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RASCHKE VON KNOBELSDORFF HEISER Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH runs for office as common representa-tive of the bondholders of Rickmers Holding AG

DGAP-News: RASCHKE VON KNOBELSDORFF HEISER Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH / Key word(s): Bond RASCHKE VON KNOBELSDORFF HEISER Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH runs for office as common representa-tive of the bondholders of Rickmers Holding AG 25.04.2017 / 11:31 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. RASCHKE VON KNOBELSDORFF HEISER Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH runs for office as common representative of the bondholders of Rickmers Holding AG (WKN: A1TNA3/ISIN: DE000A1TNA39) 25 April 2017

- Candidacy for the office as common representative (gemeinsamer Vertreter)

- Vote without meeting (Abstimmung ohne Versammlung) from 8 to 10 May 2017

- Informational telephone conference on 4 May 2017

The Management Board of Rickmers Holding AG has asked the Hamburg-based RASCHKE VON KNOBELSDORFF HEISER Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH ("RKH Dienstleistung GmbH"), a subsidiary of the German corporate boutique Raschke von Knobelsdorff Heiser Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, to run for office as common representative and to represent the collective interests of the bondholders of Rickmers Holding AG regarding the planned restructuring of the 8,875 % corporate bond 2013/2018 (WKN: A1TNA3/ISIN: DE000A1TNA39).

RKH Dienstleistung GmbH runs for office as common representative in the course of the vote without meeting beginning on Monday, 8 May 2017 at 0:00 hours (CEST) and ending on Wednesday, 10 May 2017 at 24:00 hours (CEST). Rickmers Holding AG published a respective request for vote 21 April 2017.


According to Rickmers Holding AG a restructuring of the corporate bond is required due to the ongoing shipping industry crisis. The development of market conditions in the shipping industry has led to declining revenues in all business segments of Rickmers Group, whereby the revenue decline seen in the 2016 financial year has even accelerated compared with previous years.