Ad-hoc | 21 November 2012 13:27
Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt / Key word(s): Capital Increase/Corporate Action
21.11.2012 13:27
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Mannheim, 21 November 2012
Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt, Mannheim. Südzucker AG ('Südzucker')
today successfully placed approximately 14.62 million new Südzucker shares
from authorised capital and approximately 0.58 million treasury shares by
way of an accelerated bookbuild offering. The placement price was fixed at
EUR 29.70 per share. The gross proceeds from the issuance of the shares
amount to approximately EUR 451 million.
Further to Südzucker's earlier invitation to the holders of the outstanding
2.5% 2016 convertible bonds (the 'Convertible Bonds') to tender the
Convertible Bonds for repurchase for cash, up to the remaining outstanding
amount of the Convertible Bonds (the 'Tender Offer'), the aggregate
principal amount of Convertible Bonds accepted for repurchase is EUR 268.55
million, at a fixed price of 182.5% of par value. Südzucker will use the
approximately EUR 451 million gross proceeds from the share placement to
fund the repurchase of the tendered bonds.
Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt
Central Investor Relations Department
Nikolai Baltruschat
Theodor-Heuss-Anlage 12
68165 Mannheim
Phone: +49 621 421-240
Fax: +49 621 421-321
Investor.relations@suedzucker.de
This release is not an offer of securities for sale in or into the United
States of America. The securities may not be offered or sold in or into the
United States of America absent registration or an exemption from
registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
'Securities Act'). Any public offering of securities to be made in or into
the United States of America will be made by means of a prospectus that may
be obtained from Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt and will contain detailed
information about the company and management, as well as financial
statements. There will be no public offer of the securities in or into the
United States of America and the securities have not been and will not be
registered under the Securities Act.
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Language: English
Company: Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt
Theodor-Heuss-Anlage 12
68165 Mannheim
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)621 - 421-530
Fax: +49 (0)621 - 421-7530
E-mail: investor.relations@suedzucker.de
Internet: www.suedzucker.de
ISIN: DE0007297004, XS0606202454 DE000A1AJLE6 XS0222524372
WKN: 729700, A1GNRQ A1AJLE A0E6FU,
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard), Hamburg, München, Stuttgart; Freiverkehr in
Hannover
End of Announcement DGAP News-Service
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