INTERSHOP Communications AG places all shares from the capital increase

Jena, 31 January 2019 – INTERSHOP Communications AG (ISIN: DE000A0EPUH1) successfully completed the capital increase by way of rights issue resolved on 9 January 2019. All shares were placed with existing shareholders who had been granted pre-emptive and oversubscription rights. The share capital will thus be increased from EUR 34,851,831 by EUR 4,356,478 to EUR 39,208,309 through the issue of 4,356,478 new shares against cash contribution. The capital increase was effected making partial use of the Authorized Capital and included a pre-emptive right for shareholders at a price of EUR 1.14 based on a ratio of 8:1. The successful placement of the new shares generated gross proceeds of EUR 4.97 million, which will be used to further accelerate the transformation of the business model and the marketing of the new cloud solution.

The capital increase still needs to be entered in the Commercial Register. The Management Board and the Supervisory Board will apply for this to be made at short notice. One institutional shareholder has subjected the 555,000 shares he subscribed in the context of the above capital increase to a six-month lock-up from the date of the admission to trading of the remaining new shares. Against the background of this fact, the company will file an application with Deutsche Börse AG for a partial admission without prospectus for the remaining 3,801,478 shares at the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard). The locked-up shares will be certificated in a separate global note for the duration of the lock-up and have the separate ISIN DE000A2TSRZ7. The shares from the capital increase that are not subject to the lock-up shall be booked together with the previously admitted shares under the main ISIN DE000A0EPUH1 from the date of the partial admission. There will be no disadvantages for shareholders from the partial admission of the new shares. The 3,801,478 new shares are expected to be included in the company’s current listing in the 7th week of 2019.

Contact:

Investor Relations
Heide Rausch
T: +49-3641-50-1000
F: +49-3641-50-1309
ir@intershop.de

Important Notice:

This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe securities of INTERSHOP Communications Aktiengesellschaft in the United States, Germany or any other jurisdiction. This offer is due to the intended issue proceeds of less than EUR 5 million not subject to and based on a securities prospectus pursuant to the German Securities Prospectus Act. Each shareholder is required to inform himself about INTERSHOP Communications AG and its securities prior exercising his or her subscription rights. The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed, for any purpose, on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. The information in this announcement is subject to change.

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