EQS Group-Ad-hoc: SoftwareONE Holding AG / Schlagwort(e): Sonstiges SoftwareONE gibt Änderungen in der Aktionärsstruktur bekannt 2021-09-08 / 07:00 CET/CEST Veröffentlichung einer Ad-hoc-Mitteilung gemäss Art. 53 KR Für den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent / Herausgeber verantwortlich.

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SoftwareONE gibt Änderungen in der Aktionärsstruktur bekannt

Stans, Schweiz I 8. September 2020 - SoftwareONE Holding AG gab heute bekannt, dass insgesamt 8'621'223 Aktien durch KKR und die Erben von Patrick Winter verkauft und im Markt platziert wurden. Jean-Pierre Saad bleibt Mitglied im Verwaltungsrat.

SoftwareONE wurde darüber informiert, dass KKR 8'213'023 Aktien und die Erben von Patrick Winter 408,200 Aktien verkauft haben und dass diese Aktien wie am 7. September 2021 angekündigt im Markt platziert wurden. Nach Abwicklung der Transaktion, deren Abschluss am 10. September 2021 erwartet wird, wird KKR keine Anteile an SoftwareONE mehr halten und die Erben von Patrick Winter einen Anteil von 2,49%.

Daniel von Stockar, Verwaltungsratspräsident von SoftwareONE, erklärt: «Im Namen des Verwaltungsrats möchte ich KKR für die langjährige strategische Partnerschaft und die wertvollen Beiträge zur erfolgreichen Entwicklung von SoftwareONE danken. Wir freuen uns, dass Jean-Pierre Saad weiterhin als Mitglied des Verwaltungsrats mit uns zusammenarbeiten wird.»

Als Vertreter von KKR sagten Jean-Pierre Saad, Partner und Head of TMT in Europe und Philipp Schaelli, Principal TMT Europe: «Wir haben uns sehr gefreut mit den Gründern und dem Management von SoftwareONE zusammenzuarbeiten und das Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, sich zu einem echten europäischen Marktführer im Bereich Technologiedienstleistungen zu entwickeln, mit einer grossartigen Erfolgsbilanz, welche von der Öffentlichkeit anerkannt wird.»

Infolge der Transaktion wird erwartet, dass sich der Freefloat von SoftwareONE (exklusive Aktien unter Lock-up) auf rund 66% erhöhen wird. Mit rund 29% werden die Gründungsaktionäre Daniel von Stockar, Beat Curti und René Gilli zusammen den grössten Anteil an SoftwareONE halten.

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SoftwareONE mit Sitz in der Schweiz ist ein führender globaler Anbieter von End-to-End Software- und Cloud-Technologielösungen. Mit einem auf IP- und Technologiedienstleistungen ausgerichteten Portfolio ermöglicht SoftwareONE es Unternehmen, ihre kommerziellen, technologischen und digitalen Transformationsstrategien ganzheitlich zu entwickeln und umzusetzen. Dies wird durch die Modernisierung von Anwendungen und die Migration geschäftskritischer Workloads in Public Clouds erreicht, während gleichzeitig die zugehörigen Software- und Cloud-Bestände und -Lizenzen verwaltet und optimiert werden. Die Angebote von SoftwareONE sind über die eigenentwickelte digitale Plattform PyraCloud verbunden, die Kunden datenbasierte Informationen zur Verfügung stellt. Mit rund 8'300 Mitarbeitenden und Vertriebs- und Dienstleistungskapazitäten in 90 Ländern bietet SoftwareONE rund 65'000 Geschäftskunden Software- und Cloud-Lösungen von mehr als 7'500 Herstellern. Die Aktien von SoftwareONE (SWON) sind an der SIX Swiss Exchange kotiert. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter SoftwareONE.com.

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