EQS-News: ATOSS Software SE: Private Placement of ATOSS Software Shares by AOB Invest and General Atlantic intended to Strengthen the Free Float and Liquidity of the Stock Successfully Completed

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ATOSS Software SE (‘ATOSS Software’) has been informed by its two largest shareholders AOB Invest GmbH (‘AOB Invest’), a company owned by Andreas Obereder, the CEO and Founder of ATOSS Software, and General Atlantic Chronos GmbH (‘General Atlantic’), that the announced private placement by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process with institutional investors has been successfully completed, during which each party sold 541,667 shares in ATOSS Software at a placement price of €120.00 per share, amounting to a total of 1,083,334 shares (representing approximately 6.81% of ATOSS Software’s share capital) and a total placement volume of c. €130 million (the “Placement”).
In connection with the Placement, AOB Invest and General Atlantic will settle the forward purchase and sale agreement entered between the two parties on June 30, 2023, in which c. 5% of the shares in ATOSS Software will be transferred from AOB Invest to General Atlantic at a pre-agreed price (the “Forward Purchase and Sale Agreement”). General Atlantic primarily intends to use the net proceeds from the Placement to finance the settlement of the Forward Purchase and Sale Agreement.
AOB Invest remains the largest shareholder in ATOSS Software with shareholdings of c. 21.59% (previously 30.000028%) and General Atlantic increases its position to c. 21.58% (previously 19.99%). The Placement will increase the free float and thus likely benefit liquidity of the ATOSS Software stock as well as broaden the institutional investor base.
AOB Invest and General Atlantic have agreed to a 180-day lock-up period. Both parties will also stay committed to the 4-year lock-up, entered into in June 2023, prohibiting each party to dispose the majority of their shareholding without the consent of the other party, underlining the long-term commitment to ATOSS Software.
Berenberg, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies acted as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners on the Placement. Hengeler Mueller advised AOB Invest, Milbank advised General Atlantic and Willkie Farr & Gallagher advised the Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners on the Placement.
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This announcement does not constitute an offer of, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, securities of ATOSS Software SE or of any of its subsidiaries in the United States of America, Germany or any other jurisdiction. Neither this announcement nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, an offer in any jurisdiction. The securities offered will not be and have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act.
In member states of the European Economic Area, the placement of securities described in this announcement was directed exclusively at persons who are “qualified investors” within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 (Prospectus Regulation), as amended.
In the United Kingdom, the placement of securities described in this announcement was directed exclusively at persons who are “qualified investors” within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and who are persons who (i) are investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the “Order”) or (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) or (iii) to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”). This announcement must not be acted on, or relied upon, by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates was available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons.
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