DGAP-News: Exasol AG : Successful stock market debut

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Exasol AG: Successful stock market debut

• Exasol opens on the first day of trading up 47% above the issue price of EUR 9.50
• Exasol employed a virtual e-Roadshow process, concluding over 100 virtual meetings with potential investors in 15 countries

Nuremberg, 25 May 2020 - Exasol AG (ISIN: DE000A0LR9G9; www.exasol.com), a global technology company and provider of a next-generation software-based data engine, has started successfully trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today, booking an opening price of EUR 14 for its shares - 47% above the issue price of EUR 9.50.

Aaron Auld, CEO of Exasol AG:
"As I stand here today in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new investors who join the Exasol journey at an exciting time. The IPO marks the start of a new chapter in our growth story and I look forward to delivering you more positive news in the near future."

Mathias Golombek, CTO of Exasol AG:
"At Exasol, we believe that data has the power to transform businesses. With our IPO proceeds we now have the capability and resources to really drive our engagement with organizations and empower them to push the boundaries of what it means to be data-driven."


Exasol's Initial Public Offering ("IPO") represents the first successful initial listing in Germany in 2020 year to date and one of the few successful high-growth Technology IPOs in Europe in recent years. The IPO process was one of the first in the world to employ a fully virtual IPO process with more than 100 e-roadshow meetings with potential investors in over 15 countries worldwide.

Exasol AG shares have the international securities identification number (ISIN) DE000A0LR9G9, the German "Wertpapierkennnummer" (WKN) A0LR9G and the ticker symbol EXL.

Hauck & Aufhäuser acted as Sole Global Coordinator and Sole Bookrunner.

Exasol Press contact

Carla Gutierrez, Global Communications Manager

Tel: + 44 786 0151691

Email: [email protected]

About Exasol


Exasol is the analytics database. Its high-performance in-memory analytics database gives organizations the power to transform how they work with data, on-premises, in the cloud or both - and turn it into value faster, easier and more cost effectively than ever before.

To learn more about Exasol please visit www.exasol.com

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