Blue Cap AG

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Ad-hoc | 14 June 2023 18:20

Blue Cap AG signs agreement to sell Uniplast Group

Blue Cap AG / Key word(s): Disposal/Investment

Blue Cap AG signs agreement to sell Uniplast Group

14-Jun-2023 / 18:20 CET/CEST

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Munich, 14 June 2023 – Blue Cap AG (“ Blue Cap “) has today entered into an agreement for the sale of its 100% stake in Knauer Uniplast Management GmbH (“ Uniplast “). The buyers are the long-standing managing director of Uniplast, Andreas Doster, and the COO&CIO Sascha Sander. The purchase agreement is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2023.

Total proceeds (before taxes) will be in the low double-digit millions and around 17% above the net asset value valuation as of 31 December 2022. The sale of the company will thus equal a multiple as measured by the adjusted (1) EBITDA as of 31 December 2022 of approximately 8.6x. A small part of the purchase price will be made available to the company as a loan for a while and will only be repaid to Blue Cap as part of a future refinancing.

For over 50 years, Uniplast has been developing and producing food packaging for the dairy industry. The tubs and lids are produced by means of injection moulding and thermoforming processes and are used mainly for yoghurt, dessert, and cream cheese preparations. Many of the major German dairies have been customers for many years.

Considering the transaction and the further business outlook, Blue Cap is adjusting its guidance for the full year 2023. The Executive Board now expects Group revenue for the full year 2023 to be in the range of EUR 300 – 320 million (previously EUR 340 – 355 million) and continues to expect an adjusted EBITDA margin of 8 – 9% (previously 8 – 9%).

Further information on the transaction can be found in the Blue Cap AG press release published today.

(1) Adjustments: adjusted for extraordinary, out-of-period and other effects from reorganisation measures and one-off effects as well as for effects arising from purchase price allocations

About Blue Cap AG

Blue Cap AG is a capital market-listed investment company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Munich. The company invests in medium-sized companies from the B2B sector and supports them in their entrepreneurial development. The holdings are headquartered in the DACH region, generate sales of between EUR 30 and 80 million and have a sound core business. Blue Cap holds mostly majority stakes in eight companies in the adhesives technology & coating technology, plastics technology, production technology, medical technology and business services sectors. The companies in the Blue Cap Group develop independently and each pursues its own growth strategy. The Group currently employs around 1,400 people in Germany and other European countries. Blue Cap AG is listed on the over-the-counter market (Scale, Frankfurt and m:access, Munich; ISIN: DE000A0JM2M1; stock exchange symbol: B7E). www.blue-cap.de

Contact:

Blue Cap AG

Lisa Marie Schraml

Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

Tel. +49 89 288909-24

lschraml@blue-cap.de

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Language:	English
Company:	Blue Cap AG
	Ludwigstraße 11
	80539 München
	Germany
Phone:	+49 89-288 909 24
Fax:	+49 89 288 909 19
E-mail:	ir@blue-cap.de
Internet:	www.blue-cap.de
ISIN:	DE000A0JM2M1
WKN:	A0JM2M
Indices:	Scale 30
Listed:	Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Scale), Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
EQS News ID:	1657195

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