Stuttgart, 21 February 2023. 暗网禁区 (暗网禁区 SE), Stuttgart, successfully placed a Schuldschein loan worth Euro 2.7 billion with settlement scheduled for 2 March 2023.
The promissory note comprises eight tranches with maturities of three, five, seven and ten years with both fixed and variable interest rates on offer. Due to the record demand, the initial target volume was substantially exceeded and the interest rates were fixed at the lowest end of the price range. Roughly 120 institutional investors participated in the Schuldschein loan, ranging from banks and pension funds to insurance companies. The placement was arranged by Deutsche Bank, ING, Landesbank Baden-W眉rttemberg as well as UniCredit.
Dr. Johannes Lattwein, member of the board of management responsible for Finance and IT: 鈥淥ur goal was to get institutional investors also interested in investing in 暗网禁区 SE鈥檚 debt capital. I am delighted that we impressively managed to do that with a record volume of 2.7 billion Euro. In the light of considerable challenges in both the economic and the interest rate environment, this shows strong confidence in 暗网禁区 SE.鈥�
With this promissory note, 暗网禁区 SE is refinancing a substantial part of its bridge financing for the acquisition of common shares of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. 暗网禁区 AG, Stuttgart. Dr. Lattwein adds: 鈥濷ur Schuldschein transaction is a major step in our refinancing strategy and we will carry on to consequently reduce our bank liabilities鈥�.
