舍弗勒股份公司今天完成了首次股票公开发行（IPO）。总共7,500万无投票权普通股向机构投资者售出，其中6,600万股来自舍弗勒股份公司的增资，900万股来自舍弗勒管理有限公司。此次IPO的发行价定在12.50欧元每股，筹资总额达到约9.38亿欧元，认购量超过初始数倍。
“我们很高兴能在这样一个充满挑战性的市场环境下成功完成IPO。来自投资者的强劲需求证明舍弗勒是一个非常具有吸引力的投资选择。此次IPO为舍弗勒股份公司的持续性盈利增长铺平了道路。”舍弗勒集团首席执行官克劳斯·罗森菲尔德（Klaus Rosen-feld）说。
此次IPO的收益将被用于降低舍弗勒股份公司的债务，可持续性地维持公司的财务健康。通过此次股票发行，舍弗勒集团的法律架构重组也圆满划上句号。
舍弗勒股份公司股东及监事会主席乔治·F. W.·舍弗勒（Georg F. W. Schaeffler）表示，“通过这次成功交易，我们数年来为之努力的双支柱模式（舍弗勒股份公司—大陆股份公司）得以确立，顶端是发挥战略作用的控股公司。”
舍弗勒股份公司股东及监事会副主席玛利亚—伊丽莎白·舍弗勒—图曼（ Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann）表示：“舍弗勒集团未来仍将是家族企业。作为股东，我们将为客户、供应商和广大员工的利益肩负起进一步成功发展的责任。”
舍弗勒股份公司此次发行的无投票权普通股将从2015年10月9日起在法兰克福股票交易所主板市场开始交易，交易符号为SHA，德国证券代码为SHA015，国际证券代码为DE000SHA0159。
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