07-11-09

Norddeutsche Affinerie AG / Capital Increase

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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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distribution in the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan.

Norddeutsche Affinerie AG - capital increase successfully completed

Hamburg, 9 November 2007 – Today Norddeutsche Affinerie AG has increased
its subscribed capital from authorised capital by EUR 9,511,500.80 by the
issuance of 3,715,430 new no-par-value shares for a cash contribution with
the exclusion of shareholders’ subscription rights. The new shares are
fully entitled to participate in the company’s profit for fiscal year
2006/07. The amount of the capital increase corresponds to almost 10% of
the statutory subscribed capital of the company. 

The new shares were placed by Landesbank Baden-Württemberg at the placement
price of EUR 26.41 per share with several German institutional investors,
inter alia with HSH Nordbank AG. The proceeds from the issue totalling EUR
98,124,506.30 should be primarily used to finance the announced takeover of
the Belgium copper group Cumerio NV/SA .

 

This release 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 (the 'Securities Act'). 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 Norddeutsche
Affinerie AG or a selling shareholder, and that will contain detailed
information about the company and management, as well as financial
statements. Norddeutsche Affinerie AG does not intend to register any part
of the present or proposed offering in the United States of America.

 

The shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities
Act and are not being offered or sold in the United States of America. 
Outside the United States of America the offered shares will be offered and
sold in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.
09.11.2007  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Norddeutsche Affinerie AG
              Hovestraße 50
              20539 Hamburg
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)40 78 83-0
Fax:          +49 (0)40 78 83-22 55
E-mail:       m.kartenbeck@na-ag.com
Internet:     www.na-ag.com
ISIN:         DE0006766504
WKN:          676650
Indices:      MDAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg;
              Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart
 
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