Feb 17 (Reuters) - BAUER AG B5AG.DE :
* BAUER AG PROPOSES CAPITAL INCREASE AND CONVENES AN
EXTRAORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING
* IS TO BE INCREASED FROM ITS CURRENT VALUE OF EUR
80,301,417.61,
DIVIDED INTO 18,844,066 NO-NOMINAL-VALUE SHARES
* SHARE CAPITAL TO BE INCREASED BY UP TO EUR 30,885,149.15
AGAINST
UNIFORM MIXED CASH AND/OR NON-CASH CAPITAL INCREASE BY ISSUE OF
UP TO 7,247,715 NEW NO-NOMINAL-VALUE SHARES IN FORM OF ORDINARY
SHARES (WITH VOTING RIGHTS)
* BOTH BAUER FAMILY (WHICH CURRENTLY HOLDS 43.81% OF SHARES
AND
VOTING RIGHTS JOINTLY) AND DOBLINGER BETEILIGUNG GMBH (WHICH
CURRENTLY HOLDS 19.84% OF SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS) HAVE
EXPRESSED THEIR INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN CAPITAL INCREASE TO
A SIGNIFICANT EXTENT
* WOULD LIKE TO REINFORCE ITS EQUITY BASIS AND FURTHER
IMPROVE
BALANCE SHEET RATIOS.
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