Ad hoc announcement pursuant to § 15 WpHG: DF Deutsche Forfait AG sets subscription price for cash capital increase

  • Up to 6,800,000 new registered shares to be issued
  • Non-cash capital increase: bonds in the amount of 95 % of the possible volume tendered for conversion

Having obtained the consent of the Supervisory Board, the Board of Management of DF Deutsche Forfait AG (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE000A14KN88) today decided to go ahead with the cash capital increase with subscription rights for the existing shareholders (“cash capital increase”) as endorsed by the general meeting of shareholders on 22 January 2015. A maximum of 6,800,000 new registered shares in DF Deutsche Forfait AG will be issued and the subscription price has been set at EUR 1.30. Assuming that all subscription rights are fully exercised and all new shares are issued at the subscription price, gross issue proceeds of approximately EUR 8.84 million would accrue to the company. The new shares will be offered to the existing shareholders based on a 1:1 ratio. Subject to approval of the securities prospectus, the subscription period is scheduled to start on 18 June 2015 and run until 9 July 2015.

In addition, the Board of Management of DF Deutsche Forfait AG has announced that in response to the subscription offer to the bondholders for conversion of their bonds (ISIN: DE000A1R1CC4) into shares (“non-cash capital increase”), a total of bonds with a face value of 5,561,000.00 have been tendered for conversion. Based on the previously announced conversion parameters, the acceptance ratio amounts to approximately 95%.

Both capital measures serve to strengthen the company’s equity position as part of the current restructuring plan under which the successful implementation of the cash capital increase is a condition precedent for the implementation of the non-cash capital increase.