UK Regulatory | 23 March 2010 12:48
VOLKSWAGEN AG / Capital Increase
23.03.2010 12:48
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Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft resolves upon capital increase
The Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft has
resolved today with the consent of the Supervisory Board to
increase the share capital against cash contributions with
subscription rights for ordinary and preferred shareholders of
the company. The share capital will be increased from existing
authorized capital through the issue of up to 65 million new, no
par value, non-voting preferred bearer shares against cash
contributions. The new shares will have a notional value of
EUR2.56 each and carry full dividend rights from January 1, 2009.
The capital increase resolution, including the offer price, the
subscription ratio and the final offer volume, is subject to a
resolution of the Board of Management, with consent of the
Supervisory Board, expected to be adopted on or about March 26,
2010.
The net proceeds from the offering of the new shares are
intended to be used for the purpose of enhancing Volkswagen's
capitalization against the background of the planned creation of
the integrated automotive group with Porsche. In addition, the
capital market transaction is intended to strengthen the
financial stability and flexibility as well as to maintain the
current credit ratings of Volkswagen.
A syndicate of banks has agreed to subscribe and underwrite the
new shares as well as to offer them to the shareholders by way
of indirect subscription rights in accordance with the
conditions of the subscription offer expected to be published on
March 30, 2010.
All new shares shall be offered for purchase in a public
offering to private investors in Germany as well as in private
placements to qualified institutional investors in Germany and
outside Germany in advance of the subscription period ('Pre-
placement'). The Pre-placement is expected to start on March 24,
2010 (to institutional investors already today, March 23, 2010)
and will terminate before the beginning of the subscription
period. The subscription period for the new shares is expected
to run from March 31, 2010 to and including April 13, 2010. The
offering is contingent upon the approval of the prospectus by
the German Financial Supervisory Authority 'BaFin'.
The subscription price at which the new shares are offered to
the shareholders by way of indirect subscription rights and the
offer price for the Pre-placement as well as the final offer
volume will be fixed by resolution of the Board of Management
with the consent of the Supervisory Board and in coordination
with the syndicate of banks based on the results of the
bookbuilding process for the Pre-placement such that the two
prices equal each other. The subscription price and the offer
price are expected to be published on 26 March 2010.
The major shareholders of the company, Porsche Automobil Holding
SE and Porsche Gesellschaft m.b.H., Hannoversche
Beteiligungsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung as well as
Qatar Holding Germany GmbH ('Assigning Shareholders'), agreed to
assign and transfer their subscription rights to the new shares
to the syndicate banks effective at the date of the
determination of the subscription price and conditional upon the
subscription price being equal to the offer price for the Pre-
placement.
The admission of the new shares to trading in the regulated
market of the stock exchanges of Frankfurt, Berlin, Düsseldorf,
Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart is expected on March 31,
2010. The admission to trading of the new shares on the stock
exchanges in London and Luxemburg as well as on the SIX Swiss
Exchange is expected to occur also on March 31, 2010 or as soon
as possible thereafter.
The subscription rights for the new shares are expected to be
traded in the period from March 31, 2010 up to and including
April 9, 2010 in the regulated market (XETRA and floor
trading) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The settlement of
those new shares which are attributable to subscription rights
assigned by the major shareholders is expected to occur at the
beginning of the subscription period. The final settlement of
the remaining new shares shall occur after termination of the
subscription period.
The prospectus required for the public offering will be
published inter alia on the link www.volkswagenag.com/ir.
Wolfsburg, March 23, 2010
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - Board of Management
23.03.2010 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release distributed by DGAP.
Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de
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Language: English
Company: VOLKSWAGEN AG
Brieffach 1849
38436 Wolfsburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)5361 9 - 49840
Fax: +49 (0)5361 9 - 30411
E-mail: christine.ritz@volkswagen.de
Internet: www.volkswagenag.com/ir
ISIN: DE0007664039, DE0007664005
Indices: DAX, Euro Stoxx 50
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard), München, Hannover, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX; Foreign Exchange(s)
London, Luxembourg, SIX
Category Code: MSC
LSE Ticker: VKW
Sequence Number: 439
Time of Receipt: March 23, 2010 12:14:55
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