Intershop Communications AG successfully completes capital increase and expands its financial scope for the cloud transformation

 

• 4,356,478 new shares placed in total
• high subscription ratio of 72% for existing shareholders
• proceeds from issue to be used to market Intershop's cloud solutions

Jena, Germany, February 14, 2019 – Intershop Communications AG (ISIN: DE000A0EPUH1) successfully completed the capital increase by way of rights issue initiated in mid-January 2019 and placed a total of 4,356,478 new shares. 3,115,525 of the new shares were attributable to subscription rights exercised by existing shareholders. This represents a subscription ratio of 72%. The remaining shares were also subscribed by existing shareholders as part of an oversubscription. Intershop will receive gross proceeds of EUR 4.97 million from the issue.

“We are pleased to see such a large number of our existing shareholders participate in the capital increase,” said Dr. Jochen Wiechen, CEO of Intershop Communications AG. “At the roadshow, we received a lot of positive feedback on our strategic course from both existing and potential new investors. We will leverage the extended financial scope to vigorously implement our objectives for 2019, at the heart of which is the strong expansion of the cloud customer base.”

The capital increase became effective with today's entry in the Commercial Register at the Jena local court. The company’s share capital has increased from EUR 34,851,831 to EUR 39,208,309 through the issue of 4,356,478 new shares against cash contribution. 555,000 of the new shares are subject to a six-month lock-up and have a separate ISIN (DE000A2TSRZ7). The remaining 3,801,478 shares are expected to be admitted to trading in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange mid next week under ISIN DE000A0EPUH1. The transaction was managed by Bankhaus Scheich Wertpapierspezialist AG, Frankfurt.

As announced, the preliminary figures for 2018 will be published on February 20, 2019.

 

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