Following the successful completion of the CHF 247 million capital increase of Swiss Steel Holding AG the newly issued shares started trading on SIX Swiss Exchange on 23 March 2021. This completed a contested and publicized process in which Swiss Steel Holding’s second largest shareholder Liwet Holding AG had initiated court proceedings and filed an application seeking to block the capital increase. By decision of 29 January 2021, the district court of Lucerne rejected Liwet Holding AG’s respective request. Liwet Holding AG also filed applications with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss Takeover Board, which were rejected by FINMA and the Swiss Takeover Board on 27 January 2021 and 5 March 2021, respectively. An appeal by Liwet Holding AG to FINMA against the Swiss Takeover Board’s decision of 5 March 2021 remains pending.