Swiss Steel Holding AG führt ihre Kapitalerhöhung mit Bruttoerlös von CHF 247 Mio. erfolgreich durch

    Swiss Steel Holding AG führt ihre Kapitalerhöhung mit Bruttoerlös von CHF 247
Mio. erfolgreich durch

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EQS Group-Ad-hoc: Swiss Steel Holding AG / Schlagwort(e): Sonstiges
Swiss Steel Holding AG führt ihre Kapitalerhöhung mit Bruttoerlös von CHF
247 Mio. erfolgreich durch

16.03.2021 / 07:00 CET/CEST
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FOR RELEASE IN SWITZERLAND - NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN
WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN.

Luzern, 16. März 2021 - Swiss Steel Holding AG gibt heute bekannt, dass im
Rahmen ihrer Kapitalerhöhung alle 1'030'524'138 neue Namenaktien platziert
wurden. Davon wurden 905'622'732 neue Aktien von bestehenden Aktionären im
Bezugsrechtsangebot gezeichnet und 124'901'406 neue Aktien mittels
Bookbuilding-Verfahren bei Investoren platziert ("Internationales Angebot").
Der Angebotspreis wurde bei CHF 0.24 je neue Aktie festgelegt.

Swiss Steel Holding AG wird aus der Kapitalerhöhung einen Bruttoerlös von
CHF 247 Mio. erzielen. Der Nettoerlös aus der Kapitalerhöhung in Höhe von
rund CHF 241 Mio. wird zur Stärkung des Eigenkapitals der Swiss Steel
Holding AG und zur Rückzahlung bestimmter Beträge unter ihren
Kreditfazilitäten verwendet.

Durch die Kapitalerhöhung wird sich das Aktienkapital der Swiss Steel
Holding AG von CHF 304'249'999.95 um CHF 154'578'620.70 auf CHF
458'828'620.65 erhöhen, eingeteilt in 3'058'857'471 Namenaktien mit einem
Nennwert von je CHF 0.15.

Die BigPoint Holding AG hat alle ihre Bezugsrechte im Bezugsrechtsangebot
ausgeübt und wird zusammen mit den im Internationalen Angebot zugeteilten
Aktien nach Abschluss des Angebots voraussichtlich rund 51.3% des
Aktienkapitals und der Stimmrechte der Swiss Steel Holding AG halten.

Die Kotierung an der SIX Swiss Exchange, erster Handelstag und Lieferung der
neuen Aktien werden voraussichtlich am 23. März 2021 erfolgen.

Credit Suisse und UBS agierten als Joint Global Coordinators und Joint
Bookrunners im Rahmen des Bezugsrechtsangebots.

-ENDE-

Für weitere Informationen:

Für Medienanfragen:
Dr. Andrea Geile, [e-mail], Tel [phone]

Für Analysten- / Investorenanfragen:
Daniel Geiger, [e-mail], Tel [phone]

Medienmitteilung (PDF)

Über Swiss Steel Group

Die Swiss Steel Group ist heute einer der führenden Anbieter individueller
Lösungen im Bereich Spezialstahl-Langprodukte weltweit. Sowohl bei
Werkzeugstahl als auch bei rostfreiem Langstahl zählt der Konzern zu den
führenden Herstellern im globalen Markt und gehört zu den beiden grössten
Unternehmen in Europa für legierten und hochlegierten Edelbaustahl. Mit
nahezu 10 000 Mitarbeitern und eigenen Produktions- und
Distributionsgesellschaften in über 30 Ländern auf fünf Kontinenten
gewährleistet das Unternehmen die globale Betreuung und Versorgung seiner
Kunden und bietet ihnen weltweit ein komplettes Portfolio aus Produktion und
Sales & Services. Sie profitieren von der technologischen Expertise des
Unternehmens, der weltweit konstant hohen Produktqualität sowie der
detaillierten Kenntnis lokaler Märkte.

Disclaimer

This document is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to
purchase or subscribe for shares. This document is not a prospectus within
the meaning of Article 35 et seqq. of the Swiss Federal Act on Financial
Services and not a prospectus under any other applicable laws. Copies of
this document may not be sent to jurisdictions, or distributed in or sent
from jurisdictions, in which this is barred or prohibited by law. The
information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, in any jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any jurisdiction.

A decision to invest in securities of Swiss Steel Holding AG should be based
exclusively on the offering prospectus and any supplements published by
Swiss Steel Holding AG (the "Company") for such purpose. Copies of the
prospectus and any supplement will be available free of charge in
Switzerland expected from 8 March 2021 for 12 months following the first
trading day at Credit Suisse AG, Zurich, Switzerland (email:
[e-mail]) or at UBS AG, Prospectus Library, P.O.
Box, 8098 Zurich, Switzerland (Telephone: [phone] (answering
machine); Fax: [phone]; email: [e-mail]).

This document is not for publication or distribution in the United States of
America (including its territories and possessions, any State of the United
States and the District of Columbia), Canada, Australia or Japan or any
other jurisdiction into which the same would be unlawful. This document does
not constitute an offer or invitation to subscribe for or purchase any
securities into the United State or in such countries or in any other
jurisdiction into which the same would be unlawful. In particular, the
document and the information contained herein should not be distributed or
otherwise transmitted into the United States of America or to publications
with a general circulation in the United States of America. The securities
referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the laws of
any state, and may not be offered or sold in the United States of America
absent registration under or an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act. There will be no public offering of the securities in the
United States of America.

The information contained herein does not constitute an offer of securities
to the public in the United Kingdom. No prospectus offering securities to
the public will be published in the United Kingdom. This document is only
being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the
United Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals falling within article
19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion)
Order 2005 (the "FSMA Order") or (iii) persons falling within Articles
49(2)(a) to (d), "high net worth companies, unincorporated associations,
etc." of the FSMA Order, and (iv) persons to whom an invitation or
inducement to engage in investment activity within the meaning of Section 21
of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 may otherwise be lawfully
communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being
referred to as "relevant persons"). The securities are only available to,
and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise
acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant per-sons. Any
person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document
or any of its contents.

Any offer of securities to the public that may be deemed to be made pursuant
to this communication in any EEA member state is only addressed to qualified
investors in that member state within the meaning of Regulation (EU)
2017/1127 and such other persons as this document may be addressed on legal
grounds, and no person that is not a relevant person or a qualified investor
may act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

This publication 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 Swiss Steel Holding AG and those explicitly or implicitly presumed in
these statements. Against the background of these uncertainties, readers
should not rely on forward-looking statements. Swiss Steel Holding AG
assumes no responsibility to update forward-looking statements or to adapt
them to future events or developments.

Except as required by applicable law, Swiss Steel Holding AG has no
intention or obligation to update, keep updated or revise this publication
or any parts thereof (including any forward-looking statement) following the
date hereof.

None of the underwriters or any of their respective subsidiary undertakings,
affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees,
advisers, agents, alliance partners or any other entity or person accepts
any responsibility or liability whatsoever for, or makes any representation,
warranty or undertaking, express or implied, as to the truth, accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the information or opinions in this announcement
(or whether any information has been omitted from the announcement) or any
other information relating to the group, its subsidiaries or associated
companies, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and
howsoever transmitted or made available or for any loss howsoever arising
from any use of this announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in
connection therewith. Accordingly, each of the underwriters and the other
foregoing persons disclaim, to the fullest extent permit-ted by applicable
law, all and any liability, whether arising in tort or contract or that they
might otherwise be found to have in respect of this announcement and/or any
such statement.


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   Sprache:        Deutsch
   Unternehmen:    Swiss Steel Holding AG
                   Landenbergstrasse 11
                   6005 Luzern
                   Schweiz
   Telefon:        [phone]
   E-Mail:         [e-mail]
   Internet:       www.swisssteel-group.com
   ISIN:           CH0005795668
   Börsen:         SIX Swiss Exchange
   EQS News ID:    1175825



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