DGAP-Adhoc: Premiere AG: Capital increase of Premiere successful

Premiere AG / Capital Increase

22.04.2009 

Release of a Adhoc News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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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, 22 April 2009. The capital increase of Premiere AG was well
accepted by shareholders. The subscription period ended yesterday. The
rights offering comprised 367,463,508 new shares at a subscription price of
EUR 1.12 per new share with a ratio of three new shares for each one
existing share. Upon the registration of the new shares in the commercial
register, Premiere's registered share capital will increase by
EUR 367,463,508 from EUR 122,683,636 to EUR 490,147,144.

69.3 percent of the new shares were subscribed by shareholders other than
News Corp, 30.7 percent will be acquired by News Adelaide Holdings B.V. ,
an indirect subsidiary of News Corp. As a result, the shareholding of News
Corp in Premiere will increase to 30.5 percent.

The capital increase will generate gross proceeds of approximately
EUR 411.6m.

The new shares are expected to be included in trading on the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange on 24 April 2009.

ABN AMRO Bank N.V., an indirect subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland
Group, and UniCredit Group (Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG) are acting
as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Lead Managers for the capital
increase.

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 22.04.2009 
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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
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