Saxony Minerals & Exploration - SME AG: Subscription of the 7.75% bond possible from today until presumably 29 October 2019

Halsbrücke (pta008/17.10.2019/09:00 UTC+2) Saxony Minerals & Exploration - SME AG: Subscription of the 7.75% bond possible from today until presumably 29 October 2019

Halsbrücke, 17 October 2019 - The offer period for the bond 2019/2025 (ISIN: DE000A2YN7A3) of Saxony Minerals & Exploration - SME AG (SME AG) starts today on 17 October 2019 and presumably ends on Tuesday, 29 October 2019 at 12:00 am (subject to early closing). The bond with a tenor of 5.5 years has a volume of up to EUR 30 million and an annual interest rate of 7.75%. The inclusion in the trading on the Open Market of Deutsche Börse AG (Freiverkehr der Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) will presumably take place on 1 November 2019. The bond proceeds will be used primarily to significantly expand SME AG's mining activities in the Pöhla mine in Saxony for the commodities tungsten and fluorite and to transfer these activities to commercial production.

Interested private investors from Germany and Luxembourg can submit subscription orders via the "DirectPlace" subscription functionality of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Institutional investors can place their buy orders directly with the Bookrunner BankM - Representative Office of flatex Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main. GBR Financial Services GmbH acts as selling agent.

Important note:
This publication is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to make an offer to purchase any securities and is not for distribution, transmission or publication, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan or any country in which the distribution of this publication is illegal.

The securities which are the subject of this publication will be offered by the Issuer exclusively in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by way of a public offer on the basis of the securities prospectus approved by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier ("CSSF") on 30 September 2019, the supplement thereto dated 10 October 2019 and the announcement/pricing notice dated 9 October 2019 as well as by way of a private placement with qualified investors in Germany and in certain jurisdictions in the European Economic Area. There will be no public offering outside the Federal Republic of Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

In particular, the securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act") and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

This publication does not constitute a prospectus. The investment decision of interested investors with regard to the securities mentioned in this publication should be made solely on the basis of the securities prospectus prepared by the Issuer in connection with the public offering of these securities and approved by the CSSF and the terms and conditions of the Bonds, which can be viewed on the website of the Issuer at https://unternehmensanleihe.smeag.de in each case.

The German version of this disclaimer in the according press release is deemed to be legally binding.

Contact:
Frank Ostermair, Linh Chung
Better Orange IR & HV AG
Phone: +49 89 8896906 14
Email: frank.ostermair@better-orange.de

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