Premiere AG / Capital Increase 08.01.2009 Release of a Adhoc News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This ad hoc release does not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States. The shares of Premiere AG (the 'Shares') may not be offered or sold in the United States under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, absent registration or an exemption from registration. No public offering of shares will be made in the United States. Munich, 8 January 2009. Premiere AG has set the subscription price at 3.76 per new share. The price reflects the volume-weighted average share price of Premiere on XETRA on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange from the beginning of the subscription period on 30 December 2008 until close of trading today, as published on the financial information service Reuters, less a discount of 2 percent. Premiere expects to raise gross proceeds of at least 25m by issuing up to 10.2m new shares using existing authorized capital. The rights issue is backstopped by News Corp in the amount of 25m and is part of a new financing structure agreed by Premiere, its bank syndicate and News Corp on December 23, 2008. As largest shareholder of Premiere, News Corp has agreed to take up such number of shares to ensure gross proceeds of not less than 25m without increasing its shareholding above 29.9 percent. The proceeds of the rights issue combined with additional short-term bridge funding provided by the bank syndicate of Premiere in January 2009 will total 50m and are targeted to satisfy short-term funding needs of the company until the second capital increase, which is part of the new financing arrangement and currently scheduled to take place in the first half of 2009, is completed. Contact for press: Torsten Fricke Vice President Corporate Communications Tel.: +49 89/99 58-63 50 torsten.fricke@premiere.de Contact for investors and analysts: Christine Scheil Vice President Investor Relations Tel.: +49 89/99 58-10 10 christine.scheil@premiere.de This ad hoc release contains statements regarding future developments that have been based on current evaluations and have been made to best of the knowledge of the management of Premiere AG. Such statements with regard to future developments are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the profit situation, profitability, value development or the performance of Premiere AG or the success of the media industry to diverge from those profit situations, profitability, value development or performance results that are assumed expressly or implied or described in these statements regarding the future. Considering these risks, uncertainties and well as other factors, readers of these documents should not rely in an incommensurate manner on these statements dealing with future developments. Premiere AG has no obligation to behave in keeping with such statements regarding future developments or to alter its behavior to accommodate future events and developments. DGAP 08.01.2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Premiere AG Medienallee 4 85774 Unterföhring Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)89 9958-02 Fax: +49 (0)89 9958-6239 E-mail: ir@premiere.de Internet: www.premiere.de ISIN: DE000PREM111 WKN: PREM11 Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: Premiere AG: Rights issue: Subscription price is 3.76 per new share
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