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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Capital increase of Premiere successful
| Source: EQS Group AG