Ströer to increase share capital from authorized capital by exercising Greenshoe option
Issue of 640,000 new shares resolved / Gross proceeds for Ströer amount to 12.8 million Euro
(PresseBox) (Cologne, )The new shares will be issued against the partial exercise of a Greenshoe option that was granted by Ströer to Morgan Stanley as stabilization manager in the IPO. The Greenshoe option serves the redemption of a remunerated securities loan made to cover overallotments. All new shares have been acquired at the offer price of Euro 20.00 by Morgan Stanley in its own name and for the account of all the underwriting banks. The gross proceeds (before commissions) received by the company amounts to Euro 12.8 million.
The new Ströer shares are to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and with simultaneous admission to the subsegment with postadmission obligations, the Prime Standard segment. Inclusion of the new Ströer shares in the existing listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is planned in the course of August, 2010.
Disclaimer
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