Ad-hoc | 13 October 2006 18:29

VERBIO sets issue price and offer volume

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Hamburg, October 13, 2006 – VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (ISIN DE000A0JL9W6) and the existing shareholders together with Credit Suisse and Dresdner Kleinwort have set the issue price at EUR 14.50 per share. A total of 18,200,000 shares in VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG have been placed. Thereof 13,000,000 shares stem from a capital increase from authorized capital and 5,200,000 shares from the existing shareholders (including 2,000,000 from an over-allotment option granted to the underwriters). The offer volume therefore amounts to EUR 263.9 million. The company will receive the gross IPO proceeds of EUR 188.5 million. The company’s free float will be approx. 25.7% (approx. 28.9%, if the greenshoe option is exercised). The first day of trading in the Official Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) is expected to be on October 16, 2006. About 1.2 million shares have been allotted to retail investors, which corresponds to 6.6% of the placement volume (incl. Greenshoe). The minimum order size of 25 shares has been fully allotted; orders in excess thereof were allotted with a pro rata share of 50%. Within the scope of the preferential allotment a total of around 333,000 shares were allotted, which corresponds to around 2.1% of the placement volume (excl. Greenshoe). Contact VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG Alexandra Mühr Tel.: (+49) 34956 / 303 90 Fax: (+49) 34956 / 303 99 E-Mail: pr@verbio.de Disclaimer This announcement is not a prospectus and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase the shares or other securities of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG. Investors should not subscribe for any shares referred to in this document except on the basis of the information contained in the prospectus relating to the Shares. The prospectus is published on the websites of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG. A free copy of the prospectus is available to investors at the Company, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Dresdner Bank AG, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA and Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse. This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States of America. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Any public offering of securities to be made in the United States of America will be made by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG and that will contain detailed information about the company and management, as well as financial statements. This announcement is directed at and/or for distribution in the U.K. only to (i) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (ii) high net worth entities falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons being together referred to as “relevant persons”). This announcement is directed only at relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not read, act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. (c)DGAP 13.10.2006 ————————————————————————— Language: English Issuer: VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG Thura Mark 18 06780 Zörbig Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)34956-303 90 Fax: +49 (0)34956-303 99 E-mail: pr@verbio.de WWW: www.verbio.de ISIN: DE000A0JL9W6 WKN: A0JL9W Indices: Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Düsseldorf Börsennotierung im Amtlichen Markt (Prime Standard) voraussichtlich am 16.10.2006. End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————