DGAP-News: HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co.: HELLA moves up into MDAX

HELLA moves up into MDAX

Inclusion of the listed family-owned company on 21 September 2015

Lippstadt, 04 September 2015. Deutsche Börse AG announced yesterday that HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co. will be included in the MDAX stock index. From 21 September 2015, the shares of HELLA, a globally leading automotive supplier, will be listed in the MDAX. "The shareholders had already targeted the MDAX inclusion at the time of the IPO," says Dr Jürgen Behrend, Managing Partner of HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co. "We are excited that this step is now imminent only a few months after our initial listing."

Dynamic share price development post IPO

The HELLA shares have been trading in the Prime Standard of the regulated market of the Frankfurt stock exchange since the successful IPO on 11 November 2014. The family shareholders had originally floated about 15% of the shares in the company via two private placements. The stock started trading at EUR 27.50. Its inclusion in the SDAX followed as early as January 2015. At the end of the lock-up period for existing shareholders, the family shareholders placed additional shares in May 2015 bringing free float to about 28% as a result.

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HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co., Lippstadt: HELLA is a global, family-owned company, listed on the stock exchange, with approx. 32,000 employees at 100 locations in more than 35 countries. The HELLA Group develops and manufactures lighting technology and electronic components and systems for the automotive industry and also has one of the largest retail organizations for automotive parts, accessories, diagnostics, and services within Europe. Complete vehicle modules, air-conditioning systems, and vehicle electrical systems are also produced in joint venture companies. With more than 6,000 people working in research and development, HELLA is one of the most important innovation drivers on the market. In addition, with sales of EUR 5.8 billion in fiscal year 2014/2015, the HELLA Group is one of the top 40 automotive suppliers in the world and one of the 100 largest German industrial companies.

For additional information please contact:
Dr Markus Richter
Company spokesperson
HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co.
Rixbecker Straße 75
59552 Lippstadt
Deutschland
Tel.: +49 (0)2941 38-7545
Fax: +49 (0)2941 38-477545
Markus.Richter@hella.com
www.hella.com