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Equity Capital Markets (ECM)

Our solutions are tailored to meet your requirements:

• Going public (IPO)
• Secondary placements (SPO)
• Capital increases
• Designated Sponsor
• Staff participation schemes
• Takeover, acquisition and cash payment offers
• Public to private (P2P)

Going public (IPO)

By going public, you can tap the capital market in order to realise your company's individual plans: from strengthening your equity capital base to making appropriate succession arrangements through to creating an acquisition currency. But first of all you have to find out whether going public is the right move for achieving your targets. We therefore provide thorough advisory to support your decision-making process.

If an IPO proves to be the appropriate solution, we will draw up the issuing concept with you, structure the public offering (capital, offer and placement structure, equity story, timing) and create the banking syndicate. Shortly before your company goes public, we help you through the due diligence process, assess your company's value, organise the road show and take over the book building process to determine the price, and arrange for the allocation of the shares. Following the IPO, we provide comprehensive support in all matters relating to the capital market.

Secondary placements (SPO)

If your company is already listed on the capital market and you are considering placing new or existing shares, we will gladly assist you by drawing up a solution that perfectly suits your requirements.

Capital increases

A capital increase allows you to procure additional funds by issuing new shares, thus stepping up your company's equity. The new funds generated through a capital increase are normally used for further investments or to reduce the company's liabilities.

Our experts will plan this step with you and help you to prepare and implement all the action required. BHF-BANK will give you detailed advice on the most suitable type of capital increase for your company's particular situation, giving due consideration to the capital market environment.

Staff participation schemes

Stock option plans and staff share schemes are important motivational tools for listed companies. Stock option plans are usually aimed at a company's managerial staff. Staff share schemes, meanwhile, enable all members of staff to acquire shares. Both tools are ideal for enhancing your employees motivation and their affinity with the company they work for. BHF-BANK can structure a solution that is tailored to the needs of your company and the capital markets.

Designated Sponsor

Our duties as a Designated Sponsor are as follows:

• Equity trading: equity traders ensure liquidity and provide market observation and market support on an ongoing basis
• Equity research: follow-on research on the company and sector research
• Equity sales: individual road shows as well as forums and conferences
• Corporate Finance: Ongoing advisory and assistance as regards CF products and all aspects of stock corporation and capital markets legislation

Takeover, acquisition and cash payment offers

We would be glad to help you in drawing up affiliation agreements and the cash payment offers that are required by law for such agreements, and in structuring and implementing acquisition offers pursuant to the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG). In particular, we can help you when it comes to:

• Acquiring shares on or off the stock exchange
• Structuring the transaction
• Drafting the necessary disclosures
• Drawing up the offer document
• Dealing with the technical aspects of the securities transaction

Public to private (P2P)

In certain situations, removing an exchange-listed company from the capital markets (delisting) might be an option worth considering. A so-called P2P offers the following advantages:

• No need for time-consuming investor relations
• Publicity requirements are less strict
• Less complex decision-making structures
• Possibility of changing the company's legal form

The costs involved in buying the shares should also be taken into account. We will help you to weigh up the pros and cons of a P2P and draw up a tailor-made concept with you. Once this has been agreed upon, we will carry out the entire P2P transaction and deal with all the formal aspects of the transaction.

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