Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG
Micronas successfully completes share offering
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Press release
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Micronas successfully completes share offering
Micronas announces today that the total offering size has been fixed at
4,150,000 registered shares and that its Rights Offering and Global Offering
were priced at CHF 53.00 per registered share (CHF 1 nominal value each). In
the Rights Offering, approximately 2.2 million registered shares were
subscribed for by existing shareholders, while 1.9 million registered shares
were offered in the Global Offering. In addition, Micronas has granted Credit
Suisse First Boston an over-allotment option to purchase an additional 455,000
registered shares. This option may be exercised at any time within 30 days
after the first trading date.
end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 12.12.2003
Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad-hoc-announcement:
After the capital increase, the share capital of Micronas amounts to CHF
31,072,480 divided into 31,072,480 shares with a nominal value of CHF 1 each
(or CHF 31,527,480 divided into 31,527,480 shares if the over-allotment option
is exercised in full).
The payment and settlement date is on Wednesday, December 17, 2003.
The new shares will be fungible with the currently outstanding registered
shares of Micronas and will be eligible for trading on the SWX Swiss Exchange
as of Friday, December 12, 2003. Application has also been made for the new
shares to be listed in the Prime Standard segment (TecDAX) in Frankfurt.
Credit Suisse First Boston is acting as lead manager and bookrunner of the
Rights Offering and the Global Offering.
The Micronas Group is a leading independent supplier of innovative application-
pecific semiconductor solutions for consumer and automotive electronics. Its
shares are listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange and on the Prime Standard segment
(TecDAX) in Frankfurt.
Zurich, December 12, 2003, Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG
For further information: Susy Krucker, Investor Relations
phone: +41 1 445 39 60, e-mail: investor@micronas.com
This press release is neither an offering memorandum pursuant to article 652a
of the Swiss Code of Obligations nor a listing prospectus pursuant to the
listing rules of the SWX Swiss Exchange. This document does not constitute, or
form part of, an offer, or solicitation of an offer, or invitation to subscribe
for or purchase any shares or other securities in Micronas Semiconductor
Holding AG. Therefore, the information contained in this press release is not
complete and must be read in connection with the information contained in the
offering circular dated December 11, 2003. Any decision to buy or subscribe for
shares in Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG should be based exclusively on the
offering circular dated December 11, 2003. In addition, investors are advised
to consult their bank or financial advisor.
This announcement may not be published or distributed in or transmitted into
the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia. This announcement does not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation to buy the securities discussed
herein. Neither the subscription rights nor the securities mentioned herein
have been, and will be, registered under the United States Securities Act of
1933 (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold in the United States
or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S persons, except pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will
not be any offer, solicitation or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
Any offering of securities will be made only by means of a prospectus/listing
particulars that will contain detailed information about Micronas and its
management, as well as financial statements.
The contents of this announcement, which has been issued by, and is the sole
responsibility of, Micronas, has been approved solely for the purposes of
section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by Credit Suisse
First Boston (Europe) Limited of One Cabot Square, London E14 4QJ.
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WKN: 910 354 ; ISIN: CH0012337421; Index: TecDAX, NEMAX 50
Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-
Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart; Zürich
120730 Dez 03
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