ISS A/S
Accelerated bookbuilt offering of 18,566,822 existing shares in ISS A/S

ISS A/S 

02.12.2014 17:50

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Copenhagen, 2014-12-02 17:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
                                                                     No. 28/2014





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      THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR
     DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE
                   DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN
OFFER TO BUY, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN,
  IN OR INTO ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
                               SUCH JURISDICTION.

    Accelerated bookbuilt offering of 18,566,822 existing shares in ISS A/S

ISS A/S (ISS.CO, ISS DC), one of the world's leading facility services
companies, has just been informed by FS Invest II S.à r.l. of the launch of an
accelerated bookbuilt offering to institutional investors (the 'Transaction')
of up to 18,566,822 existing shares in ISS, equivalent to 10% of the share
capital and voting rights in ISS. FS Invest II S.à r.l. is a wholly owned
subsidiary of FS Invest S.à r.l. (FS Invest S.à r.l. is owned and controlled by
the EQT Funds (funds known as EQT III and EQT IV together with parallel
co-investment vehicles or schemes managed by EQT, being the general partners
and managers of the EQT branded funds) and certain funds advised by affiliates
of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.). 

A further notice will be given following completion of the bookbuilding and
pricing of the Transaction. Subject to customary exceptions or obtaining
consent, FS Invest II S.à r.l. will not make additional sales of shares for 90
days. 

Assuming all the shares available in the Transaction are sold, FS Invest II S.à
r.l.'s holding of shares in ISS will constitute 42,216,171 shares corresponding
to 22.7% of the share capital and 22.7% of the voting rights in ISS. 

ISS will not receive any proceeds from the Transaction.

For media enquiries

Kenth Kærhøg, Head of Group Communications, +45 38 17 62 05

For investor enquiries

Martin Kjær Hansen, Investor Relations Manager, +45 38 17 64 31

THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN 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 ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS 

WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA WHICH HAVE
IMPLEMENTED DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC AS AMENDED (TOGETHER WITH ANY APPLICABLE
IMPLEMENTING MEASURES IN ANY MEMBER STATE, THE 'PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE') (EACH A
'RELEVANT MEMBER STATE'), NO ACTION HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN OR WILL BE UNDERTAKEN
TO MAKE AN OFFER TO THE PUBLIC OF THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN REQUIRING A
PUBLICATION OF A PROSPECTUS IN ANY RELEVANT MEMBER STATE. AS A RESULT, THESE
SECURITIES MAY ONLY BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN ANY RELEVANT MEMBER STATE PURSUANT TO
AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE. 

IF PUBLISHED, THIS NOTICE IS ONLY ADDRESSED TO, AND DIRECTED AT, PERSONS IN
MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA WHO ARE 'QUALIFIED INVESTORS'
WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE ('QUALIFIED
INVESTORS'). 

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS NOTICE IS DIRECTED ONLY AT, QUALIFIED INVESTORS (I)
WHO ARE PERSONS HAVING PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO
INVESTMENTS WHO FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF 'INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS' IN
ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL
PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE 'ORDER'), OR (II) PERSONS WHO ARE HIGH
NET WORTH ENTITIES FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2) OF THE ORDER, AND OTHER PERSONS
TO WHOM IT MAY LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED ('RELEVANT PERSONS'). UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS RELY OR ACT UPON THE
CONTENTS OF THIS NOTICE. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS
NOTICE RELATES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO, AND WILL BE ENGAGED
ONLY WITH, RELEVANT PERSONS. 

IN DENMARK, THIS NOTICE IS DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS.



About ISS                                                                       
The ISS Group was founded in Copenhagen in 1901 and has grown to become one of  
 the world's leading Facility Services companies. ISS offers a wide range of    
 services such as: Cleaning, Catering, Security, Property and Support Services  
 as well as Facility Management. Global revenue amounted to DKK 78.5 billion in 
 2013 and ISS has approximately 515,000 employees and local operations in more  
 than 50 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and        
 Pacific, serving thousands of both public and private sector customers. For    
 more information on the ISS Group, visit www.issworld.com.                     

ISS A/S, ISIN DK 0060542181,
ISS Global A/S, ISIN XS0206714247
ISIN XS1145526585, ISIN XS1145526825
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