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OHB SE — M&A Activity 2008
Dec 17, 2008
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Corporate | 17 December 2008 15:22
OHB Technology AG: OHB Group sold shareholding in US space business Space Dev Inc.
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OHB Group sold shareholding in US space business SpaceDev Inc. according to
the merger agreement with Sierra Nevada Corporation
Bremen/Augsburg, December 17, 2008. OHB Technology Group (ISIN:
DE0005936124, Prime Standard), sold their 19 percent shareholding in
publicly listed SpaceDev Inc, Poway (California), USA, (NASDAQ, OTCBB:
SPDV). Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) acquired by way of a merger of a
wholly owned subsidiary of SNC into SpaceDev 7,973,129 shares from OHB
Technology AG and MT Aerospace AG for 0.72658 USD per share according to
the merger agreement.
Proceeds of sales of the shareholding amounts to around 5.8 million USD
corresponding currently to 4.1 million EUR. OHB Group realizes a book
profit of 0.5 million EUR from its SpaceDev investment. Earnings per share
of OHB Group in 2008 will benefit from this transaction in the amount of
approximately 0.05 EUR.
OHB Technology and SpaceDev/SNC will continue their strategic partnership
to cooperate in US space business.
For more information regarding the acquisition by way of a merger of a
wholly owned subsidiary of SNC into SpaceDev please visit:
www.spacedev.com
www.sncorp.com
Contact for investors and analysts: Contact for the media:
Michael Vér Steffen Leuthold
Investor Relations Corporate Communications
Tel.: +49 421 – 2020-727 Tel.: +49 421 – 2020-620
Fax: +49 421 – 2020-613 Fax: +49 421 – 2020-700
E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]
www.ohb-technology.de www.ohb-system.de
Contact for investors and analysts: Contact for the media:
Michael Vér Steffen Leuthold
Investor Relations Corporate Communications
Tel.: +49 421 – 2020-727 Tel.: +49 421 – 2020-620
Fax: +49 421 – 2020-613 Fax: +49 421 – 2020-700
E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]
www.ohb-technology.de www.ohb-system.de
17.12.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
Language: English
Issuer: OHB Technology AG
Karl-Ferdinand-Braun-Str. 8
28359 Bremen
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)421 2020 8
Fax: +49 (0)421 2020 613
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.ohb-technology.de
ISIN: DE0005936124
WKN: 593612
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
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