Beate Uhse AG / Capital Increase 08.02.2008 Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription price of 1.15 per new share Subscription period expected to begin on 18 February 2008 Investors guarantee subscription Flensburg, 8 February 2008 The Management Board of Beate Uhse AG (ISIN DE0007551400) has resolved, with the consent of the Supervisory Board, to increase the companys share capital from its current level of 47,323,696 by 23,661,000 to 70,984,696 by issuing 23,661,000 new bearer shares with a face value of 1 each in return for cash contributions. The new shares will be taken over by DZ BANK AG with the obligation to offer them to shareholders for subscription. For every two shares held (subscription ratio 2:1), each shareholder is entitled to subscribe one new share at a subscription price of 1.15 per new share. The subscription offer for the new shares is expected to take place between 18 February 2008 and 3 March 2008. Details concerning the subscription of the shares can be found in the subscription offer, which will be published in good time at www.beate-uhse.ag. No stock market trading in the subscription rights will take place. In its function as subscription agent, DZ BANK AG has declared to the company, without accepting any legal obligation to do so, that it is prepared to attempt to broker the subscription rights of shareholders not wishing to exercise their subscription rights. Consipio Holding BV, a major shareholder, has declared to Beate Uhse AG that it will be exercising all of the subscription rights to which it is entitled by virtue of the shares it holds. ADEF Sárl Finance Consulting has undertaken towards Beate Uhse AG and DZ BANK AG to take over all unsubscribed new shares at the subscription price for the purpose of resale. Beate Uhse expects the capital increase it has resolved to generate total net proceeds of a maximum of 24.9 million. The funds thereby received are to be used to repay liabilities to banks. Furthermore, new financing agreements have been concluded. The Group has therefore laid the foundations necessary to press consistently ahead with its restructuring programme, which focuses on the companys long-term development. The strategic realignment towards existing markets and the expansion into new countries, in particular the expansion of the business in Eastern Europe, are intended to enhance the Groups competitiveness and to extend its market position. This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy any securities. The offer will be made exclusively by means of and on the basis of a securities prospectus to be published. The Information contained herein is not for publication or distribution in the United States. The material set forth herein is for informational purposes only and is not intended, and should not be construed, as an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities of Beate Uhse Aktiengesellschaft described herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), or the laws of any State, and may not be offered or sold within the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable State laws. No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited and, if sent in response to the Information contained herein, will not be accepted. Contact: Beate Uhse AG Assia Tschernookoff Leiterin Unternehmenskommunikation Gutenbergstraße 12 24941 Flensburg www.beate-uhse.ag Fon: 0049 461 / 99 66 125 Fax: 0049 461 / 99 66 377 DGAP 08.02.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Beate Uhse AG Gutenbergstraße 12 24941 Flensburg Deutschland Phone: +49 (461) 99 66 307 Fax: +49 (461) 99 66 440 E-mail: atschernookoff@beate-uhse.de Internet: www.beateuhse.ag ISIN: DE0007551400 WKN: 755140 Indices: CDAX, PRIMEALL, CLASSICALLSHARE Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hannover, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: Beate Uhse AG: Beate Uhse adopts resolution to increase capital by 23,661,000 new shares: Subscription ratio of 2:1
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