- The bell rings at the first stock exchange price of 17.70 Euro
- Europe's largest offering in the financial sector 2019 YTD
- prime market as top segment offers large international stage
(Vienna) Today, Addiko Bank AG, a consumer and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) specialist banking group in Central and Southeastern Europe, joined the prime market of the Vienna Stock Exchange under the symbol ADKO (ISIN: AT000ADDIKO0). Following the IPO of Marinomed Biotech AG in February and Frequentis AG in May, this is the third and largest listing in the top segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange this year. The offer price was 16.00 Euro. The market capitalization at the start of trading was 345 million euros. The free float is around 55%. From the second trading day, 15 July 2019, Addiko will be added to the ATX prime index.
"Congratulations to Addiko! In a challenging environment, the bank has succeeded in becoming the largest listing in the European financial sector in 2019. In the Austrian prime market, the company enjoys the highest visibility and liquidity, especially for international investors," says Christoph Boschan, CEO of Wiener Börse AG.
The transaction was accompanied by Citigroup Global Markets and Goldman Sachs International. Joint bookrunners were Erste Group Bank, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods and Raiffeisen Centrobank. As a specialist in continuous trading, the latter ensures additional trading liquidity and high quality pricing.
Addiko Group consists of Addiko Bank AG, the Austrian parent bank with a local banking licence supervised by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), and six subsidiary banks licensed and operating in the following five countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro.
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