DGAP-News: Amatheon Agri Holding N.V.: Amatheon Agri completes first tranche of capital increase to finance further growth

Amatheon Agri Holding N.V.: Amatheon Agri completes first tranche of capital increase to finance further growth

DGAP-News: Amatheon Agri Holding N.V. / Schlagwort(e): Kapitalerhöhung

Amatheon Agri Holding N.V.: Amatheon Agri completes first tranche of

capital increase to finance further growth

21.09.2015 / 14:55

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Amatheon Agri completes first tranche of capital increase to finance

further growth

Amatheon Agri Holding N.V. (the "Company" or "Amatheon"), the Euronext

listed agribusiness and farming group, announces that it has successfully

completed the first tranche of an up to EUR 50 million capital raise. The

Company has raised EUR 30.3 million through the issue of new shares.

Pursuant to the authorisation of the Extraordinary General Meeting of

Shareholders ("EGM") on 8 December 2014, the Management Board and

Supervisory Board approved the issuance of up to 21,739,130 New Shares

raising aggregate proceeds of up to EUR 50 million (the "Capital

Increase"). The subscription price per New Share was determined as equal

the average closing price of the current issued shares in the capital of

the Company quoted on the Marché Libre of Euronext in Paris during five

trading days preceding the day of the EGM notice, being EUR 2.30 per share.

The first tranche of the Capital Increase is a first step towards the

Company's significant growth strategy and expanding its shareholder base to

include renowned international investors.

The first tranche of the Capital Increase comes after the Amatheon's

successful roll out of its farming and food strategy in Zambia, Zimbabwe

and Uganda. Amatheon has already proved its notable success in building an

integrated farming and meat cluster in Zambia which is a blueprint for

further acquisitions and greenfield investments in other African countries.

It is this success that has attracted other international strategic

investors such as Toyota Tsusho Corporation to co-invest in Amatheon's

Zambian farming operations.

"Amatheon is now a major player in the agriculture and foods industry in

Sub-Saharan Africa, which has led to strategic partnerships and investment

by significant international investors," remarked Mr Carl Heinrich Bruhn,

CEO and founder of Amatheon.

The Company expects the remaining tranches of the Capital Increase to be

executed in the near future.

In line with Amatheon's stated strategy, the proceeds of the Capital

Increase will be used to fund the expansion of its operations in the

existing geographies of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda, as well as to finance

the entry into additional key African markets. The focus will remain on

building sizable agro and food value clusters in each of these countries.

The Management Board

Berlin, Germany, 21 September 2015

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For further information please see the Group's website

www.amatheon-agri.com.

All communications to the Group or the Management Board in connection with

the foregoing

must be addressed as follows:

Amatheon Agri Holding N.V.

Friedrichstrasse 95, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Tel: +49 30 53 000 90 04

Fax: +49 30 53 000 90 20

email: r.french@amatheon-agri.com

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Sprache: Deutsch

Unternehmen: Amatheon Agri Holding N.V.

Friedrichstrasse 95

10117 Berlin

Deutschland

Telefon: +49 (0)30 5 3000 9023

Fax: +49 (0)30 5 3000 9020

E-Mail: info@amatheon-agri.com

Internet: www.amatheon-agri.com

ISIN: NL0010273694

WKN: A1J4XD

Börsen: Auslandsbörse(n) Paris

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