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    DGAP-Adhoc  353  0 Kommentare DF Deutsche Forfait AG announces details of the financial restructuring concept - Seite 2


    proposed restructuring concept essentially consists of four components:

    1. Debt-to-equity swap through capital increase I

    In a first step, the Board of Management will make an offer to all holders
    of the corporate bond 2013/2020 to exchange their EUR 1,000 bonds against
    cash or against shares of the company in the context of a capital increase
    from authorised capital by up to EUR 3,400,000 through the issue of up to
    3,400,000 new shares (par value: EUR 1.00) ("capital increase I"). The
    conversion ratio of the EUR 1,000 bonds against shares, based on an
    appraisal by Ebner Stolz Wirtschaftsprüfer, is expected to be announced
    before the end of December together with the publication of the offer
    following the bondholders meeting voting on this offer. Bondholders will
    then be given the opportunity to submit their bonds for exchange via their
    custodian bank.

    2. Interest rate reduction and consideration yet to be specified

    The Board of Management additionally proposes to its bondholders to decide
    on the reduction of the nominal interest rate of the corporate bond
    2013/2020 from 7.785% p.a. to 2.0% p.a. retroactively from May 2014 up to
    their maturity on 27 May 2020. In return, the Board of Management offers
    bondholders the possibility to exchange their conditional interest waiver
    against a consideration yet to be specified as an alternative to the
    debt-to-equity-swap (see 1. above); bondholder who hold a larger number of
    bonds, demanding in return the purchase of shares. The details of this
    exchange offer are still being elaborated and will be announced shortly.
    The bondholders meeting voting on this offer is to be held before the end
    of December 2014/ January 2015.

    3. Capital increase II

    The Board of Management will propose to the ordinary Annual General Meeting
    to pass a resolution on a cash capital increase by up to EUR 6,800,000
    through the issue of 6,800,000 new shares (par value: EUR 1.00) with
    pre-emption rights for shareholders ("capital increase II"). The Annual
    General Meeting is currently scheduled for 15 January 2015. Capital
    increase II would then be implemented in March/April 2015.

    4. Interest rate cut by lending banks

    Moreover, the lending banks of DF Deutsche Forfait AG have expressed their
    general readiness to renew the credit lines in the amount granted prior to
    the OFAC listing until 31 December 2016 on the condition that the other
    restructuring measures are implemented. This also includes banks' readiness
    to temporarily reduce interest rates to 1% p.a. in order to assist in
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