Viscom AG / IPO



Ad-hoc-Announcement according to § 15 WpHG transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Ad Hoc Notice pursuant to § 15 WpHG

Viscom AG sets placement price for the public offer of their shares
Hanover,  May 9, 2006:

Viscom AG, together with the selling shareholders and the Lead Manager equinet Securities AG, has set the placement price in the context of a public offering of their shares in the Federal Republic of Germany to EUR 18.50 per share. The price range was from EUR 17.20 to EUR 18.50 per share.
The placement volume (including Greenshoe options of 350,000 shares) consists of 2,900,00 shares, of which 600,000 stem from a release of previous shareholdings. From the capital increase of a total 2,300,000 shares, gross proceeds of approximately EUR 42.6 million will accrue to Viscom AG. Further details regarding subscription and assignment will be made known by the company in a press release on May 9, 2006. First day of trading is expected to be Wednesday, May 10.

Additional Information:

ISIN: DE0007846867

WKN: 784 686

Listing: Official Market/Prime Standard; Frankfurt Security Exchange
End of the Ad Hoc Notice 

Information and Annotation to this Ad Hoc Notice

'This press release as well as the information contained within it are not permitted to be brought or transferred to the United States of America ('USA'), or distributed or transferred to US-American persons (excepting legal entities) or to publications with a general distribution in the USA. Each offense of this restriction can be grounds for an offense against US-American securities regulations. This publication is neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to the purchase of securities. The public offer in Germany occurs solely through and on the basis of a prospectus. The prospectus is available under www.viscom.de.'

“This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to buy securities. The shares in Viscom AG (the 'Shares') may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of 'U.S. persons' (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act')). No offer or sale of transferable securities is being made to the public outside Germany. The offer in Germany will be made exclusively by means of and on the basis of a prospectus published and available free of charge at www.viscom.de.”
'NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES.'










DGAP 09.05.2006 

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Language:     English
Issuer:       Viscom AG
              Carl-Buderus-Strasse 9-15
              30455 Hannover Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0) 511 94 996 861
Fax:          +49 (0) 511 94 996 501
email:        katharina.blanke@viscom.de
WWW:          www.viscom.de
ISIN:         DE0007846867
WKN:          784686
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