Financial News
01/06/2020

Alika S.r.l. avvia la cessione di azioni Reply fino a un massimo di circa 2 milioni di titoli tramite una procedura di accelerated bookbuilding riservata a investitori istituzionali

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Torino, 1 giugno 2020 alle 17:42

Alika S.r.l. ha avviato la cessione di azioni ordinarie di Reply S.p.A. fino a un massimo di circa 2 milioni di azioni, corrispondenti a circa il 5,3% del capitale sociale di Reply S.p.A. attraverso una procedura di accelerated bookbuilding riservata a investitori istituzionali.

Morgan Stanley agisce in qualità di sole bookrunner per l’operazione.

L’operazione viene avviata immediatamente e Alika si riserva il diritto di chiudere il collocamento in qualsiasi momento. Alika darà comunicazione dell’esito del collocamento al termine dello stesso.

Nell’ambito dell’operazione e coerentemente con la prassi di mercato per collocamenti di questa natura, Alika ha assunto un impegno di lock up relativo alle azioni Reply che resteranno di sua proprietà al termine dell’operazione per la durata di 180 giorni.

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