€8.5m raised and a market capitalisation of €25.9m
Paris – 23 December 2015 – EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), today congratulated DBT, the European leader in charging stations for electric cars, on its listing on Alternext Paris.
Founded in 1990, DBT is a recognised player in professional electrical equipment that includes access control terminals, power distribution terminals and transformers, and is the European leader in quick-charge stations for electric cars. The group designs, builds and markets a comprehensive range of charging stations, including some of the most efficient and broadest ranges anywhere, and counts over 450 active clients. Based in Douai in Northern France, DBT has 62 employees.
DBT (ticker code: ALDBT) was listed through the admission to trading of the 4,012,097 common shares making up its equity, including 1,316,447 new shares issued as part of a Global Offering[1].
DBT's admission price and issue price were set at €6.46 per share. Market capitalisation on the day of listing was €25.9 million and the operation raised a total €8.5 million.
Hervé Borgoltz, Chairman of DBT, said: “I would like to extend warm thanks to our many individual shareholders for their trust and contribution to the success of this transaction. And also to the new institutional investors that have joined us and our historic shareholders Nord Capital and Turenne Capital, who have once again proven their support for our growth strategy. The present round of funding was completed successfully thanks to support from our partners, and gives us the resources we need to carry out the ambitious growth plan led by DBT teams. The 10,000 quick-change terminals we plan to have up and running by 2020 will help make electric cars more widely available.”
Eric Forest, Chairman and CEO of EnterNext, added: “We are delighted to welcome DBT, a company growing innovative technologies to meet the environmental challenges of tomorrow. In recent years, EnterNext has emerged as a major player in financing eco-industries, raising over €350 million since 2010. DBT is also the first family-owned company from Northern France to join us in many years—and we hope that the success of this transaction will bring more of that region's entrepreneurs on board.”
[1]The Global Offering was made up of a Public Offering that included an Open Price Public Offering and a Global Placement with institutional investors in France and other countries.
About DBT
Founded in 1990 by Hervé Borgoltz, DBT Group is a recognized player in professional electrical equipment (access control terminals, power distribution terminals, current transformers) and is the European leader in quick-charge stations.
The Group designs, builds and markets a comprehensive range of charging stations, among the most efficient and broadest ranges in the market, for every type of use, from normal charging (3 to 8 hrs), to semi-fast (1 to 3 hrs) and quick charging (20 to 30 mins). DBT has an installed park of more than 16,500 charging stations including 1,553 quick-charge, and 450 active customers including Auchan, Autogrill, BP, EDF, Eurotunnel, Ikea, Kiwi, McDonald’s, Nissan, Sodetrel, and the cities of Bordeaux, Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, etc.Recognized as an “Innovative Enterprise” by Bpifrance, DBT generated €17.2 million in revenues in 2014/15. The Group is based in Douai and has 62 employees. For more information visit www.dbt-bourse.com