Nanogate: Meeting of creditors on November 4, 2020

• Insolvency proceedings opened on September 1, 2020
• Striving to continue the group and keep as many jobs as possible
• Operating business continues unchanged
• Attorney Günter Staab confirmed as insolvency monitor
• New short financial year since September 1, 2020

The first creditors‘ meeting (as report and verification meeting) in the insolvency proceedings (protective shield proceedings under self-administration) of Nanogate SE, a leading global technology company for design-oriented, multifunctional components and surfaces, is scheduled to take place on November 4, 2020, in Sulzbach/Saar. Meanwhile, the Saarbrücken District Court has opened the insolvency proceedings for Nanogate SE on September 1, 2020. The same applies to the ongoing proceedings at the subsidiaries Nanogate Management Services GmbH, Nanogate PD Systems GmbH, Nanogate Neunkirchen GmbH, Nanogate Kierspe GmbH and Nanogate NRW GmbH. The court ordered the self-administration as requested. The business operations are continuing unchanged and undiminished.

The Management Board of Nanogate SE aims to restructure the Group. As many jobs as possible are to be retained in the process. The management is currently working on the restructuring measures and the insolvency plan together with the experienced restructuring experts Matthias Bayer and Franz Abel (both from the law firm Abel und Kollegen and also general representatives of Nanogate SE).

The court confirmed the previous provisional insolvency monitor, Justice Councillor Günter Staab, in his function. With the opening of the insolvency proceedings, creditors can now file their claims to the insolvency table.

Completion of the annual financial statements for the 2019 fiscal year and the finalization of the audit of these financial statements will become possible only after the insolvency plan has been submitted. With the opening of the insolvency proceedings, an abbreviated fiscal year from January 1 to August 31, 2020, ended and a new short fiscal year began on September 1, 2020.

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