AD HOC INFORMATION
December 01, 2006
Symrise specifies price range and further details of the planned IPO
(Holzminden/Frankfurt) Symrise AG specified further details of the planned IPO today together with the selling shareholders and the joint bookrunners, Deutsche Bank and UBS Investment Bank.
The offer period will begin December 1, 2006 and is expected to end on December 8, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. (Central European Time) for private investors and at 5:00 p.m. (Central European Time) for institutional investors. The price range will be EUR 15.75 to EUR 17.75. The offering relates to a total of up to 70,461,181 shares, consisting of up to 37,800,000 shares from a capital increase and up to 32,661,181 shares from the holdings of the selling shareholders, the EQT III Fund, certain co-investors, Gerberding Vermögensverwaltung and Braunschweig GmbH. Up to an additional 10,569,177 shares may be sold from the holdings of the selling shareholders to cover a potential over-allotment. The final offer price is expected to be determined and published on December 9 or 10, 2006. The first day of trading is expected to be December 11, 2006.
The other conditions of the offer can be found in the German-language prospectus approved on November 24, 2006 and the supplement no. 1 to the German-language prospectus, which will be published on the Symrise AG website as soon as it has been approved by the German financial services supervisory authority ("BaFin"). The above-mentioned details are subject to the approval by BaFin of the supplement no. 1 to the German-language prospectus.
Additional information:
ISIN: DE000SYM9999
Security Identification Number: SYM999
Listing requested: Official Market (amtlicher Markt) / Prime Standard; Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Registered office of the company: Germany
Symrise AG
Alexander Kleinke
Investor Relations
Mühlenfeldstrasse 1
D - 37603 Holzminden
E-mail: alexander.kleinke@symrise.com
Tel.: ++49 5531 90 2130
About Symrise:
Symrise AG is one of the world's leading suppliers of fragrances and flavourings and has roots that go back to 1874. Our products are essential features of everyday life today. They are used by perfume, cosmetics and food manufacturers. We focus on the development of innovative trend and lifestyle products with a specific additional benefit for the consumer. They include flavourings in which advantage is taken of modern technologies to reduce the sugar, salt and fat content of food considerably. Thanks to the use of selected active substances from Symrise, cosmetic products can be manufactured without any preservatives in future.
Press inquiries:
Kirchhoff Consult AG
Division Manager
Dr Kay Baden
Tel. +49 40 60 91 86 50
Disclaimer
These materials are not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. Any 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), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Any public offering of securities of Symrise AG to be made in the United States would have to be made by means of a prospectus that could be obtained from Symrise AG and that would contain detailed information about the company and management, as well as financial statements. Neither Symrise AG nor EQT III fund intends to register any securities referred to herein in the United States.
