The share capital increase completes the refinancing of the bridge loan entered into by Elis in connection with the acquisitions of Indusal and Lavebras
Saint-Cloud, February 9, 2017 - Elis, the leading multi-services group in Europe and Latin America, specializing in the rental and maintenance of professional clothing, textile articles, hygiene and wellbeing appliances, announces today the success of its share capital increase with preferential subscription rights to existing shareholders launched on January 19th, 2017, completing the refinancing of the bridge loan entered into in connection with the acquisitions of Indusal and Lavebras, two major players in Spain and in Brazil respectively.
The final gross proceeds of the rights issue (including the issue premium) amount to €325,176,649.50 and result in the issuance of 25,910,490 new shares.
Following the subscription period, which ended on February 3rd, 2017, total subscription orders amounted to approximately €853m, representing a subscription rate of 262.34%:
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25,790,720 new shares were subscribed on a non-reducible basis (à titre irréductible), representing 99.54% of the new shares to be issued ;
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Orders submitted on a reducible basis (à titre réductible) represented 42,183,211 new shares and will therefore be partly fulfilled. 119,770 new shares (representing 0.46% of the new shares to be issued) will thus be allocated according to a ratio equal to 0.003199940025 calculated on the number of rights exercised on a non-reducible basis (à titre irréductible), disregarding fractions and provided that no allocation may exceed the number of shares subscribed for on a reducible basis (à titre réductible).
In accordance with their respective subscription commitments, Eurazeo[1] and Crédit Agricole Assurances[2], Elis`s two main shareholders holding respectively 16.9% and 10% of the share capital, exercised all of their subscription rights on a non-reducible basis (à titre irréductible), for a combined amount of approximately €87m.
Commenting on the success of this transaction, Xavier Martiré, Elis`s CEO, said: "We are delighted by the success of this capital increase, which was very well received by both French and international institutional investors, evidencing again their confidence in Elis`s strategy and its international development prospects. We would like to thank our shareholders for their ongoing support."
Settlement and delivery of the new shares and beginning of trading on Euronext Paris (Segment A) will take place on February 13th, 2017. The new shares will carry dividend rights and will entitle their holders to any dividends declared by Elis from the date of issuance. They will be, as from their issuance date, fully fungible with Elis`s existing shares and will be traded under the same ISIN code as Elis`s existing shares (FR0012435121).
Following the completion of the capital increase, the share capital of Elis will consist of 139,916,657 shares and will amount to €1,399,166,570.
Elis has agreed to a lock-up period of 180 calendar days after the settlement-delivery date of the capital increase, subject to certain exceptions.
Eurazeo, Legendre Holding 27 and Crédit Agricole Assurances (via its subsidiary Predica) have each agreed to a lock-up period of 90 calendar days after the settlement-delivery of the capital increase, with respect to their entire ownership interest in Elis`s capital, subject to certain exceptions.
The rights issue (except for the above-mentioned subscription commitments) was underwritten by a syndicate of banks including BNP PARIBAS, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, acting as Joint Global Coordinators, Joint Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners.
Information available to the public
A French-language prospectus including (i) the registration document (document de référence) of Elis registered with the French Market Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)) on April 13th, 2016 under number R.16-019, (ii) the update of the registration document registered with the AMF on January 18th, 2017 under number D.16-0083-A01, and (iii) a securities note (note d`opération) (including the summary of the prospectus) which was filed with the AMF and received visa number 17-022 dated January 18th, 2017 is available free of charge from the Company (5, boulevard Louis Loucheur - 92210 Saint-Cloud - France) as well as from the websites of the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and the Company (www.corporate-elis.com).
The public`s attention is drawn to the risk factors included in chapter 2 of the registration document, in chapter 2 of the update to the registration document and in chapter 2 of the securities note.
Contact
Nicolas Buron, Investor Relations Director - Phone: +33 1 75 49 93 93 - nicolas.buron@elis.com
Disclaimer
The English version of this press release may differ from the French version for regulatory reasons.
The public`s attention is drawn to the risk factors described in chapter 2 of the registration document, in chapter 2 of the update to the registration document and in chapter 2 of the securities note, which should be carefully considered before making any investment decision. The materialization of all or any of these risks may have an adverse effect on the Group`s operations, financial conditions, results or objectives, or the market price of Elis shares.
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Any public offering of Elis securities may be made only in France and only pursuant to a prospectus having received the visa of the AMF.
This press release does not constitute an offer or a solicitation to sell or subscribe requiring a prospectus within the meaning of Directive 2003/71/CE of the European Parliament and Council dated 4 November 2003, as amended, in particular by Directive 2010/73/UE in the case where such directive was implemented into law in the member States of the European Economic Area (together, the "Prospectus Directive"). This press release is not a prospectus within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.
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Each of the Joint Global Coordinators is acting exclusively for Elis in connection with the offering and no other person in relation to the offering and will not regard any person other than Elis (whether or not a recipient of this press release) as its client in relation to the offering and will not be responsible to anyone other than Elis for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for giving advice in relation to the offering or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to in this press release.
[1] As of the launch date of the rights issue, Eurazeo held directly 0.8% of Elis`s share capital, and 16.1% via its subsidiary Legendre Holding 27.
[2] As of the launch date of the rights issue, Crédit Agricole Assurances held 10% of Elis`s share capital via its subsidiary Predica.
Elis announces the success of its share capital increase
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