SURTECO SE / Key word(s): Capital Increase 31.10.2013 11:52 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ad-hoc Release pursuant to Article 15 Securities Trading Act (WpHG) 31 October 2013 SURTECO SE: pre-placement of the new SURTECO shares has been successfully completed, the offer and subscription price are EUR 18.00 Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen, 31 October 2013 - SURTECO SE has successfully completed the pre-placement of 2,801,730 new no-par value bearer shares without nominal value, each share representing a proportionate amount of the capital stock of SURTECO SE of EUR 1.00 and with full participation in profits from 1 January 2013 ('New Shares'), carried out yesterday and today with qualified investors in the course of the announced capital increase for cash. The offer was oversubscribed several times. An offer price of EUR 18.00 for each New Share was set in the course of a book-building procedure. This is also the subscription price for the capital increase for cash. The New Shares placed during the course of the pre-placement are due to be delivered to investors on 5 November 2013. The Company is planning to use the proceeds arising from the capital increase to finance the takeover of all shares in the companies of the Süddekor Group. On the basis of the successful pre-placement, the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of SURTECO SE today passed a resolution defining the conditions for the announced capital increase against cash contribution. The subscription price for the subscription offer will be the same as the offer price of EUR 18.00 for each New Share. On this basis, SURTECO SE expects to receive gross issue proceeds of around EUR 80 million. The subscription period begins on 1 November 2013 and is scheduled to end on 14 November 2013. 1,628,479 New Shares can still be acquired through the subscription offer. The complete subscription offer is expected to be published today, 31 October 2013, in the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) and on the website of the company (www.surteco.com). Publication is also expected in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 1 November 2013. This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy or subscribe to securities. Any such offer is being made solely on the basis of the Securities Prospectus published and registered with the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The information legally required to be provided to investors is contained only in the Securities Prospectus. The information contained herein is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America (including its territories and possessions or any State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia) and must not be distributed to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended ('Securities Act')) or publications with a general circulation in the United States of America. This publication does not constitute or form part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States of America. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, as amended. The Issuer does not intend to register any portion of the offering in the United States of America or to conduct a public offering of the Securities in the United States of America. The shares that are the subject of the offer are not being offered or sold to any person in the United Kingdom, other than to qualified investors as defined in Section 86(7) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, being persons falling within Article 2.1(E)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 4 November 2003 (Prospective Directive), which includes legal entities which are regulated by the Financial Services Authority and entities which are not so regulated whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities and who also fall within the definition of 'Investment Professionals' in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotions) Order 2005 (the 'FPO') and high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the FPO. This publication is not an offer of securities for sale in Canada, Japan or Australia. 31.10.2013 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: SURTECO SE Johan-Viktor-Bausch-Str. 2 86647 Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen Germany Phone: +49 (0)8274 99 88-0 Fax: +49 (0)8274 99 88-5 05 E-mail: ir@surteco.com Internet: www.surteco.com ISIN: DE0005176903 WKN: 517 690 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------