Ad-hoc: OSRAM confirms receipt of an offer proposal from ams AG and decides to start negotiations
(WorldNews Germany)

The Managing Board of Osram Licht AG (Osram) confirms that ams AG (ams) has submitted a proposal to Osram for a voluntary public takeover offer for all outstanding Osram shares. For this purpose, ams has submitted a documentation about a bridge financing of 4.2 billion euros by HSBC and UBS. Part of this bridge loan shall later be refinanced by a capital increase at ams. The two investment banks have committed 1.5 billion euros for this purpose. ams intends to offer a price of 38.50 euros per Osram share in cash. On this basis, Osram is valued at around 4.3 billion euros (enterprise value). In our preliminary assessment, the financing concept presented appears binding and viable. On the...