Ad-hoc | 13 July 2007 05:28
Homag Group AG / IPO
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Schopfloch, July 13, 2007 – Homag Group AG and the principal selling
shareholder together with the joint lead managers and joint bookrunners
Dresdner Kleinwort and JPMorgan today set the issue price of the offered
shares within the IPO at EUR 31.00 per share. Due to strong demand from
German and international institutional investors, the offering was several
times oversubscribed. Trading of the shares in the Official Market (Prime
Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange will commence on Friday, July 13,
2007.
In the context of the IPO, all of the 6,897,215 Homag Group AG shares
offered were placed. 1,126,655 shares were issued by way of a capital
increase, 4,870,923 shares were offered by the existing shareholders and
899,637 shares were offered under a greenshoe option granted by the selling
shareholders. The issue had a total volume (incl. Greenshoe) of approx. EUR
214 million. The company will receive gross proceeds of around EUR 35
million. If the greenshoe option is fully exercised, the free float will
amount to approx. 44%. Based on the issue price, Homag Group AG has a total
market capitalisation of roughly EUR 486 million.
Official Market / Prime Standard; Frankfurter Stock Exchange
ISIN: DE0005297204
Disclaimer:
This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to
buy any securities whatsoever.
This is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. Any
securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the Securities Act),
and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or
pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities
Act. Neither Homag Group AG nor any of its shareholders intend to register
any securities referred to herein in the United States.
The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution to
persons in the United States of America, Canada, Japan and Australia.
HOMAG Group AG
Investor Relations
Simone Müller
Tel.: +49 7443 13-2034
simone.mueller@homag-group.com
www.homag-group.de
DGAP 13.07.2007
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Language: English
Issuer: Homag Group AG
Homagstr. 3-5
72296 Schopfloch Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)7443 / 13 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)7443 / 13 - 2300
E-mail: info@homag-group.de
Internet: www.homag-group.de
ISIN: DE0005297204
WKN: 529720
Indices:
Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard)
Notierung vorgesehen / designated to be listed
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