Major shareholder announcement

Matas A/S
Major shareholder announcements

Major shareholder announcement

Company announcement 24/2013

Allerød, 2013-09-17 18:54 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
We hereby announce that Matas A/S (the “Company”) has been informed that two of
the Company’s major shareholders Svenska M Holding 1 AB and Materialisternes
Invest Holding ApS today have agreed to sell a total of 4,485,778 shares in
Matas A/S (the “Sale Shares”) corresponding to 11.0% of the total share capital
at a price of DKK 130 per share to KIRKBI Invest A/S. The sale has been carried
out with the consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (“Morgan
Stanley”) and Nordea Markets (division of Nordea Bank Danmark A/S) (“Nordea
Markets”) as Joint Global Coordinators in connection with Matas A/S’ initial
public offering on the condition that KIRKBI Invest A/S has, in relation to the
Sale Shares, agreed to adhere to the lock-up undertakings originally entered
into by Svenska M Holding 1 AB and Materialisternes Invest ApS at the time of
the initial public offering, for the remainder of the lock-up period as
described in the offering circular published by Matas A/S on 13 June 2013.
Morgan Stanley and Nordea Markets advised Svenska M Holding 1 AB and
Materialisternes Invest Holding ApS on the sale. 

In connection with the above mentioned sale of shares, Matas A/S has received
the following notifications pursuant to section 29 of the Danish Securities
Trading Act: 

  1. Notification that Svenska M Holding 1 AB today has agreed to dispose of
     3,123,180 shares in Matas A/S. Svenska M Holding 1 AB’s aggregate holding
     of shares in Matas A/S following settlement of the sale of shares in Matas
     A/S totals 7,918,186 shares with a total nominal value of DKK 19,795,465
     equivalent to 19.4% of the share capital and 19.4% of the voting rights.

Svenska M Holding 1 AB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Svenska M Holding AB
which in turn is wholly owned by Mholdings S.à r.l. Mholdings S.à r.l. is owned
by the funds CVC European Equity Partners IV (A) L.P., CVC European Equity
Partners IV (B) L.P., CVC European Equity Partners IV (C) L.P., CVC European
Equity Partners IV (D) L.P. and CVC European Equity Partners IV (E) L.P. CVC
European Equity Partners IV (A) L.P. and CVC European Equity Partners IV (B)
L.P. are managed by their general partner CVC European Equity IV (AB) Limited
and CVC European Equity Partners IV (C) L.P., CVC European Equity Partners IV
(D) L.P. and CVC European Equity Partners IV (E) L.P. are managed by their
general partner CVC European Equity IV (CDE) Limited. CVC European Equity IV
(AB) Limited and CVC European Equity IV (CDE) Limited are indirectly
majority-owned subsidiaries of CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. 

  1. Notification that Materialisternes Invest Holding ApS today has agreed to
     dispose of 1,362,598 shares in Matas A/S. Materialisternes Invest Holding
     ApS’s aggregate holding of shares in Matas A/S following settlement of the
     sale of shares in Matas A/S totals 3,454,590 shares with a total nominal
     value of DKK 8,636,475 equivalent to 8.5% of the share capital and 8.5% of
     the voting rights.

  1. Notification that KIRKBI Invest A/S today has agreed to purchase 4,485,778
     shares in Matas A/S. KIRKBI Invest A/S’ aggregate holding of shares in
     Matas A/S following settlement of the sale of shares in Matas A/S totals
     4,485,778 shares with a total nominal value of DKK 11,214,445 equivalent to
     11.0% of the share capital and 11.0% of the voting rights. KIRKBI Invest
     A/S is 100% owned by KIRKBI A/S.



Enquiries

Lars Vinge Frederiksen, Chairman, tel +45 48 16 55 55

Jesper Breitenstein, Investor Relations, tel +45 27 80 76 75