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Rickmers bond increased by 50 million Euros

Rickmers Holding GmbH & Cie. KG / Key word(s): Bond

01.11.2013 17:30

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Announcement according to § 8 of the General Terms and Conditions of
Deutsche Börse AG for the Prime Standard for Corporate Bonds


Rickmers bond increased by 50 million Euros

Hamburg, 1 November 2013 - Rickmers Holding GmbH & Cie. KG, parent of the
Rickmers Group of shipping companies, has increased its corporate bond
placed in June 2013 by 50 million Euros to 225 million Euros in a private
placement to institutional investors.

The notes have a maturity of five years and an annual coupon of 8.875 per
cent. The new tranche (ISIN: DE000A1TNA39 / WKN: A1TNA3) will be traded in
the Prime Standard for Corporate Bonds of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as
of 7 November 2013. The existing terms and conditions of the corporate bond
continue to apply for the new tranche.

Rickmers Holding intends to use the net proceeds from the second tranche to
finance growth investments as well as to refinance bank liabilities /
refinancing costs.

Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), acted as Sole
Global Coordinator and Bookrunner on the transaction and placed it with
institutional investors and asset managers. Conpair Corporate Finance GmbH,
Essen (Germany), acted as Financial Advisor.


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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

About Rickmers Group
Headquartered in Hamburg, the Rickmers Group is an established
international provider of services for the maritime industry, vessel owner
and ocean carrier. It is internationally represented with more than 20
offices in eleven countries and over 50 sales agencies worldwide. The
business activities of the Rickmers Group are divided into three segments:
Maritime Assets, Maritime Services and Rickmers-Linie.

With its Maritime Assets segment, the Rickmers Group acts as asset manager
for its own and for third-party vessels, initiates and coordinates vessel
projects, arranges financing and acquires, charters out and sells vessels.
In the Maritime Services business segment, the Rickmers Group provides ship
management for Rickmers Group's own and for third party vessels, including
technical and operational management, crewing, newbuilding supervision and