aap Implantate AG

Transaction in Own Shares • Jun 15, 2017

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Corporate | 15 June 2017 11:25

aap Implantate AG: First-time shareholder participation in the form of a share buyback following the sale of aap Biomaterials GmbH in financial year 2016

DGAP-News: aap Implantate AG / Key word(s): Share Buyback/Corporate Action

15.06.2017 / 11:25

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aap Implantate AG (“ aap “) announces that the stated partial distribution of proceeds to shareholders from last year’s sale of the subsidiary aap Biomaterials GmbH shall be implemented in form of a share buyback. Overall, the company intends to purchase up to 2.25 million aap shares by means of a voluntary public share buyback offer at an offer price of EUR 1.52 per aap share. The maximum total purchase price (including incidental costs), and thereby the amount which shall be distributed among shareholders, will accordingly be up to EUR 3.5 million. aap plans to redeem the shares acquired following the acceptance period.

With the divestments of its subsidiary aap Biomaterials GmbH and the remaining stake in aap Joints GmbH in financial year 2016 aap has successfully completed the transformation into a pure player in trauma. The company now has a comprehensive IP-protected product and technology portfolio, as well as a strong liquidity position, and can take even better advantage of the growing global trauma market with its focused business model. As previously announced, aap will use part of the proceeds from the sale of aap Biomaterials GmbH to finance further growth and to distribute part of them to its shareholders. In the course of the transaction the company reported a total cash inflow of around EUR 34 million at 31 December 2016. After careful examination and consideration of the different options to distribute proceeds taking into account the company’s growth plans for the years ahead the Management Board and Supervisory Board have decided to distribute to aap shareholders up to EUR 3.5 million (including incidental costs) by means of a public share buyback. From the company’s viewpoint a public share buyback offer is a shareholder-friendly measure that does justice to the nature of an one-off special payout most likely. At the same time a share buyback followed by redeeming the shares takes into account the reduced size of the company and lower revenue streams following the recent divestments.

“We are delighted to be able for the first time since aap went public in 1999 to give something back to our shareholders in the form of a share buyback programme,” said Bruke Seyoum Alemu, Chairman of the Management Board (CEO) at aap . “We are also convinced that in offering our shareholders a price that is significantly above the average price over the past 12 months we are making a fair and attractive offer.”

The acceptance period starts on Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 00.00 hours (CEST) and ends on Monday, 10 July 2017, 24.00 hours (CEST). The offer document will be published before the start of the acceptance period on the corporate website of the company (www.aap.de) in the section “Investors / Share Buyback” as well as in the Federal Gazette under www.bundesanzeiger.de.

After the successful completion of its transformation into a focussed trauma company aap will invest the major part of the proceeds from the sale of aap Biomaterials GmbH in further growth and the acceleration of its innovations such as the silver coating technology. The Management Board and Supervisory Board continue to consequently pursue the overarching target to unlock the inherent value of aap’ s innovative product and technology base and thereby creating sustainable value for the company’s shareholders.

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aap Implantate AG (ISIN DE0005066609) – Prime Standard/Regulated Market – All German stock markets –

About aap Implantate AG

aap Implantate AG is a globally operating medical device company headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The company develops, manufactures and markets trauma products for orthopaedics. The IP protected portfolio includes besides the innovative anatomical plating system LOQTEQ(R) and trauma complementary biomaterials a wide range of cannulated screws as well as standard plates and screws. Furthermore, aap Implantate AG has an innovation pipeline with promising development projects as the antibacterial silver coating technology and magnesium based implants. These technologies address critical problems in surgery that haven’t yet been resolved adequately. In German-speaking Europe aap Implantate AG directly sells its products to hospitals, buying syndicates and hospital groups while it uses a broad network of distributors in more than 25 countries at the international level. aap Implantate AG’s stock is listed in the Prime Standard segment of Frankfurt Stock Exchange (XETRA: AAQ.DE). For more information, please visit www.aap.de, or download the Company’s investor relations app from the Apple’s App Store or Google Play.

Forward-looking statement

This release may contain forward-looking statements based on current experience, estimates and projections of the management board and currently available information. They are not guarantees of future performance. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. Many factors could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of aap to be materially different from those that may be expressed or implied by such statements. These factors include those discussed in aap ‘s public reports. Forward-looking statements therefore speak only as of the date they are made. aap does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release or to conform them to future events or developments.

Contact:

aap Implantate AG; Fabian Franke; Investor Relations; Lorenzweg 5; D-12099 Berlin Tel.: ++49/30/750 19 – 134; Fax.: ++49/30/750 19 – 290; f.franke@aap.de

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Language:	English
Company:	aap Implantate AG
	Lorenzweg 5
	12099 Berlin
	Germany
Phone:	+49 (0) 30 75 01 90
Fax:	+49 (0) 30 75 01 91 11
E-mail:	info@aap.de
Internet:	www.aap.de
ISIN:	DE0005066609
WKN:	506660
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange

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