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(Hamburg, 26 September 2013) Lotto24 AG has successfully completed its rights offering and has achieved its targeted net issue proceeds of around EUR 17 million by issuing all 5,988,816 offered new shares from Authorised Capital.
Subscription rights for 99.9 % of the offered new shares were exercised in the course of the rights offering from 12 to 25 September 2013.
Lotto24 AG intends to use the net proceeds from the capital increase to conduct marketing activities aimed at accelerating the acquisition of new customers. Proceeds are also to be used for the further development of the brokerage platform, including an expansion of the product portfolio to include further lotteries and the expansion of services for state-licensed lotteries.
As a result of the capital increase, the total number of shares issued by Lotto24 AG will increase from 13,973,904 to 19,962,720. The new shares are expected to be included in the existing listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 30 September 2013. The transaction was accompanied by M.M. Warburg & CO KGaA as Sole Lead Manager.
Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:
This announcement constitutes neither an offer to buy securities nor a solicitation to submit an offer to buy securities in Germany, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or other states. The shares of Lotto24 AG (the ‘Shares’) may not be offered or sold in the United States, nor to US persons (as defined by Regulation S of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘Securities Act’)) nor for the account of US persons, unless they are registered or are exempt from registration pursuant to the Securities Act. The Shares are not and will not be registered in accordance with the Securities Act. The information contained in this announcement may not be distributed in the United States, nor to US persons, nor in Canada, Australia or Japan.
