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Deutsche Beteiligungs AG announces successful placement of convertible bonds due 2030 in an aggregate principal amount of 100 million euros
 

Frankfurt/Main, 28 June 2024 – Earlier today, Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (the “Company”) successfully placed an issue of senior unsecured convertible bonds due 2030 (“Convertible Bonds”) in an aggregate principal amount of 100 million euros, convertible into new and/or existing no-par value registered shares in the Company. The Convertible Bonds were offered exclusively to institutional investors outside the United States of America in an accelerated bookbuilding process (the “Offer”). The pre-emptive rights of the Company's existing shareholders are excluded.

The Convertible Bonds are convertible into up to 3,247,259 million no-par value registered shares in the Company. The Convertible Bonds are issued at 100 per cent of par and will be due on 5 January 2030. The Convertible Bonds will bear interest at a fixed rate of 5.5 per cent p.a., payable semi-annually in arrear on 5 January and 5 July of each year, commencing on 5 January 2025. The initial conversion price has been set at 30.7952 euros, corresponding to a conversion premium of 22.5 per cent on the reference share price of 25.1389 euros.

Rossmann Beteiligungs GmbH, a shareholder in the Company, and members of the Company's Board of Management have participated in the placement.

The Convertible Bonds are expected to be issued on or around 5 July 2024 (the “Closing Date”). The Company has undertaken to comply with a customary lock-up ending 90 days after the Closing Date.

The Company intends to arrange for the Convertible Bonds to be included to trading on the Open Market (Freiverkehr) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. However, the inclusion to trading is not a condition for closing the transaction.

The Company plans to use the net proceeds from the Convertible Bonds issuance for co-investments to be made alongside the funds advised by the Company and ELF Capital Group and for general corporate purposes.

“The successful placement of the Convertible Bonds underlines how attractive Deutsche Beteiligungs AG's growth-oriented business model is to its investors. It gives them access to a diversified portfolio of 37 mid-sized companies with substantial development potential,” said Tom Alzin, Spokesman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG.

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has been listed since 1985 and is one of the most renowned private equity firms in Germany. As an investor and fund advisor, DBAG traditionally focuses on mid-market companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the DACH region), and especially on well-positioned companies offering growth potential. DBAG's sector focus is on manufacturers, industrial service providers and IndustryTech enterprises – businesses whose products facilitate automation, robotics and digitalisation – as well as on companies from the broadband/telecommunications, IT services, software and healthcare sectors. Since 2020, DBAG has been present on the Italian market, providing its services from its office in Milan. DBAG Group's assets under management or advisory amount to approximately 2.6 billion euros. Within the scope of the strategic partnership with ELF Capital Group, DBAG is expanding its range of flexible financing solutions for mid-market companies to include private debt.

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
Head of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations · Roland Rapelius
Untermainanlage 1 · 60329 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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