NEON EQUI­TY deci­des to issue a cor­po­ra­te bond to finan­ce growth

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NEON EQUI­TY deci­des to issue a cor­po­ra­te bond to finan­ce growth

• Fixed annu­al inte­rest rate at 10 %, term until 2029
• Volu­me of the bond of up to EUR 25 mil­li­on
• Offer peri­od could pro­ba­b­ly start at the begin­ning of May 2024
• Issue pro­ceeds to be used pri­ma­ri­ly for fur­ther growth finan­cing and port­fo­lio expan­si­on

Frank­furt am Main, April 18, 2024 - The Manage­ment Board of NEON EQUI­TY (NEON EQUI­TY ISIN: DE000A3DW408) today resol­ved, with the appr­oval of the Super­vi­so­ry Board, to issue a cor­po­ra­te bond in the amount of up to EUR 25 mil­li­on (ISIN DE000A383C76, the ​“Bonds 2024/2029” or the ​“Bond”). The bond matures in 2029 and has an annu­al fixed inte­rest rate of 10%.

The bea­rer bonds 2024/2029 have a nomi­nal value of EUR 1,000.00 each. The sub­scrip­ti­on peri­od for the public offe­ring in Luxem­bourg and Ger­ma­ny is expec­ted to start at the begin­ning of May. The bond is also to be offe­red to inves­tors in Ger­ma­ny and sel­ec­ted count­ries in and out­side Euro­pe by way of a pri­va­te pla­ce­ment.

The secu­ri­ties pro­s­pec­tus requi­red for the public offer in Ger­ma­ny and Luxem­bourg has been sub­mit­ted to the Luxem­bourg Finan­cial Super­vi­so­ry Aut­ho­ri­ty Com­mis­si­on de Sur­veil­lan­ce du Sec­teur Finan­cier (CSSF). Appr­oval of the secu­ri­ties pro­s­pec­tus is expec­ted short­ly.

NEON EQUI­TY reser­ves the right to increase the total volu­me of the bond to up to EUR 125 mil­li­on as part of a fur­ther public offe­ring or by way of a pri­va­te pla­ce­ment.

The pro­ceeds from the bond pla­ce­ment will pri­ma­ri­ly be used to finan­ce fur­ther growth and to expand the invest­ment port­fo­lio. NEON EQUI­TY­’s invest­ment focus is on com­pa­nies with an ESG focus, for exam­p­le in the fields of rene­wa­ble ener­gies, sus­tainable mobi­li­ty or health­ca­re. Fur­ther­mo­re, the pro­ceeds will be used to finan­ce growth pro­jects of exis­ting invest­ments, for exam­p­le in the form of capi­tal increa­ses.

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