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UNIWHEELS AG: ITF: UNIWHEELS AG INTENDS TO PROCEED WITH INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND TO LIST SHARES ON WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE (news with additional features)

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UNIWHEELS AG: ITF: UNIWHEELS AG INTENDS TO PROCEED WITH INITIAL PUBLIC
OFFERING AND TO LIST SHARES ON WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE (news with
additional features)

30.03.2015 / 08:30

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Bad Dürkheim, 30th March 2015:

UNIWHEELS AG (the "UNIWHEELS" or the "Company" and together with its
subsidiaries the "Group" or the "UNIWHEELS Group"), one of Europe's largest
OEM wheel suppliers to the automotive industry and the leading European
manufacturer of aftermarket alloy wheels, announces today, that the Company
intends to proceed with a public offering and to apply for listing and
trading of the Company's shares on Warsaw Stock Exchange.

The Offering

The planned initial public offering will consist of up to 2,400,000 newly
issued shares by the Company, as well as of up to 2,400,000 shares offered
by the existing shareholder UNIWHEELS Holding (Malta) Ltd. (these values
are of indicative nature and the final structure of the offering may differ
depending on, among others, demand). Currently UNIWHEELS Holding (Malta)
Ltd. is the sole shareholder of the Company holding 10,000,000 shares
representing 100% of capital and 100% of voting rights. Mr Ralf Schmid who
is a founder and CEO of the Company holds 92% of voting rights and Mr
Michael Schmid holds 8% of voting rights in UNIWHEELS Holding (Malta) Ltd.

The offering will consist of a public offering to retail and institutional
investors in Poland and a private placement for institutional investors
outside the United States (excluding Poland) in reliance on Regulation S
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. There will be no public offering
outside of Poland. The Company plans to use the net proceeds of the
offering to partly finance construction of a new production plant in
Poland.

The offering is planned to be conducted in 2Q 2015, however the final
decision on the date of the offering will depend on market conditions. All
details of the offering will be available in the prospectus following
approval by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and
passporting of the prospectus to the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority