Meyer Burger Technology : Incentive Offer der Meyer Burger Technology AG erfolgreich abgeschlossen – Wandelanleihegläubiger haben mit 71.2% des ausstehenden Nominalwerts der CHF 100 Mio. 5.5% Wandelanleihe 2020 das freiwillige Incentive Offer zur Wandlung der Anleihe angenommen

THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT BEING ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO U.S. PERSONS OR PUBLICATIONS WITH A GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS PRESS RELEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR INVITATION TO SUBSCRIBE FOR, EXCHANGE OR PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES. IN ADDITION, THE SECURITIES OF MEYER BURGER TECHNOLOGY LTD HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE 'SECURITIES ACT'), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS ABSENT REGISTRATION UNDER OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SECURITIES LAWS.

This press re­lease may con­tain spe­ci­fic for­ward-loo­king state­ments, e.g. state­ments in­clu­ding terms like 'be­lie­ve', as­su­me', 'ex­pect', 'fo­re­cast', 'pro­ject', 'may', 'could', 'might', 'will' or si­mi­lar ex­pres­si­ons. Such for­ward-loo­king state­ments are sub­ject to known and un­k­nown risks, un­cer­tain­ties and other fac­tors which may re­sult in a sub­stan­ti­al di­ver­gence bet­ween the ac­tu­al re­sults, fi­nan­ci­al si­tua­ti­on, de­ve­lop­ment or per­for­mance of the com­pa­ny and those ex­pli­cit­ly or im­pli­cit­ly pre­su­med in these state­ments. Against the back­ground of these un­cer­tain­ties, re­a­ders should not rely on for­ward-loo­king state­ments. Meyer Bur­ger Tech­no­lo­gy Ltd as­su­mes no re­s­pon­si­bi­li­ty to up­date for­ward-loo­king state­ments or to adapt them to fu­ture events or de­ve­lop­ments.

This press re­lease ser­ves in­for­ma­tio­nal pur­po­ses and con­sti­tu­tes neit­her an offer to sell nor a so­li­ci­ta­ti­on to buy any se­cu­ri­ties. This press re­lease does not con­sti­tu­te an of­fe­ring pro­s­pec­tus wi­t­hin the mea­ning of Ar­ti­cle 652a of the Swiss Code of Ob­li­ga­ti­ons nor a lis­ting pro­s­pec­tus wi­t­hin the mea­ning of the lis­ting rules of SIX Swiss Ex­ch­an­ge.

The in­for­ma­ti­on con­tai­ned in this press re­lease is for in­for­ma­ti­on 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. This press re­lease does not con­tain or con­sti­tu­te or form part of, and should not be con­strued as, an offer or in­vi­ta­ti­on to sell, or the so­li­ci­ta­ti­on of an offer to buy or sub­scri­be for, any se­cu­ri­ties.

The dis­tri­bu­ti­on of this press re­lease and the offer re­fer­red to her­ein may be re­stric­ted by law in cer­tain ju­ris­dic­tions as fur­ther set out in the Offer Do­cu­ment ('Dis­tri­bu­ti­on Re­stric­tions') and per­sons rea­ding this press re­lease should in­form them­sel­ves about and ob­ser­ve any such re­stric­tions. Any failu­re to com­ply with these re­stric­tions may con­sti­tu­te a vio­la­ti­on of the se­cu­ri­ties laws of any such ju­ris­dic­tion.

This press re­lease is not for pu­bli­ca­ti­on or dis­tri­bu­ti­on, di­rect­ly or in­di­rect­ly, in or into the United Sta­tes of Ame­ri­ca, Aus­tra­lia, Ca­na­da or Japan or in any ju­ris­dic­tion in which of­fers or sales of the se­cu­ri­ties re­fer­red to her­ein would be pro­hi­bi­ted by ap­p­lica­ble laws. The se­cu­ri­ties re­fer­red to her­ein have not been and will not be re­gis­te­red under the Se­cu­ri­ties Act, or the laws of any state wi­t­hin the United Sta­tes of Ame­ri­ca or under the ap­p­lica­ble se­cu­ri­ties laws of Aus­tra­lia, Ca­na­da or Japan, and may not be of­fe­red or sold in the United Sta­tes of Ame­ri­ca, un­less re­gis­te­red under the Se­cu­ri­ties Act or of­fe­red and sold in a tran­sac­tion ex­empt from, or not sub­ject to, the re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­re­ments of the Se­cu­ri­ties Act.

DIS­TRI­BU­TI­ON RE­STRIC­TIONS

This press re­lease does not con­sti­tu­te an offer to buy or a so­li­ci­ta­ti­on of an offer to sell any Bonds or Sha­res in any ju­ris­dic­tion or cir­cum­stan­ces in which such offer or so­li­ci­ta­ti­on is un­la­w­ful.

The dis­tri­bu­ti­on of this press re­lease in cer­tain ju­ris­dic­tions may be re­stric­ted by law. Per­sons into whose pos­ses­si­on this press re­lease comes are re­qui­red by the Is­su­er, the Dea­ler Ma­na­ger, the Pay­ing and Con­ver­si­on Agent or the De­po­si­to­ry Bank to in­form them­sel­ves about, and to ob­ser­ve, any such re­stric­tions.

United Sta­tes

The In­cen­ti­ve Offer is not being made, and will not be made, di­rect­ly or in­di­rect­ly in or into, or by use of the mail of, or by any means or in­stru­men­ta­li­ty of in­ter­sta­te or for­eign com­mer­ce of or of any fa­ci­li­ties of a na­tio­nal se­cu­ri­ties ex­ch­an­ge of, the United Sta­tes or to, or for the ac­count or be­ne­fit of, U.S. per­sons as de­fi­ned in Re­gu­la­ti­on S of the U.S. Se­cu­ri­ties Act of 1933, as amen­ded (the 'Se­cu­ri­ties Act') (each, a 'U.S. per­son'). This in­clu­des, but is not li­mi­ted to, facsi­mi­le trans­mis­si­on, elec­tro­nic mail, telex, te­le­pho­ne, the in­ter­net and other forms of elec­tro­nic com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on. The In­cen­ti­ve Offer may not be con­duc­ted by any such use, means, in­stru­men­ta­li­ty or fa­ci­li­ty from or wi­t­hin the United Sta­tes or by per­sons lo­ca­ted or re­si­dent in the United Sta­tes as de­fi­ned in Re­gu­la­ti­on S of the Se­cu­ri­ties Act or to U.S. per­sons. Ac­cor­dingly, co­pies of the Offer Do­cu­ment and any other do­cu­ments or ma­te­ri­als re­la­ting to the In­cen­ti­ve Offer are not being, and must not be, di­rect­ly or in­di­rect­ly mai­led or other­wi­se trans­mit­ted, dis­tri­bu­ted or for­war­ded (in­clu­ding, wi­thout li­mi­ta­ti­on, by cus­to­di­ans, no­minees or trus­tees) in or into the United Sta­tes or to per­sons lo­ca­ted or re­si­dent in the United Sta­tes or to any U.S. per­sons. Any In­cen­ti­ve Offer re­sul­ting, di­rect­ly or in­di­rect­ly, from a vio­la­ti­on of these re­stric­tions will be in­va­lid and any pur­por­ted In­cen­ti­ve Offer made by a U.S. per­son, a per­son lo­ca­ted or re­si­dent in the United Sta­tes or from wi­t­hin the United Sta­tes or from any agent, fi­du­cia­ry or other in­ter­me­di­a­ry ac­ting on a non dis­cre­tio­na­ry basis for a prin­ci­pal gi­ving in­struc­tions from wi­t­hin the United Sta­tes or for a U.S. per­son will be in­va­lid and will not be ac­cep­ted.

Each Bond­hol­der par­ti­ci­pa­ting in the In­cen­ti­ve Offer will re­pre­sent that it is not lo­ca­ted in the United Sta­tes and is not a U.S. per­son and is not par­ti­ci­pa­ting in the In­cen­ti­ve Offer from the United Sta­tes or it is ac­ting on a non dis­cre­tio­na­ry basis for a prin­ci­pal lo­ca­ted outs­ide the United Sta­tes that is not gi­ving an order to par­ti­ci­pa­te in the In­cen­ti­ve Offer from wi­t­hin the United Sta­tes or on be­half of a U.S. per­son. For the pur­po­ses of this and the above pa­ra­graph, 'United Sta­tes' means United Sta­tes of Ame­ri­ca, its ter­ri­to­ries and pos­ses­si­ons, any state of the United Sta­tes of Ame­ri­ca and the District of Co­lum­bia.

United King­dom

The com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on of the Offer Do­cu­ment and any other do­cu­ments or ma­te­ri­als re­la­ting to the In­cen­ti­ve Offer is not being made, and such do­cu­ments and/or ma­te­ri­als have not been ap­pro­ved, by an aut­ho­ri­sed per­son for the pur­po­ses of sec­tion 21 of the Fi­nan­ci­al Ser­vices and Mar­kets Act 2000, as amen­ded ('FSMA'). Ac­cor­dingly, such do­cu­ments and/or ma­te­ri­als are not being dis­tri­bu­ted to, and must not be pas­sed on to, the ge­ne­ral pu­blic in the United King­dom. The com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on of such do­cu­ments and/or ma­te­ri­als is ex­empt from the re­stric­tion on fi­nan­ci­al pro­mo­ti­ons under sec­tion 21 of the FSMA on the basis that it is only di­rec­ted at and may be com­mu­ni­ca­ted to (i) per­sons who have pro­fes­sio­nal ex­pe­ri­ence in mat­ters re­la­ting to in­vest­ments, being in­vest­ment pro­fes­sio­nals (as de­fi­ned in Ar­ti­cle 19(5) of the Fi­nan­ci­al Ser­vices and Mar­kets Act 2000 (Fi­nan­ci­al Pro­mo­ti­on) Order 2005 (the 'Order')); (ii) per­sons who fall wi­t­hin Ar­ti­cle 43(2) of the Order; or (iii) any other per­sons to whom these do­cu­ments and/or ma­te­ri­als may la­w­ful­ly be sent under the Order. Any in­vest­ment or in­vest­ment ac­tivi­ty to which the Offer Do­cu­ment re­la­tes is avail­able only to such per­sons or will be en­ga­ged only with such per­sons and other per­sons should not rely on it.

Re­pu­blic of Italy

Neit­her the In­cen­ti­ve Offer, the Offer Do­cu­ment nor any other do­cu­ments or ma­te­ri­al re­la­ting to the In­cen­ti­ve Offer have been or will be sub­mit­ted to the cle­aran­ce pro­ce­du­re of the Com­mis­sio­ne Na­zio­na­le per le So­cietà e la Borsa ('CONS­OB'), pur­suant to ap­p­lica­ble Ita­li­an laws and re­gu­la­ti­ons.

In Italy, the In­cen­ti­ve Offer on each se­ries of Bonds is being car­ri­ed out as an ex­emp­ted offer pur­suant to ar­ti­cle 101 bis, pa­ra­graph 3 bis, of Le­gis­la­ti­ve De­cree No. 58 of 24 Fe­bru­ary 1998, as amen­ded and ar­ti­cle 35 bis, pa­ra­graph 3 of CONS­OB re­gu­la­ti­on No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amen­ded.

Bond­hol­ders can acc­cept the In­cen­ti­ve Offer through aut­ho­ri­sed per­sons (such as in­vest­ment firms, banks or fi­nan­ci­al in­ter­me­di­a­ries per­mit­ted to con­duct such ac­tivi­ties in the Re­pu­blic of Italy in ac­cor­dance with the Fi­nan­ci­al Ser­vices Act, CONS­OB re­gu­la­ti­on No. 16190 of 29 Oc­to­ber 2007, as amen­ded from time to time, and Le­gis­la­ti­ve De­cree No. 385 of Sep­tem­ber 1, 1993, as amen­ded) and in com­p­li­an­ce with ap­p­lica­ble laws and re­gu­la­ti­ons or with re­qui­re­ments im­po­sed by CONS­OB or any other Ita­li­an aut­ho­ri­ty.

Each in­ter­me­di­a­ry must com­ply with the ap­p­lica­ble laws and re­gu­la­ti­ons con­cerning in­for­ma­ti­on du­ties vis à vis its cli­ents in con­nec­tion with the Bonds or the Offer Do­cu­ment.

King­dom of Bel­gi­um

Neit­her the Offer Do­cu­ment nor any other do­cu­ments or ma­te­ri­als re­la­ting to the In­cen­ti­ve Offer have been sub­mit­ted to or will be sub­mit­ted for ap­pro­val or re­co­gni­ti­on to the Fi­nan­ci­al Ser­vices Mar­ket Aut­ho­ri­ty (Au­to­rit­eit voor Fi­nan­ciële Diens­ten en Mark­ten / Au­to­rité des ser­vices et marchés fi­nan­ciers) and, ac­cor­dingly, the In­cen­ti­ve Offer may not be made in Bel­gi­um by way of a pu­blic of­fe­ring, as de­fi­ned in Ar­ti­cle 3 of the Bel­gi­an Law of 1 April 2007 on pu­blic take­over bids or as de­fi­ned in Ar­ti­cle 3 of the Bel­gi­an Law of 16 June 2006 on the pu­blic offer of pla­ce­ment in­stru­ments and the ad­mis­si­on to tra­ding of pla­ce­ment in­stru­ments on re­gu­la­ted mar­kets (each as amen­ded). Ac­cor­dingly, the In­cen­ti­ve Offer may not be ad­ver­ti­sed and will not be ex­ten­ded, and neit­her the Offer Do­cu­ment nor any other do­cu­ments or ma­te­ri­als re­la­ting to the In­cen­ti­ve Offer (in­clu­ding any me­mo­ran­dum, in­for­ma­ti­on cir­cu­lar, bro­chu­re or any si­mi­lar do­cu­ments) has been or shall be dis­tri­bu­ted or made avail­able, di­rect­ly or in­di­rect­ly, to any per­son in Bel­gi­um other than 'qua­li­fied in­ves­tors' in the sense of Ar­ti­cle 10 of the Bel­gi­an Law of 16 June 2006 on the pu­blic offer of pla­ce­ment in­stru­ments and the ad­mis­si­on to tra­ding of pla­ce­ment in­stru­ments on re­gu­la­ted mar­kets (as amen­ded), ac­ting on their own ac­count. In­so­far as Bel­gi­um is con­cer­ned, the Offer Do­cu­ment has been is­sued only for the per­so­nal use of the above qua­li­fied in­ves­tors and ex­clu­si­ve­ly for the pur­po­se of the In­cen­ti­ve Offer. Ac­cor­dingly, the in­for­ma­ti­on con­tai­ned in the Offer Do­cu­ment may not be used for any other pur­po­se or dis­clo­sed to any other per­son in Bel­gi­um.

Re­pu­blic of Fran­ce

Neit­her the Offer Do­cu­ment nor any other do­cu­ment, ma­te­ri­al or in­for­ma­ti­on re­la­ting to the In­cen­ti­ve Offer has been or will be sub­mit­ted for cle­aran­ce to the French Au­to­rité des Marchés Fi­nan­ciers.

Con­se­quent­ly, the In­cen­ti­ve Offer is not being made, di­rect­ly or in­di­rect­ly, to the pu­blic in the Re­pu­blic of Fran­ce. Neit­her the Offer Do­cu­ment nor any other do­cu­ment, ma­te­ri­al or in­for­ma­ti­on re­la­ting to the In­cen­ti­ve Offer has been or shall be re­leased, is­sued or dis­tri­bu­ted, or cau­sed to be re­leased, is­sued or dis­tri­bu­ted to the pu­blic in the Re­pu­blic of Fran­ce and only (i) pro­vi­ders of in­vest­ment ser­vices re­la­ting to port­fo­lio ma­nage­ment for the ac­count of third par­ties (per­son­nes four­nis­sant le ser­vice d'in­ves­tis­se­ment de ges­ti­on de porte­feuille pour comp­te de tiers) and/or (ii) qua­li­fied in­ves­tors (in­ves­tis­seurs qua­li­fiés) other than in­di­vi­du­als, in each case ac­ting for their own ac­count and all as de­fi­ned in, and in ac­cor­dance with, Ar­ti­cles L.411 1, L.411 2 and D.411 1 of the French Code monétaire et fi­nan­cier, are eli­gi­b­le to par­ti­ci­pa­te in the In­cen­ti­ve Offer.