S&T AG resolves cash-based capital increase

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Linz, Austria 14.11.2017. The Executive Board of S&T AG (www.snt.at) resolved today to increase the company's share capital. This increase will amount to up to 10% of this share capital, will be for cash, and will exclude rights of subscription. The combined exploitation of the two capitals available to the company through stipulations in its articles of association will cause the company's share capital to increase by up to EUR 5,761,743. This increase will be accomplished through the issuance of up to 5,761,743 new non-par value bearer shares with voting rights and dividends entitlement as of January 1, 2017. These shares will be acquired by the paying of cash. This transaction requires the consent of the Supervisory Board of S&T AG.

The new shares are to be offered to one or more institutional investors via an accelerated bookbuilding process. This private placement will dispense with a prospectus. Its shares will be purchased in cash. The new shares are to be authorized for listing and trading on the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The funds thus acquired are to be used to finance the conclusion of the takeover of the former Kontron AG (assumption of minority interests in a subsidiary of S&T AG into which Kontron AG was merged in 2017), and, as well, the further growth of the S&T Group. The price at which the new shares are offered will orientate itself closely on the average quote for the company's shares prevailing on the XETRA electronic trading platform.


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On S&T AG
S&T AG (www.snt.at) heads a technology group that employs some 3,700 persons and that operates in more than 25 countries around the world. S&T AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN AT0000A0E9W5, WKN A0X9EJ, SANT). S&T forms part of the Exchange's TecDAX index of high techs. S&T is a leading supplier in Central and Eastern Europe of IT systems and of the services and solutions comprised in them. S&T's taking in 2016 of a stake in Kontron AG - one of the leaders on the world's market for embedded computers - has enhanced its portfolio of proprietary technologies used in the fields of appliances, cloud security, software and smart energy. This move has made S&T one of the leading suppliers on the international markets for Industry 4.0 and IoT (Internet of Things) technologies.