HELMA Eigenheimbau AG — Capital/Financing Update 2010

Nov 29, 2010

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Corporate | 29 November 2010 08:35

HELMA Eigenheimbau AG issues corporate bond to advance its growth as a leading provider of energy-efficient houses

HELMA Eigenheimbau AG / Key word(s): Issue of Debt

29.11.2010 08:35

HELMA Eigenheimbau AG issues corporate bond to advance its growth as a
leading provider of energy-efficient houses

* Coupon 6.5 % p.a. / 5-year maturity / volume of up to EUR 10 million
* Corporate investment grade rating (BBB) from Creditreform
* Simple ordering option for the bond from the Düsseldorf Stock Exchange
from December 1, 2010

Lehrte, November 29, 2010 - HELMA Eigenheimbau AG, the specialist for
individual solid construction houses and sustainable energy concepts, is
issuing a corporate bond with a volume of up to EUR 10 million. The bond
can be subscribed for from December 1, 2010 through the Düsseldorf Stock
Exchange by issuing an order (ISIN: DE000A1E8QQ4) to almost all banks and
direct banks. The issue price is 100 %; no selling or management fees will
be charged.

With a five-year maturity, a fixed 6.5 % coupon per year, and a minimum
investment of EUR 1,000, the HELMA bond is aimed at both private and
institutional investors. HELMA Eigenheimbau AG has set up an information
centre to assist investors who wish to subscribe for the bond. HELMA
intends to include the bond in the regulated unofficial market on the
Düsseldorf Stock Exchange when the offer period ends. This would also
enable the bond to be traded during its five-year maturity.

'Subscribing for our bond enables investors to make an investment in one of
the leading companies in the energy-efficient construction method area, and
to achieve an attractive return in doing so,' commented Karl-Heinz Maerzke,
Management Board Chairman of HELMA Eigenheimbau AG. 'For our company, this
opens up the opportunity to significantly expand our market share,
particularly in German conurbation areas, and to thereby further accelerate
our corporate growth,' Mr. Maerzke went on to add.

After HELMA Eigenheimbau AG already reported new order growth of 21 % to
EUR 83.3 million in the 2009 financial year, record levels are anticipated
in terms of both Group revenue and sales figures for the current 2010
financial year. HELMA Eigenheimbau AG's high degree of solidity and
commercial strength are underscored by Creditreform's current corporate
rating. HELMA Eigenheimbau AG is appraised at an investment grade BBB
rating, far above the average for the overall economy.

The company is planning to utilize the net proceeds from the bond
particularly in order to expand its business at its HELMA Wohnungsbau
subsidiary. This subsidiary acquires plots of land before developing
individual plots with energy-efficient solid construction homes that are
modified to individual customer wishes. In this context, the focus is on
the cities of Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover and Frankfurt.

The company has recently announced the purchase of two attractive areas of
land within the greater metropolitan area of Berlin. Along with short-term
land purchase financing facilities, these purchases will be funded
predominantly from the ongoing sale of the land plots, and from operating
cash flow. These purchases alone allow the anticipation of tangible growth
at HELMA Wohnungsbau over the coming years.

Growth in this high-margin business is set to accelerate significantly as a
result of the funds accruing from the bond, and the related planned
investment in further attractive land areas. HELMA Eigenheimbau AG also
plans to use the net bond proceeds to develop new forward-looking,
trend-setting products and to build a corresponding showhouse at the
company's headquarters in Lehrte, where it will again demonstrate its
innovative strength in the area of sustainable energy concepts.

KEY DATA FOR THE CORPORATE BOND:

Issue volume: up to EUR 10,000,000.00
Maturity: December 1, 2010 until November 30, 2015
Coupon: 6.5 % p.a.
Coupon payments: annual; first coupon payment on December 1, 2011
Denomination: EUR 1,000.00
Minimum investment: EUR 1,000.00
Initial issue price: 100 %
ISIN: DE000A1E8QQ4
Redemption price: 100 %
Stock exchange listing: Düsseldorf Stock Exchange
Securities type: bearer bonds

Further information about the bond is available by calling +49 (0) 40 / 63
78 54 20 (Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 19:00 hours, Saturdays from 09:00
to 16:00 hours (CET)).

The legally applicable securities prospectus can be downloaded at
www.HELMA-Anleihe.de, and is available free of charge from HELMA
Eigenheimbau AG, Zum Meersefeld 4, 31275 Lehrte.

DISCLAIMER:

This announcement is solely for informational purposes, and represents
neither an offer on the part of HELMA Eigenheimbau AG, nor a solicitation
to issue an offer to purchase or to subscribe for securities. Interested
investors should base their investment decision relating to the bond
exclusively on the basis of the information relating to the securities and
the risks connected with the purchase of the securities that is contained
in the securities prospectus published by HELMA Eigenheimbau AG in
connection with the public offering of the securities. The bond is subject
to certain restrictions that are set out in the prospectus. The legally
applicable securities prospectus has been published, and can be downloaded
from www.HELMA-Anleihe.de. This announcement and the bond offering are not
addressed to U.S. persons or to persons in the United States of America,
Canada, Australia or Japan.

ABOUT HELMA EIGENHEIMBAU AG:

HELMA Eigenheimbau AG is a customer-oriented building services-provider
offering a full range of services. The focus is on the development,
planning, sale, and construction management of turnkey or partially
completed detached and semi-detached houses using the solid construction
method. Particularly the option of individual planning and
individualisation without extra costs, as well as the company's outstanding
know-how in the area of energy-efficient construction methods, are
perceived on the markets as HELMA Eigenheimbau AG's unique selling
propositions. With its persuasive sustainable energy concepts, the company
has established itself as one of the leading providers of solar
energy-saving homes, and is one of the most experienced companies in the
solid construction house sector, having constructed several thousand
owner-occupier homes. As a property development company and a finance
broker respectively, HELMA Wohnungsbau GmbH and Hausbau Finanz GmbH expand
HELMA Group's product range.

IR CONTACT / PRESS:

HELMA Eigenheimbau AG
Gerrit Janssen, Management Board member/CFO
Tel.: +49 (0)5132 8850 113
E-mail: ir@helma.de

UBJ. GmbH
Ingo Janssen, Marius Sienel
Tel.: +49 (0)40 6378 5410
E-mail: ir@ubj.de

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Language: English
Company: HELMA Eigenheimbau AG
Zum Meersefeld 4
31275 Lehrte
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)5132/8850-0
Fax: +49 (0)5132/8850-111
E-mail: info@helma.de
Internet: www.helma.de
ISIN: DE000A0EQ578
WKN: A0EQ57
Listed: Freiverkehr in Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart; Entry
Standard in Frankfurt

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