ABOUT YOU Holding AG: ABOUT YOU sets price range for its planned listing at €21.00 to €26.00 per share
Tue., Jun. 8, 2021 07:30DGAP-News: ABOUT YOU Holding AG: ABOUT YOU sets price range for its planned listing at €21.00 to €26.00 per share
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Hamburg, 8 June 2021 - ABOUT YOU Holding AG ("ABOUT YOU"), Europe's fastest-growing online fashion platform of scale, has set the price range for its planned private placement (the "Private Placement") at €21.00 to €26.00 per share. The Private Placement and subsequent listing of the company's shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is subject to approval of a listing prospectus by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the publication of the prospectus. The final offer price will be determined by way of a book building process. The book building period starts on June 8, 2021 and is expected to end on June 14, 2021. Trading of ABOUT YOU's shares on the Regulated Market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is expected to begin on June 16, 2021 under the trading symbol YOU and the ISIN DE000A3CNK42. The Private Placement to institutional investors in Germany and in certain other countries includes 28,571,429 newly issued ordinary bearer shares from a capital increase against cash contributions (the "New Shares") as well as up to 3,571,428 ordinary bearer shares to be sold by Management. In addition, GFH (Gesellschaft für Handelsbeteiligungen mbH), SevenVentures GmbH, GMPVC German Media Pool GmbH and Fashion Media Pool GmbH will grant a Greenshoe option of up to 4,821,428 ordinary bearer shares to cover possible over-allotments. ABOUT YOU is targeting gross proceeds of at least €600 million from the placement of the New Shares. In order to foster its growth in both commerce (B2C) and the SaaS business (B2B), the Company plans to invest the largest part of the net proceeds to scale its international commerce operations and to grow its tech infrastructure. Further, some of the targeted proceeds are earmarked for potential M&A opportunities and to repay existing shareholder loans. Assuming full exercise of the Greenshoe option, the size of the Private Placement will range from €776 million to €941 million, implying a free float range of between 21.2% and 21.7% of the outstanding share capital. Based on the price range set, the total market capitalization amounts to between €3.6 billion and €4.4 billion. Existing shareholders Otto Group and GFH have agreed vis-à-vis the Joint Global Coordinators to a lock-up period of 270 calendar days and the other existing shareholders Heartland A/S, SevenVentures GmbH, GMPVC German Media Pool GmbH, Fashion Media Pool GmbH and all members of the Company's management board in their function as selling shareholders have agreed to a lock-up period of 180 calendar days. In addition, all members of the Company's management board have agreed vis-à-vis the Company to a staggered lock-up period of between one and two years. Supervisory Board Appointments The listing prospectus will be made available on ABOUT YOU's website https://corporate.aboutyou.de/ under the "Investor Relations" section following approval of such prospectus by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
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In addition, in the United Kingdom, this document is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons who (i) are investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order"), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.), or (iii) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). This document is directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. Certain statements contained in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by the use of the words "may", "will", "should", "plan", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "intend", "project", "goal" or "target" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions, forecasts, estimates, projections, opinions or plans that are inherently subject to significant risks, as well as uncertainties and contingencies that are subject to change. No representation is made or will be made by ABOUT YOU that any forward-looking statement will be achieved or will prove to be correct. The actual future business, financial position, results of operations and prospects may differ materially from those projected or forecast in the forward-looking statements. Neither ABOUT YOU nor Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, J.P. Morgan AG, Numis Securities Ltd, Société Générale and UBS Europe SE (together, the "Underwriters") nor any of their respective affiliates assume any obligation to update, and do not expect to publicly update, or publicly revise, any forward-looking statements or other information contained in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law. In connection with the planned Private Placement, the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may take up a portion of the shares offered in the Private Placement as a principal position and in that capacity may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell for their own accounts such shares and other securities of ABOUT YOU or related investments in connection with the planned Private Placement or otherwise. In addition, the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may enter into financing arrangements (including swaps or contracts for differences) with investors in connection with which the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of shares of ABOUT YOU. The Underwriters do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions, other than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so. 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