THIS PRESS RELEASE AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND JAPAN.
Zurich / Switzerland, 11 January 2012
ARYZTA AG ("ARYZTA") announces that, following a placing arranged overnight and this morning with a limited number of institutional investors, it has raised gross proceeds of CHF 174,341,799 through a placing of 4,252,239 new shares at an issue price of CHF 41.00 per share. The new shares will be fully fungible with ARYZTA's existing shares and entitled to the dividend for the financial year 2011.
The placing is scheduled to settle on 17 January 2012. The
first trading day of the new shares on SIX Swiss Exchange is
expected to be 16 January 2012. Their listing on ISE Irish
Stock Exchange will be arranged in due course.
The number of shares in issue in ARYZTA following completion
of the placing will increase from 87,558,295 shares
(83,785,436 shares excluding treasury shares)
to 91,810,534 shares (88,037,675 shares excluding
treasury shares).
The placing was arranged by UBS AG acting as Sole Bookrunner. Zürcher Kantonalbank acted as Placement Agent.
Enquiries:
Paul Meade
Communications Officer
ARYZTA AG
Tel: +41 (0) 44 583 42 00
info@aryzta.com
Important Note
This press release does not constitute (i) an offering
prospectus, and no securities will be offered directly or
indirectly to the public, within the meaning of Art. 652a of
the Swiss Code of Obligations, (ii) a listing prospectus
within the meaning of the SIX Swiss Exchange Listing Rules,
nor (iii) a prospectus within the meaning of the EC Directive
2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
dated November 4, 2003 (the "Prospectus
Directive").
The shares that are the subject of the placement are not
being offered or sold to any person in the United Kingdom,
other than to qualified investors as defined in Section 86(7)
of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, being persons
falling within Article 2.1(E)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Directive
2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
dated 4 November 2003 (Prospectus Directive), which includes
legal entities which are regulated by the Financial Services
Authority and entities which are not so regulated whose
corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities and who
also fall within the definition of "Investment
Professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotions) Order
2005 (the "FPO") and high net worth entities
falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the FPO.
THIS PRESS RELEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF ANY
OFFER OR INVITATION TO SELL, OR ANY SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER
TO PURCHASE ANY RIGHTS, SHARES OR OTHER SECURITIES IN ANY
JURISDICTION, NOR SHALL IT (OR ANY PART OF IT) OR THE FACT OF
ITS DISTRIBUTION, FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED ON IN
CONNECTION WITH, ANY CONTRACT THEREFORE. IN ADDITION, THE
SECURITIES REFERENCED HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN AND ARE NOT
INTENDED TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE
UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION UNDER THAT ACT OR AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THAT
ACT.
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