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Nordex AG: Share
package sold to SKion by ordinary shareholders
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Stock Activity
31.07.2008
The Management Board of Nordex AG has learned today that the CMP Group and Goldman Sachs together with their co-investors have sold a package of a total of 20 percent (13,369,000 shares) of the company´s share capital to a subsidiary of SKion GmbH. SKion is the holding company of entrepreneur Susanne Klatten. Her husband, Jan Klatten, has already held a stake in Nordex AG since 2005 and, with a share of roughly two percent in the company, is a member of its Supervisory Board. The transaction is still subject to anti-trust clearance.
Nordex AG´s CEO, Thomas Richterich, and the chairman of the Supervisory Board, Yves Schmitt, welcome the addition of SKion to the company´s shareholder base: "We are pleased to have gained in the Klatten family value-oriented investors who with their industrial experience will be able to accompany Nordex compe-tently on its continuing growth course".
Commenting on the sale of the shares in Nordex AG to SKion, the management of CMP stated: "We have sold part of our investment to SKion as it is an industrial investor which can contribute valuable experience and strategic impetus in the interests of Nordex´s future development."
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Further inquiry note:
Ralf Peters
Head of Corporate Communication
Tel.: +49 (0)40 50098 522
rpeters@nordex-online.com
Branche: Alternative energy
ISIN: DE000A0D6554
WKN: A0D655
Index: Midcap Market Index, TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share,
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Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Börse Berlin / free trade
Börse Stuttgart / free trade
Börse Düsseldorf / free trade
Börse München / free trade
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