Schibsted ASA vil gjennomføre en stor kapitalinnhenting, ved utstedelse av nye B-aksjer. Det melder selskapet i ettermiddag.
21.11.2017 16:46
Schibsted ASA (SCHA/SCHB) - Schibsted announces offering of B-shares
Schibsted ASA ("Schibsted" or "the Company") announces an offering of up to
11,880,397 B-shares, equal to 5.2% of the existing share capital of the Company
(the "Offering") or 10% of the existing outstanding B-shares.
The net proceeds from the Offering will be used to strengthen the Company's
capital base and to finance strategic acquisition activities, especially within
the Online Classifieds segment, where the Company sees opportunities to do value
accretive in-market consolidation and bolt-on acquisitions. The Company's
overall strategy remains firm: to continue to build online classifieds traffic
and brand leadership positions and to deepen the footprint in the real estate,
car and jobs verticals. The recent acquisitions of real estate portal
Habitaclia.com in Spain, Avendrealouer.fr in France as well as the purchase of
Telenor's 25% interest in the Brazilian operations olx.com are a testimony of
Schibsted's strategic leadership focus. Within Media, the ambition is to carry
on the transformation into world-class media houses based on strong editorial
products.
Schibsted has retained Arctic Securities, DNB Markets and Goldman Sachs
International as joint bookrunners in connection with the Offering (jointly the
"Managers"). As part of the Offering, Schibsted has entered into a placement
agreement with the Managers.
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