Hengeler Mueller advises on Homag Group IPO

16. July 2007

July 13, 2007 was the first day of trading of shares of Homag Group AG on the official market (Prime Standard). Homag shares - both out of a capital increase and out of the holdings of present shareholders - were offered by a public offer in Germany and by a private placement outside of Germany. The offering volume amounted to approx. EUR 215 million (incl. over-allotment option). According to company estimates (based on sales), Homag Group AG is the world’s leading provider of machines, factories and services required for panel processing furniture and construction component manufacturers as well as prefabricated housing construction.

Hengeler Mueller advised Homag Group AG on this successful IPO. Advice was provided by partners Reinhold Ernst (Lead Partner; Capital Markets/Corporate), Hermann-Josef Tries (Tax) and Dirk Uwer (Regulatory) as well as associates Jörn-Ahrend Witt, Cecilia di Ció, Marnie Silny, Kai-Michael König and Timo Wilke.