Rheinmetall AG / Capital Increase
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Rheinmetall successfully places capital increase
July 7, 2009
Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft / Capital increase
Aktiengesellschaft / Capital increase
Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz), transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory
AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft receives gross proceeds of approx. EUR 104.4
million
Dusseldorf July 7, 2009 / Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft (ISIN
DE0007030009) increased its share capital by partial utilisation of its
authorized capital from EUR 92,160,000 to EUR 101,373,440 with the
exclusion of pre-emptive rights of the existing shareholders. The 3,599,000
new ordinary bearer shares (with no par value) have been placed with
institutional investors in an accelerated bookbuilding offering for EUR
29.00 per new share. The new shares will be admitted to trading on the
Regulated Markets of the Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and
Stuttgart stock exchanges with simultaneous admission to the sub-segment of
the Regulated Market with additional post-admission obligations (Prime
Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The new shares are carrying full
dividend rights from January 1, 2009. The company will receive gross
proceeds of approx. EUR 104.4 million from the capital increase. Due to the
necessary technical steps to consummate the described transaction, the
delivery of the new shares and settlement will not occur prior to Friday,
July 10, 2009.
Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft
The Management Board
This release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy shares of Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft. Shares of
Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft may not be offered or sold in the United
States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Rheinmetall
Aktiengesellschaft does not intend to conduct a public offering of shares
in the United States.
07.07.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: Rheinmetall AG
Rheinmetall Platz 1
40476 Düsseldorf
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)211 473-4777
Fax: +49 (0)211 473-4157
E-mail: franz-bernd.reich@rheinmetall.com
Internet: www.rheinmetall.com
ISIN: DE0007030009
WKN: 703000
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard),
Düsseldorf, München, Hamburg, Stuttgart; Freiverkehr in
Hannover
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