Announcement • Aug 21
Beowolff Capital completed the acquisition of an unknown minority stake in Artnet AG (XTRA:ART) from Weng Fine Art AG (DB:WFA) and others. Beowolff Capital agreed to acquire an unknown minority stake in Artnet AG (XTRA:ART) from Weng Fine Art AG (DB:WFA) and others on May 27, 2025. A cash consideration valued at €11.25 per share will be paid by the buyer. At the time of the offer's announcement, Beowolff Capital had secured approximately 65% of all outstanding shares through irrevocable acceptance letters and share purchase agreements.
In connection with the offer announcement, Beowolff Capital and Artnet AG have today entered into an investment and delisting agreement. In this agreement, Artnet AG and Beowolff Capital have agreed that, subject to customary conditions and caveats, the Artnet AG will (i) support the Offer, (ii) apply for the revocation of the admission of the artnet Shares to trading on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) with effect as of the end of the additional acceptance period of the Offer (Delisting) and (iii) take all commercially reasonable steps and measures to terminate the inclusion of the artnet Shares in trading on the open market.
The offer is subject to approval by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. As of June 11, 2025, the sale of the stake in artnet AG (Artnet) has now been completed and the purchase price of almost €20 million for the Artnet shares acquired has been paid to Rüdiger K. Weng and the companies under his control. As of July 8, 2025, the deal has been approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. The management board and the supervisory board of Artnet AG recommends all shareholders of Artnet AG to accept the offer. The deal is expected to close on August 5, 2025.
As on August 5, 2025, Total of 1.531983 million artnet shares were tendered into the voluntary public takeover and delisting offer for artnet AG during the acceptance period this corresponds to approximately 26.85% of all outstanding artnet shares. Beowolff Capital Secures 97.17% of all artnet Shares and provided additional acceptance period which will end on August 22, 2025.
Weng Fine Art AG (WFA). Holger Alfes, Stephan Schulz, Philip M. Schmoll, Laurenz Wieneke, Jörg-Peter Kraack, Jan Hoffmann Linhard and Sebastian de Schmidt of Noerr Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB acted as legal advisor to Artnet AG. Benjamin Leyendecker of Kirkland & Ellis acted as legal advisor for Beowolff Capital. Richard Mayer-Uellner of CMS Germany act as legal advisor for Weng Fine Art AG. ParkView Partners acted as financial advisor to Beowolff Capital.
Beowolff Capital completed the acquisition of an unknown minority stake in Artnet AG (XTRA:ART) from Weng Fine Art AG (DB:WFA) and others on August 19, 2025. The squeeze-out is being implemented pursuant to Sections 327a et seq. of the German Stock Corporation Act. The Squeeze-Out under Stock Corporation Law becomes effective upon registration of the transfer resolution with the Company’s commercial register. Upon registration of the transfer resolution with the commercial register, all shares in the Company held by the Minority Shareholders will be transferred to Leonardo Art Holdings GmbH. 
