ECE Industriebeteiligungen GmbH
ECE Industriebeteiligungen GmbH place approx. 10.48% of JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft’s share capital
ECE Industriebeteiligungen GmbH / Key word(s): Strategic Company Decision ECE Industriebeteiligungen GmbH place approx. 10.48% of JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft’s share capital Hinterbrühl, 31 March 2015. ECE Industriebeteiligungen GmbH, Vienna, Austria, today resolved to sell in total 6,000,000 ordinary bearer shares with no par value in JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft, 07743 Jena, Carl-Zeiß-Straße 1, Germany (ISIN DE0006229107, Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard)), which correspond to approx. 10.48% of JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft’s registered share capital. The sale will be carried out close-to-market by way of an accelerated bookbuilding, in which the shares are offered in a private placement. The placement is expected to be completed tomorrow, 1 April 2015. The reason for this sale is that ECE Industriebeteiligungen GmbH has decided in the context of its asset allocation to intensify its investments in its heritage CEE real estate core business. Further, the shareholding in JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft represents a huge part of the assets under management of the ECE group due to the positive development of the business of JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft and the accompanying increase of its share price. Through the sale of the shares in JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft such imbalance will be eliminated. Those 935,000 shares in JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft held by individuals belonging to the Humer family are not part of this private placement and will be kept by those individuals. Mr. Rudolf Humer, Mr. Christian Humer and Mr. Heinrich Reimitz, all of whom are currently members of the supervisory board of JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft as well as closely related to ECE Industriebeteiligungen GmbH will keep exercising their functions at least until the general meeting 2015. Contact: This communication is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States. This communication does not constitute or form part of an offer of securities for sale or solicitation of an offer to purchase securities. The securities referred to in this press communication have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act“), and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except on the basis of an applicable exemption from registration or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of securities. This communication is directed only at persons who: (i) are qualified investors within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) and any relevant implementing measures and/or are resident outside the United Kingdom or (ii) have professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of “investment professionals” contained in article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the “Order“) or are persons falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) of the Order, or fall within another exemption to the Order (all such persons referred to in (i) and (ii) above together being referred to as “Relevant Persons“). Any person who is not a Relevant Person must not act or rely on this communication or any of its contents. Any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. No action has been taken that would permit an offering of the securities or possession or distribution of this announcement in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. In member states of the European Economic Area (“EEA“) which have implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State“), this announcement is directed exclusively at persons who are “qualified investors” within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive or otherwise in circumstances which do not require the publication of a prospectus (“Qualified Investors“). For these purposes, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in a Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State, and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU. In connection with any offering of the shares of JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft (the “Shares“), the manager(s) and any of their respective affiliates acting as an investor for their own account may take up as a proprietary position any Shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase or sell for their own account such Shares. In addition they may enter into financing arrangements and swaps with investors in connection with which they may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of Shares. The manager(s) do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions other than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation to do so. ECE Industriebeteiligungen GmbH 2015-03-31 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP – a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de |
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