Lucerne, April 1, 2020 – SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH, a global leader in special long steel, announces the successful completion of its financial restructuring. Following the capital increase of CHF 325 million completed in January 2020, the company has now signed the new financing agreements with the banks and its major shareholder BigPoint Holding AG, which will run until March 2025.

Lucerne, March 16, 2020 – SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH, a global leader in special long steel, has today announced that the holders of the EUR 350 million 5.625% Senior Secured Notes (“Notes”) issued by SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Luxembourg Finance S.A. (“Issuer”) and due in 2022 have validly tendered EUR 328,753 million (93.93 %) of the Notes as of the expiration of the offer on March 13, 2020.