DGAP-Ad hoc: BDI - BioEnergy International AG

DGAP-Adhoc: BDI - BioEnergy International AG: Offer to existing shareholders announced, delisting of shares of BDI intended

BDI - BioEnergy International AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous/Delisting

17.10.2016 12:45

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BDI - BioEnergy International AG: Offer to existing shareholders announced, delisting of shares of BDI intended

17.10.2016

(Grambach, 17 October 2016) The stock listed leading technology supplier BDI - BioEnergy International AG ("BDI"), informs that an offer to purchase the shares held by the freefloat shareholders has been announced by BDI's principal shareholder and that it is intended to apply for a delisting of the BDI shares.

BDI Beteiligungs GmbH, BDI's principal shareholder, holding currently 72.46 % of the shares of BDI, intends to launch a voluntary offer for the shares held by the retail shareholders. The shareholders will be offered a price of EUR 13.50 in exchange for each BDI share.

BDI intends, in agreement with BDI Beteiligungs GmbH, to delist the shares of BDI from the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in due course following the publication of the offer document and to file an application for the revocation of the listing and trading of BDI's shares on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. BDI does not intend to initiate admission on any other regulated market or a trading platform.

The Management Board of BDI, after consultation of the Supervisory Board, welcomes the transaction as a whole and intends, subject to the review of the offer document, to support the offer and to recommend that BDI shareholders accept such offer.

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Information and Explanation of the Issuer to this News:

About BDI - BioEnergy International AG

BDI - BioEnergy International AG is market and technology leader in the construction of customised BioDiesel plants using the Multi-Feedstock Technology the company has developed itself, which can manufacture BioDiesel from different raw materials, such as Vegetable Oils, Used Cooking Oils and Animal Fats.

BDI has specialised in the development of technologies that make optimum use of resources in the industrial processing of by- and waste products ever since it was established in 1996 and owns an extensive patent portfolio that has resulted from its in-house research and development activities. As a leading constructor of special plants, BDI also supplies efficient plant concepts in the from waste to value field that are designed to produce BioGas from industrial and municipal waste. The range of services includes public authority, basic and detailed engineering, installation and start-up as well as after-sales support.

BDI - BioEnergy International AG and the companies it consolidates currently have 125 employees. The shares of BDI - BioEnergy International AG (ISIN AT0000A02177) are listed in the General Standard/Regulated Market at Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Contact for further information: Mag. Andreas Ehart CFO - Member of the Management Board

BDI - BioEnergy International AG Parkring 18 A-8074 Grambach/Graz, Austria Tel: +43 / 316 / 4009 - 100 Fax: +43 / 316 / 4009 - 110 www.bdi-bioenergy.com bdi@bdi-bioenergy.com

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