IBU-tec advanced materials AG: Successful completion of pre-placement to institutional investors

Weimar, 16 February 2021 - IBU-tec advanced materials AG ("IBU-tec", ISIN: DE000A0XYHT5) has successfully placed a total of 750,000 New Shares and 250,000 shares from the holdings of IBU-tec's CEO at a fixed price of EUR 34 per share with institutional investors as part of a pre-placement. The placement price in the pre-placement corresponds to the subscription price for the issue of the New Shares as part of the planned capital increase. The subscription ratio was set at 16:3, i.e. sixteen existing shares entitle the holder to subscribe to three New Shares. IBU-tec expects a gross cash inflow of EUR 25.5 million from the capital increase, which will be used to finance further growth, particularly in the area of proprietary battery materials.

The subscription offer for shareholders will tentatively be published in the German Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) on the 17^th of February 2021. The pre-placement is subject to, among other things, the publication of a securities information notice, which is expected to be approved by the German federal financial services supervisory authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) on or about the 17^th of February 2021. It will also be published on the IBU-tec homepage on the same day. The subscription period for the shares of the capital increase will tentatively begin on and including 19^th of February 2021 and will expire at the end of and including 4^th of March 2021. A subscription rights trade is planned. The Company expects that the implementation of the capital increase will be entered in the commercial register by the 8^th of March 2021. The inclusion of the New Shares in the existing listing of the Company in the Scale Segment on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE000A0XYHT5 / WKN A0XYHT) is expected to be delivered on or about 10^th of March 2021.

Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers AG acted as Sole Global Coordinator and Sole Bookrunner in the capital increase.

About IBU-tec

The IBU-tec Group develops and produces innovative materials of the highest quality for the industry. It combines unique, partly patent-protected thermal process engineering, with the process and material know-how of around 250 highly qualified employees.

The products are important components of battery materials for electric mobility and stationary energy storage, as well as solutions for air purification, resource conservation or the reduction of plastic packaging. IBU-tec is thus in a long-term position to respond to global megatrends, especially in the fields of climate and environmental protection. It has an international customer base ranging from innovative medium-sized companies to global corporations.

Further information can be found online at -tec.de.

Contact

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Axel Mühlhaus
Eschersheimer Landstraße 42-44
60322 Frankfurt
Tel. +49 (0) 69-905505-52
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Disclaimer

This release is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia), Australia, Canada or Japan. It does not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan. The shares mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The shares may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offer of shares of IBU-tec advanced materials AG (the "Company") in the United States.

This release constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy shares of the Company. Any subscription offer to the public in Germany in the later course of the transaction will be made solely on the basis of a securities information notice (Wertpapierinformationsblatt) which is yet to be published. The securities information notice will be published promptly upon approval (Gestattung) by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)) and will be available free of charge on the website of the Company under the investor relations section.

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