EQS-News: Lenzing AG launches fully underwritten capital increase with subscription rights
EQS-News: Lenzing AG / Key word(s): Capital Increase
Lenzing AG launches fully underwritten capital increase with subscription
rights
01.10.2026 / 08:33 CET/CEST
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Lenzing AG launches fully underwritten capital increase with subscription
rights
• Cash capital increase with subscription rights targeting gross
proceeds of approximately EUR 300 mn
• Lenzing intends to use the proceeds to support the implementation of
its “Grow Nonwovens, Reset Textiles” corporate strategy and to
strengthen its capital structure
• The offering is subject to the approval of the offering prospectus by
the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) and its publication by
the Company, both of which are expected today
• The subscription price has been set at EUR 8.65 per share
• For every 10 existing shares held, each shareholder may subscribe for
9 new shares
• The syndicate comprising the B&C Group and Suzano S.A., Lenzing’s
indirect majority shareholders, has committed to exercise all of its
subscription rights. In addition, Oberbank AG has committed to
exercise all of its subscription rights
• The syndicate and Oberbank AG have agreed to a customary six-month
lock-up
• The subscription period is expected to commence on October 6, 2026,
inclusive, and to end on October 20, 2026, inclusive
• The subscription rights are expected to be traded on the Official
Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange from October 6, 2026, inclusive,
until October 14, 2026, inclusive
• The international private placement of any unsubscribed new shares is
expected to take place on October 20, 2026
Lenzing, Austria, October 1, 2026 – The Management Board of Lenzing
Aktiengesellschaft (“Lenzing” or the “Company”), with the consent of the
Supervisory Board, has resolved, on the basis of the authorization granted
by the Extraordinary General Meeting on August 25, 2026, to carry out a
fully underwritten ordinary capital increase against cash contribution
with subscription rights for existing shareholders.
The capital increase is fully underwritten by BNP Paribas, UniCredit,
COMMERZBANK, and Erste Group (the „Joint Global Coordinators“), as well as
Raiffeisen Bank International, based on the commitments provided by the
syndicate comprising Lenzing’s indirect majority shareholders, B&C Group
and Suzano S.A., and by Oberbank AG. The offering is intended to generate
gross proceeds of approximately EUR 300 mn.
The proceeds from the offering will provide Lenzing with additional
financial flexibility, support the implementation of its „Grow Nonwovens,
Reset Textiles“ strategy, and further strengthen the Company’s capital
structure.
„With the launch of the capital increase, we are taking a decisive step
forward in executing our strategic transformation. The transaction
provides us with the financial flexibility required to expand our
nonwovens business, reposition our textiles business, and sustainably
enhance the competitiveness of the Lenzing Group. Together with our
focused premium product portfolio and strong innovation pipeline, we are
creating the foundation for profitable growth and a more resilient,
future-oriented Lenzing Group,“ says Georg Kasperkovitz, CEO of the
Lenzing Group.
At the end of July this year, the Lenzing Group announced its strategic
transformation under the program „Grow Nonwovens, Reset Textiles“ to
consistently align the business with sustainable, profitable growth and a
stronger capital structure. The strategy focuses on significantly
expanding the nonwovens business, sharpening the textiles business toward
differentiated premium segments and strategic customer partnerships, and
further strengthening the profitable pulp and biorefinery business. As
part of this transformation, Lenzing is optimizing its global production
network by strengthening selected core sites, including Lenzing, Austria,
while discontinuing fiber production at the Heiligenkreuz (Austria) and
Grimsby (United Kingdom) sites. To ensure a smooth transfer of production
volumes to other Lenzing sites, the closure of the Heiligenkreuz
production facility is now planned for the end of the first quarter of
2027. In Grimsby, production is still expected to cease by the end of
2027, while the divestment process for the Purwakarta (Indonesia) site
remains ongoing. In addition, Lenzing is implementing a focused
performance program targeting savings of EUR 120 mn compared with 2025.
Alongside the capital increase with subscription rights targeting gross
proceeds of approximately EUR 300 mn, Lenzing has secured new financing of
up to EUR 300 mn and agreed extensions of existing financing arrangements
through 2030. Over the medium term, Lenzing aims to increase EBITDA by EUR
150 mn, achieve an EBITDA margin of 20 to 25 percent, and reduce net
leverage to below 2.5x EBITDA.
„The capital increase further strengthens our equity base and creates a
more balanced financing profile. Together with the planned credit
facilities and maturity extensions, we intend to gradually reduce
leverage, proactively address upcoming maturities, and secure funding for
the strategic transformation. This will align our capital structure over
the long term with the Company’s strategic and operational priorities,“
says Mathias Breuer, CFO of the Lenzing Group.
Key terms of the offering
As part of the offering, 34,756,362 new no-par value bearer shares
carrying dividend rights as from January 1, 2026 are to be issued. The
subscription price is EUR 8.65 per new share. This represents a discount
of 42.50 percent to the theoretical ex-rights price, calculated on the
basis of the closing price of the Lenzing share on September 30, 2026. The
gross proceeds from the offering will amount to approximately EUR 300 mn.
Each shareholder will receive one subscription right for each Lenzing
share held as of 11:59 p.m. Central European Summer Time on October 1,
2026. The subscription ratio is 10 to 9. Accordingly, for every 10
existing shares held or the corresponding number of subscription rights,
shareholders and holders of subscription rights will be entitled to
subscribe for 9 new shares. No compensation will be paid for subscription
rights that are not exercised. The subscription rights will, however, be
transferable and may be traded in the auction market of the Official
Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange during the scheduled rights trading
period.
Any new shares not subscribed for by existing shareholders or holders of
subscription rights may be offered for purchase to selected institutional
and other qualified investors by way of an international private
placement. The offer price in the private placement will be at least equal
to the subscription price.
Subscription commitments and lock-up arrangements
The syndicate formed by the B&C Group and Suzano S.A. currently indirectly
holds approximately 52.25 percent of Lenzing’s share capital. Subject to
customary conditions, the syndicate has irrevocably committed to
subscribe, in proportion to its shareholding, for 18,159,291 new shares at
the subscription price as part of the offering, whereby Suzano S.A. will
sell a portion of its subscription rights, entitling the holder to
subscribe for 1,757,754 new shares, to a B&C Group company. The B&C Group
has committed to exercise these subscription rights. Suzano S.A. will, as
part of the capital increase, invest a total of approximately EUR 22.5
million in new capital. The exercise of all subscription rights
attributable to the syndicate will generate gross proceeds of
approximately EUR 157.1 mn. Oberbank AG, which holds approximately 3.87
percent of Lenzing’s share capital, has also committed, subject to
customary conditions, to subscribe, in proportion to its shareholding, for
1,344,168 new shares at the subscription price. This corresponds to gross
proceeds of approximately EUR 11.6 mn. Following the offering, B&C Group
will indirectly hold approximately 39.64 percent and Suzano S.A. will
indirectly hold approximately 12.60 percent of Lenzing’s share capital.
The syndicate and Oberbank AG have each agreed to a customary six-month
lock-up in respect of the shares held by them, save that up to an
aggregate of 1,757,754 shares held by the B&C Group, corresponding to the
number of shares to be subscribed for by the B&C Group upon exercise of
the subscription rights acquired from Suzano S.A., will be exempt from the
lock-up.
The existing syndicate agreement between B&C Group and Suzano S.A.
regarding representation of the two majority shareholders on the
Supervisory Board will remain unchanged. This also applies to Suzano
S.A.’s contractual option to acquire up to a 15 percent stake in Lenzing
from B&C Group by the end of 2028.
Patrick Lackenbucher, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lenzing AG, and
Carlos Anibal Almeida, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, jointly
state as representatives of the core shareholders B&C Group and Suzano
S.A.: “We fully support Lenzing AG’s strategic transformation, including
the announced performance and capital measures. We believe that the new
strategic direction under “Grow Nonwovens, Reset Textiles” provides a
strong basis to sustainably strengthen the Company’s competitiveness,
profitability and long-term value creation potential.”
Goldman Sachs Asset Management B.V., managing 6.20 percent of Lenzing’s
share capital on behalf of three investment management client entities
forming part of NN Group (the “NN Shareholders”), has informed Lenzing
that it intends to instruct a sale of existing Lenzing shares held by
these entities ex-rights to investors prior to the start of the
subscription period with a view to generating aggregate net proceeds of
approximately EUR 18 mn through a private placement. The take-up of the
Rights to be granted to the NN Shareholders is conditional upon successful
completion of the private placement. Launch and pricing of the private
placement will be determined at the sole discretion of NN Shareholders.
The net proceeds from this private placement will be used to fund the
take-up of the Rights to be granted to the NN Shareholders.
Indicative timetable for the offering
Subject to the publication of the prospectus approved by the Austrian
Financial Market Authority (FMA), the new shares will be offered to
existing shareholders by way of indirect subscription rights pursuant to
section 153(6) of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act. Erste Group Bank AG
will act as subscription agent. The subscription period is expected to run
from Tuesday, October 6, 2026, up to and including Tuesday, October 20,
2026. The subscription rights are expected to be traded under ISIN
AT0000A3XCR6 in the auction market of the Official Market of the Vienna
Stock Exchange from October 6, 2026, up to and including October 14, 2026.
The existing Lenzing shares are expected to trade ex-rights from October
2, 2026.
Settlement and delivery of the new shares and trading in the new shares
under the existing ISIN AT0000644505 in the Prime Market segment of the
Vienna Stock Exchange are expected to commence on October 23, 2026. This
is subject to the registration of the implementation of the capital
increase with the Austrian Commercial Register. The right to terminate the
offering is reserved.
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About the Lenzing Group
The Lenzing Group is an internationally operating company that develops
and manufactures wood-based product solutions for the textile and
nonwovens industries. As one of the few companies worldwide, Lenzing
combines the production of cellulose fibers and filaments, as well as
dissolving wood pulp and biorefinery products, under one roof, thereby
covering key stages of the production process in-house. Lenzing’s
wood-based specialty fibers and filaments are developed to meet demanding
and highly specialized customer requirements and applications and are used
in a wide range of end products, including apparel, home textiles, hygiene
products, as well as medical and industrial applications. They are
marketed under the TENCEL™, LENZING™ ECOVERO™, VEOCEL™, and LENZING™
product brands.
More information on [6] www.lenzing.com
Key Facts & Figures Lenzing Group 2025
Revenue: EUR 2.60 bn
Nominal capacity (fibers): 1,110,000 tonnes
Employees (full-time equivalents): 7,738
TENCEL™, LENZING™ ECOVERO™, VEOCEL™, LENZING™, and REFIBRA™ are trademarks
of Lenzing AG.
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