DEAG agrees takeover offer, plans to delist stock

Going private after 23 years will give Deutsche Entertainment greater resources for future acquisitions, CEO Peter Schwenkow tells IQ

DEAG CEO Peter Schwenkow

Deutsche Entertainment Group AG (DEAG) has announced plans to take its stock private as part of a takeover bid valuing the German live entertainment company at just over €60 million.

The Berlin-based promoter and ticket agency, which has interests in Germany, Switzerland, the UK and the Republic of Ireland, intends to delist from Frankfurt’s Xetra stock exchange after 23 years as a public company.

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Plans for the delisting come after DEAG’s management board, led by CEO Peter Schwenkow, accepted a takeover offer from the company’s largest single shareholder, Apeiron Investment Group, and its Malta-based subsidiary Musai Capital.

According to a market notice issued by DEAG this morning (11 January), all members of the management team will stay in place following the acquisition, and all…

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