool in export financing, with volumes rising in line with growth in international trade and the continuing advance of globalization. Creating tradable products from receivables benefits both exporters and buyers. As well as transferring risk to the buyer, the main benefit of forfeiting for exporters is the inflow of cash. This relieves the exporters’ credit lines and improves their balance sheet structure. DF Deutsche Forfait AG structures receivables attractively, so that investors seek them as a type of investment. DISCLAIMER 'This publication does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities. No offer of securities of DF Deutsche Forfait AG is being, or will be, made to the public outside Germany. The offer in Germany is being made exclusively on the basis of the securities prospectus which has been published and filed with the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht. Any decision to invest in the securities of DF Deutsche Forfait AG offered should solely be based on the securities prospectus. Copies of the securities prospectus are available free of charge at the offices of DF Deutsche Forfait AG, the admissions office of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and at the offices of the underwriting banks. This publication and the information contained therein is not for distribution, neither directly nor indirectly, in or into the Unites States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan. This publication does not constitute an offer for sale of any securities into the United States. Securities, including any shares of DF Deutsche Forfait AG in the course of the offer, may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the 'Securities Act')) unless they are registered under the Securities Act or exempt from registration. There will be no registration or public offer of any securities of DF Deutsche Forfait AG in the United States.'DGAP 22.05.2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: DF Deutsche Forfait AG Kattenbug 18-24 50667 Köln Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)221 - 973 76 0 Fax: +49 (0)221 - 973 76 76 E-mail: dfag@dfag.de www: www.dfag.de ISIN: DE0005488795 WKN: 548879 Indices: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Düsseldorf Notierung vorgesehen / designated to be listed End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------