Matas — Share Issue/Capital Change 2013

Jun 25, 2013

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Ad-hoc | 25 June 2013 14:52

The offer of shares in Matas will close on Thursday 27 June 2013 at 13:00 CET

Matas A/S

25.06.2013 14:52

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Company announcement 3/2013
Alleroed, 25 June 2013

NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR
INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN

Following the announcement of publication of an Offering Circular on 13 June
2013 and the announcement no. 2/2013 regarding closing of the retail offering
on 24 June 2013, Matas today announces that it has decided that the offering of
Matas shares for individual orders of more than DKK 3 million each will close
on Thursday, 27 June 2013 at 13:00 CET.

The expected timetable for the offering will otherwise remain unchanged.

Information about the offer price and the allocation of shares is expected to
be announced on Friday 28 June 2013 allowing for the Company's shares to be
admitted to trading and official listing on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen on 28 June
2013 under the symbol 'MATAS' (ISIN DK0060497295).

The shares sold in the offering are expected to be delivered on or about 3 July
2013 against payment in immediately available funds in Danish kroner.

Enquiries

Terje List, CEO Matas A/S, tel +45 48 16 55 55
Soeren Vestergaard-Poulsen, CVC Capital Partners, tel +44 207 420 4200
Lars Frederiksen, Chairman, Materialisternes Invest Holding ApS tel +45 40 20
66 35

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

Media:
Henrik Engberg Johannsen, Information Manager, Matas A/S, tel +45 21 71 24 74
Per Bech Thomsen, Impact Communications, tel +45 31 37 31 33

About Matas

Matas is the largest health and beauty retailer in Denmark. Since its
incorporation in 1949 as an association of independently owned stores, the
Company has developed a strong reputation for professional advice and customer
service excellence that it has leveraged to establish one of the best-known
retail chains in Denmark. Matas offers a distinctive one-stop retail concept
which serves a broad range of health, beauty, household and personal care
needs. The Company has more than 2,400 employees and in the financial year
2012/13, revenues amounted to DKK 3,200 million.

This document and the information contained herein are not for distribution or
release, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America
(including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States of
America and the District of Columbia) (the 'United States'), Australia, Canada
or Japan. This communication does not constitute, or form part of, an offer to
sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities in the United
States, Australia, Canada or Japan or in any jurisdiction in which any offer or
solicitation would be unlawful. The securities of Matas A/S have not been and
will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the 'Securities
Act') and may not be offered or sold within the United States absent
registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject
to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

In any Member State of the EEA other than Denmark that has implemented the
Prospectus Directive, this announcement is only addressed to, and is only
directed at, investors in that EEA member state who fulfil the criteria for
exemption from the obligation to publish a prospectus, including qualified
investors, within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive as implemented in
each such EEA Member State.

This announcement is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United
Kingdom, (ii) to investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the
U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005
(the 'Order') or (iii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a)
to (d) of the Order (the persons described in (i) through (iii) above together
being referred to as 'relevant persons'). The securities are only available to,
and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise
acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any
person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this announcement
or any of its contents.

Stabilisation/FCA

The Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners and the Co-lead Managers
and their affiliates are acting exclusively for Matas A/S and the selling
shareholders and no-one else in connection with the IPO. They will not regard
any other person as their respective clients in relation to the IPO and will
not be responsible to anyone other than Matas A/S and the selling shareholders
for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, nor for
providing advice in relation to the IPO, the contents of this communication or
any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.

In connection with the IPO, the Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners
and the Co-lead Managers and any of their affiliates, acting as investors for
their own accounts, may purchase Shares and in that capacity may retain,
purchase, sell, offer to sell or otherwise deal for their own accounts in such
Shares and other securities of Matas A/S or related investments in connection
with the IPO or otherwise. Accordingly, references in the Offering Circular to
the Shares being offered, acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should be read
as including any offer to, acquisition, placing or dealing by, such Joint
Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners and the Co-lead Managers and any of
their affiliates acting as investors for their own accounts. The Joint Global
Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners and the Co-lead Managers do not intend to
disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in
accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.

Matters discussed in this communication may constitute forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are statements (other than statements of
historical fact) relating to future events and anticipated or planned financial
and operational performance and can be identified by words such as 'targets',
'believes', 'expects', 'aims', 'intends', 'plans', 'seeks', 'will', 'may',
'might', 'anticipates', 'would', 'could', 'should', 'continues', 'estimate' or
similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this communication are
based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further
assumptions. Although Matas A/S believes that these assumptions were reasonable
when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and
unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors which
are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control. Such risks,
uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual
events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this
communication by such forward-looking statements.

The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without
notice.

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Language: English
Company: Matas A/S

          Dänemark

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ISIN: DK0060497295
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