SALE OF MAXIMUM 16,000,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF TECHNOGYM S.P.A. THROUGH AN ACCELERATED BOOKBUILDING ADDRESSED TO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Cesena (Italy), 31 May 2017 – Wellness Holding S.r.l. (“Wellness Holding”), a company holding 60% of the share capital of Technogym S.p.A. (the “Company”), today has launched the placement of maximum n. 16,000,000 ordinary shares of Technogym S.p.A., equal to 8% of the share capital of the Company, through an accelerated bookbuilding process addressed to qualified investors in Italy and foreign institutional investors.
Mediobanca – Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. is acting as Sole Bookrunner.
The transaction, which also aims to meet investors' expectations for an increase of the free float and a greater liquidity of the shares, is commencing immediately and could be closed at any time. Wellness Holding will announce the outcome of the transaction upon its completion.
In the context of the transaction and in accordance with market practice, Wellness Holding has committed to a 180 day lock-up undertaking relating to its residual interest in the Company after completion of the transaction (subject to the usual exceptions).
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This announcement is not for publication, distribution or release, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and dependencies, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia). The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration thereunder or pursuant to an available exemption therefrom. Neither this document nor the information contained herein constitutes or forms part of an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in the United States. There will be no public offer of any securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction.
In member states of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) which have implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), this announcement and any offer if made subsequently is directed exclusively at persons who are “qualified investors” within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive (“Qualified Investors”). For these purposes, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in a Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU. In the United Kingdom this announcement is directed exclusively at Qualified Investors (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”) or (ii) who fall within Article 49(2)(A) to (D) of the Order, and (iii) to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated; any other persons in the United Kingdom should not take any action on the basis of this announcement and should not act on or rely on it. This announcement is not an offer of securities or investments for sale nor a solicitation of an offer to buy securities or investments in any jurisdiction where such offer or solicitation would be unlawful. No action has been taken that would permit an offering of the securities or possession or distribution of this announcement in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
In connection with any offering of the shares of Technogym S.p.A. (the “Shares”), the Sole Bookrunner and any of its affiliates acting as an investor for its own account may take up as a proprietary position any Shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase or sell for their own account such Shares. In addition the Sole Bookrunner or its affiliates may enter into financing arrangements and swaps with investors in connection with which the Sole Bookrunner (or its affiliates) may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of Shares. The Sole Bookrunner does not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation to do so.
