KATEK SE DGAP-News: KATEK SE / Key word(s): IPO KATEK SE with successful stock market debut 2021-05-04 / 12:06 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. =---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER AT THE END OF THIS PRESS RELEASE. KATEK SE with successful stock market debut Munich, May 04, 2021 - KATEK SE, a leading European electronics company offering hardware and software development, prototyping and manufacturing, and related services, was successfully launched on the Frankfurt stock market today. In the course of this morning the share price rose to more than 31.00 Euro, showing an increase of more than 34 percent compared to the issue price of 23.00 Euro. "Today starts a new chapter for KATEK. The successful IPO creates the best conditions for us to continue our growth strategy. In the past, strategic acquisitions in particular and our efforts in the growth markets of e-mobility, renewables and medical technology have made a significant contribution to positioning KATEK among the market leaders in the European electronics industry. We look forward to being able to continue our profitable growth course now as a listed company", says Rainer Koppitz, CEO & Co-Founder of KATEK SE. The issue proceeds will be used for the continuation of the organic growth and increase of overall profitability by focusing on high-value electronics solutions in growth markets such as IoT solutions, e-mobility, renewables and healthcare. Additionally, strategic acquisitions are to be made to continue the inorganic growth strategy and to strengthen the company, primarily in the growth markets. The offer of KATEK SE comprised 3,433,080 shares from a capital increase as well as a market customary over-allotment (greenshoe option) consisting of 514,962 shares from the holdings of the main shareholders. All 3,948,042 shares offered were placed. The placement volume including the greenshoe option therefore totals around 91 million euros. The shares carry the international securities identification number (ISIN) DE000A2TSQH7 and the securities identification number (WKN) A2TSQH. Hauck & Aufhäuser acts as Sole Global Coordinator and together with M.M.Warburg & CO as Joint Bookrunner. KATEK Investor Relations Investor Relations ir@katek-group.com +49 89 24881 4280 KATEK press contact Startup Communication Christina Fischer-Friedrich cf@startup-communication.de + 49 89 120 21 92 67 About KATEK The KATEK Group is a leading European electronics company offering hardware and software development, prototyping and manufacturing, and related services in the market for high-end electronics and electronics services. The KATEK Group currently employs around 2,600 employees* in Germany and Eastern Europe. CEO is Rainer Koppitz and CFO is Dr. Johannes Fues. For more information about KATEK, please visit https://katek-group.de/ DISCLAIMER: This communication may not be published or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America. This communication is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities referred to in this communication have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from registration. There will be no public offering of securities in the United States. 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All investments and investment activities referred to in this announcement are available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. This publication constitutes an advertisement. This announcement constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. The public offer in Germany is made exclusively by means of and on the basis of an approved and published securities prospectus. An investment decision regarding the publicly offered securities of KATEK SE should only be made on the basis of the securities prospectus. The securities prospectus was published after its approval by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - BaFin) and is available free of charge at KATEK SE, Promenadeplatz 12, 80333 Munich, Germany, and on the internet at https://katek-group.de/investor-relations/. 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Archive at www.dgap.de =---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: KATEK SE Promenadeplatz 12 80333 München Germany Internet: www.katek-group.de ISIN: DE000A2TSQH7 WKN: A2TSQH Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange EQS News ID: 1192336 End of News DGAP News Service =------------
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