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Hamburg, 14 June 2021 - ABOUT YOU Holding AG ("ABOUT YOU") has set the final offer for its private placement (the "Private Placement") at €23.00 per share. Based on this offer price, the total offer size, including over-allotments, amounts to 36,607,145 shares and approximately €842 million, and brings ABOUT YOU's total market capitalization to €3.92 billion. Upon completion of the offering, the expected free float of new shareholders (net of treasury shares) will amount to 21.0%, assuming full exercise of the Greenshoe option. The Company has raised gross proceeds of around €657 million from the Private Placement of 28,571,429 newly issued ordinary bearer shares. In addition, 3,260,871 ordinary bearer shares were sold by management. Furthermore, GFH (Gesellschaft für Handelsbeteiligungen mbH), SevenVentures GmbH, GMPVC German Media Pool GmbH and Fashion Media Pool GmbH provided an option for up to 4,774,845 ordinary bearer shares to cover over-allotments (Greenshoe option). Trading of ABOUT YOU's shares on the Regulated Market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is expected to begin on June 16, 2021 under the trading symbol YOU and the ISIN DE000A3CNK42.
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The securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada or Japan subject to certain exceptions. In the United Kingdom, this document is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons who (i) are investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order"), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.), or (iii) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). This document is directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. Certain statements contained in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by the use of the words "may", "will", "should", "plan", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "intend", "project", "goal" or "target" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions, forecasts, estimates, projections, opinions or plans that are inherently subject to significant risks, as well as uncertainties and contingencies that are subject to change. No representation is made or will be made by ABOUT YOU that any forward-looking statement will be achieved or will prove to be correct. The actual future business, financial position, results of operations and prospects may differ materially from those projected or forecast in the forward-looking statements. Neither ABOUT YOU nor Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, J.P. Morgan AG, Numis Securities Ltd, Société Générale and UBS Europe SE (together, the "Underwriters") nor any of their respective affiliates assume any obligation to update, and do not expect to publicly update, or publicly revise, any forward-looking statements or other information contained in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law. In connection with the Private Placement, the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may take up a portion of the shares offered in the Private Placement as a principal position and in that capacity may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell for their own accounts such shares and other securities of ABOUT YOU or related investments in connection with the planned Private Placement or otherwise. In addition, the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may enter into financing arrangements (including swaps or contracts for differences) with investors in connection with which the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of shares of ABOUT YOU. The Underwriters do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions, other than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so. None of the Underwriters or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, advisers or agents accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information in this release (or whether any information has been omitted from the release) or any other information relating to ABOUT YOU, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available, or for any loss howsoever arising from any use of this release or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith. THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT A PROSPECTUS BUT AN ADVERTISEMENT AND INVESTORS SHOULD NOT SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SHARES REFERRED TO IN THIS ADVERTISEMENT EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROSPECTUS.
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Language: | English |
Company: | ABOUT YOU Holding AG |
Domstraße 10 | |
20095 Hamburg | |
Germany | |
Phone: | +49 40 638 569 - 0 |
E-mail: | info@aboutyou.de |
Internet: | https://corporate.aboutyou.de |
ISIN: | DE000A3CNK42 |
WKN: | A3CNK4 |
Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard) |
EQS News ID: | 1207837 |
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