Manz Automation AG / Capital Increase
01.07.2008
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- Gross issue proceeds of around EUR 112.0 million to enhance further
growth
- Transition to Frankfurt Stock Exchange's regulated market (Prime
Standard)
Reutlingen, July 1, 2008 Manz Automation AG has successfully completed
its capital increase with subscription rights resolved on June 10, 2008.
Gross issue proceeds of around EUR 112.0 million will accrue to Manz
Automation AG. These proceeds are to be used for further growth. The
subscription price for the 896,011 new shares was set at EUR 125.00 per
share. The capital increase has already been registered with the commercial
register, and Manz Automation AG's share capital has increased accordingly
from EUR 3,584,043.00 to EUR 4,480,054.00.
More than 99% of the new shares were subscribed during the subscription
period from June 13, 2008 to June 27, 2008. The new shares which were not
subscribed were sold by the Joint Lead Managers COMMERZBANK
Aktiengesellschaft and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited via the
stock exchange. Dieter Manz, Manz Automation AG's founder and CEO,
continues to be the largest single shareholder and will hold a 42.9%
interest in Manz Automation AG.
The capital increase will secure the funds required to finance the Manz
Group's further growth. The Manz Group is planning capital expenditures,
for example in research and development as well as specific acquisitions in
order to further increase its value added in the solar sector. Dieter Manz
explains: 'We will invest the additional equity to expand our operating
business as planned, thus consistently using the opportunities for growth
especially in the photovoltaic sector.'
Through the admission of the new and old shares to stock market trading
approved on June 30, 2008 and todays listing of these shares Manz
Automation AG has transitioned from Frankfurt Stock Exchange's open market
(Entry Standard) to the regulated market (Prime Standard). The new and old
shares are listed under ISIN DE000A0JQ5U3.
Company Profile
Manz Automation AG (ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3) with its statutory seat in
Reutlingen, together with its subsidiaries, is by market share one of the
worlds leading technological providers of systems and components in the
areas of automation, quality assurance and laser process technology for the
photovoltaic industry and in the areas of automation and wet chemistry for
the LCD industry. The Manz Group's core competences are in robotics, image
processing, laser technology, wet chemistry as well as control and drive
technology. The Manz Group's key strategic divisions are photovoltaic
(systems.solar), LCD (systems.lcd) and components and OEM systems
(systems.aico) for automation in various industrial sectors and the life
science industry. The Manz Group has sales and/or service branches in
Germany, Taiwan, USA, China, South Korea, Spain, Hungary and Slovakia as
well as a service alliance in India. In addition, the Manz Group has its
own production facilities in Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Taiwan and China.
The Manz Group recorded revenues of EUR 71.2 million in fiscal year 2007
with an EBIT margin of 14.1%. More than 57% of revenues were generated
abroad, in particular in Asia. The Manz Group recorded revenues of EUR 38.6
million with an EBIT margin of 14.5% in the first quarter of fiscal year
2008.
This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to
make an offer to buy securities. No public offer or sale of transferable
securities of Manz Automation AG is being, or will be, made to the public
outside Germany. The public offer in Germany was made exclusively by means
of and on the basis of a prospectus. The prospectus is available on the web
site of Manz Automation AG under www.manz-automation.com and in printed
form free of charge at Manz Automation AG, Steigäckerstraße 5, 72768
Reutlingen, (fax no. +49 7121 / 9000-99) and the joint lead managers
COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft, Kaiserstraße 16 (Kaiserplatz), 60311
Frankfurt am Main (fax no. +49 69 / 136-29299) and Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited, c/o Niederlassung Frankfurt am Main, Junghofstraße 16,
60311 Frankfurt am Main (fax no. +49 69 / 7538-9431).
This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to
make an offer to buy securities in the United States. The shares and the
subscription rights with regard to shares in Manz Automation AG may not be
offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of
'U.S. Persons' (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act')) absent
registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
The shares and the subscription rights with regard to shares in Manz
Automation AG have not been and will not be registered under the Securities
Act. Any public offering of shares or subscription rights to be made in the
United States will only be made by means of a prospectus which would be
available at Manz Automation AG and which would contain detailed
information about Manz Automation AG and its management as well as its
financial statements.
This publication is for distribution only to persons who (i) have
professional experience in matters relating to investments or (ii) are
persons falling within article 49(2) (a) to (d) ('High Net Worth
Companies', Unincorporated Associations, etc.) of the Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or to whom
it may otherwise be lawfully passed on (all such persons together being
referred to as 'Relevant Persons'). This publication 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
publication relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be
engaged in only with Relevant Persons.'
Investor relations contact
Manz Automation AG
Birte-Christina Benecke
Phone: +49 (0)7121 9000-21
Fax: +49 (0)7121 9000-99
E-Mail: bbenecke@manz-automation.com
cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle
Phone: +49 (0)611 205855-11
Fax: +49 (0)611 205855-66
E-Mail: wiehle@cometis.de
DGAP 01.07.2008
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Language: English
Issuer: Manz Automation AG
Steigäckerstraße 5
72768 Reutlingen
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)7121 9000 915
Fax: +49 (0)7121 9000 99
E-mail: mhipp@manz-automation.com
Internet: www.manz-automation.com
ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3
WKN: A0JQ5U
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Düsseldorf
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