von Premium » Fr Mär 31, 2017 8:52 am
Completion of placing of shares held by certain pre 2007 IPO shareholders, beneficiaries of the employee stock option plan and treasury shares
Cosmo Pharmaceuticals N.V. (the “Company”) today announces that Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (“Berenberg”) has placed approximately 1.33 million ordinary shares (“Placing Shares”) in the Company on behalf of certain pre 2007 IPO shareholders, beneficiaries of the employee stock option plan (“ESOP”) and treasury shares of the Company by way of an accelerated book-build offering to qualified investors (the “Placing”).
The Placing Shares were placed at a price of CHF 162.00 per share, a 8.3 per cent discount to the previous closing price on 30 March 2017.
The Placing Shares consisted of:
200,000 shares directly held by Mr. Roberto Villa, a 74 year old employee of the Company
200,000 shares held by Mr. Gerald Herz;
618,500 shares created by the exercise of stock options and held by the Company on behalf of certain employees and directors of the Company (the “ESOP Beneficiaries”);
315,447 existing treasury shares of the Company.
The Company’s largest shareholder, Cosmo Holding S.a.r.l. did not sell any shares in the Placing.
The Company received CHF 102.8 million proceeds from the transaction.
The Company and all Selling Shareholders including the ESOP Beneficiaries have agreed that they will not, for a period of 90 days following the completion of the Placing, offer, sell or otherwise transfer any shares from their respective residual shareholdings in the Company.
Berenberg acted as Sole Bookrunner and Placing Agent for the Placing.
Following the exercise of the stock options by certain employees and directors of the Company, Cosmo Pharmaceuticals N.V. has [15,037,483] shares in issue admitted to and trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange and a free float of [50.2] per cent.
Alessandro Della Cha, CEO of Cosmo said: “we are happy to have been able to complete this transaction and thus increase the liquidity of our shares for the benefit of all shareholders. We thank Berenberg for the good work done”.
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