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09.07.2020 00:23

IMMOFINANZ AG: Successful placement of shares and issue of subordinated mandatory convertible notes

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The total gross issue proceeds from the share placement and the issue of the subordinated mandatory convertible bond amount to approximately EUR 356 million.

Share placement

IMMOFINANZ AG (FN 114425 y, ISIN AT0000A21KS2) (the “Company”) placed 15,418,824 shares of the Company, corresponding to approximately 13.76 per cent of the Company's current share capital, by way of an accelerated bookbuilding procedure under exclusion of subscription rights with institutional investors. The gross issuing proceeds from the share placement amount to approximately EUR 236 million.

The issue price (selling price) and the number of new shares from the capital increase against contribution in cash and the number of treasury shares sold were determined as follows:

  • To issue 11,208,526 shares, the Company's share capital will be increased from authorized capital (sections 169 et seq. of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act) against contribution in cash from EUR 112,085,269.00 by EUR 11,208,526.00 to EUR 123,293,795.00, corresponding to approximately 10 per cent of the Company's current share capital.
  • The Company will sell 4,210,298 treasury shares from its treasury stock, corresponding to approximately 3.76 per cent of the Company's current share capital. Following this sale, the number of treasury shares amounts to 6,998,228, corresponding to approximately 6.24 per cent of the current share capital of the Company (and approximately 5.68 per cent of the share capital after the capital increase against contribution in cash).
  • The issue price (selling price) per share amounts to EUR 15.31.

The shares entitle shareholders to dividends from the beginning of the financial year 2019 and are expected to be delivered on or around 13 July 2020 after the capital increase has been registered within the Companies' Register. The new shares from the capital increase will be admitted to trading under the existing ISIN AT0000A21KS2 on the Vienna Stock Exchange on or around 13 July 2020 and thereafter on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Issue of subordinated mandatory convertible notes

IMMOFINANZ AG further placed subordinated mandatory convertible notes (the "Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of EUR 120 million with institutional investors by way of an accelerated bookbuilding procedure under exclusion of subscription rights.

The Notes will have a principal amount of EUR 100,000 each and will be initially convertible into 6,998,228 IMMOFINANZ shares, corresponding to approximately 6.24 per cent of the current share capital of the Company (and approximately 5.68 per cent of the share capital after implementation of the capital increase against contribution in cash described above). The Notes will be issued at par and will carry a coupon of 4.0% per annum payable semi-annually in arrear. The Notes will be mandatorily converted into new or existing ordinary shares of the Company at maturity, unless earlier converted at the option of bondholders or the Company or upon the occurrence of specified special events in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes. The initial conversion price will be set at EUR 17.1472, representing a 12 per cent premium above the issue price (selling price) of the shares in the concurrent share placement.

It is intended to apply for admission to trading of the Notes on the Vienna Stock Exchange in the market Vienna MTF. The settlement of the Notes is expected to take place on or around 23 July 2020.

Use of Proceeds

The capital measures shall serve to strengthen the capital structure of the Company and also to strengthen the relevant key figures for the existing issuer rating and bond rating (ISIN XS1935128956) from Standard & Poor's, currently in each case investment grade rating (BBB-, stable outlook).

Due to the mandatory conversion into shares at maturity or during the term and the associated strengthening of the equity base, the Company expects that the rating agency Standard & Poor's will attribute a high equity-content to the subordinated mandatory convertible notes.

IMMOFINANZ AG intends to use the net proceeds for refinancing of financial liabilities, capitalise on potential growth opportunities and for general corporate purposes.

The Company agreed to a market-standard lock-up undertaking with the banks accompanying the issue according to which the Company is obliged to refrain from the issue of shares or instruments with conversion rights in shares of the Company against contributions in cash for a period of 90 days. This lock-up undertaking contains market-standard exceptions.

Important notice:

This announcement is a mandatory announcement pursuant to Article 17 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014. It constitutes neither a financial analysis nor advice or recommendation relating to financial instruments, nor an offer, solicitation or invitation to buy or sell securities of IMMOFINANZ AG.

Pursuant to Section 9 of the Austrian Publication Regulation 2018, this publication replaces the publication pursuant to Section 4 para 2 of the Austrian Publication Regulation.

The distribution of this announcement and an offering of the shares of IMMOFINANZ AG in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, securities to any person in the United States of America, Australia, Japan or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States of America. The offer and sale of the securities described in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933. The securities may not be offered or sold absent registration except pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. There will be no offer of securities in the United States of America.

In member states of the European Economic Area ("EEA"), this announcement is only addressed to and directed at persons who are 'qualified investors' within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 (as amended, the "Prospectus Regulation") ("Qualified Investors"). In the United Kingdom, this announcement is only addressed to and directed at Qualified Investors who are persons (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) (investment professionals) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Order"), (ii) falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (high net worth companies, incorporated associations, etc.) of the Order, or (iii) to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated; any other persons in the United Kingdom should not take any action on the basis of this announcement and should not act on or rely on it.

The mandatory convertible notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA and the United Kingdom. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the mandatory convertible notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA or the United Kingdom has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the mandatory convertible notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA or the United Kingdom may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

In connection with the placement of the mandatory convertible bonds and the shares of IMMOFINANZ AG (the "Securities"), the banks accompanying the placement and any of their respective affiliates, each acting as an investor for their own account, may take up as a proprietary position any Securities and in that capacity may retain, purchase or sell for their own account such Securities. In addition, the banks accompanying the placement or any of their respective affiliates may enter into financing arrangements and swaps with investors in connection with which the banks accompanying the placement (or their respective affiliates) may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of Securities. The banks accompanying the placement do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation to do so.

To the extent this announcement contains predictions, expectations or statements, estimates, opinions and projections with respect to anticipated future performance of IMMOFINANZ AG ("forward-looking statements"), they are based upon current views and assumptions of the IMMOFINANZ AG management. Forward-looking statements reflect various assumptions taken from IMMOFINANZ AG's current internal plans or from public sources which have not been independently verified or assessed by IMMOFINANZ AG and which may or may not prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause the actual results of IMMOFINANZ AG as well as developments to differ materially from the one expressly or implicitly assumed or described in these forward-looking statements. In consideration of these risks, uncertainties and other factors, persons receiving this document are advised not to rely on these forward-looking statements. IMMOFINANZ AG does not assume any liability or guarantee for such forward-looking statements and will not adjust them to any future results and developments.