The of BMW-Major shareholder Susanne Klatten (63) founded investment company Skion is selling its remaining shares in the Hamburger for 225 million euros Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex.
According to the bank in charge, Skion threw seven million Nordex shares onto the market on Thursday. This corresponds to 2.96 percent of the share capital. The bank announced that the securities would most likely be allocated at 32.15 euros. This is a discount of just under 5 percent on the Xetra closing price of 33.80 euros. At this price they are several times oversubscribed.
On Wednesday, the Nordex share reached an annual high of 34.72 euros, and within a year the price has more than tripled.
Skion joined Nordex in 2008, but sold a large part of its stake to Nordex in 2015 when the Spanish Acciona joined. With 47.1 percent, Acciona is by far the largest Nordex shareholder.
Through Skion, Klatten invests broadly in chemical, medical technology and energy companies and is therefore one of the most important private investors in German sectors of the future. Klatten had announced 2024, Skion gradually to hand over to their children.