Sulzer and medmix shares start trading separately on SIX Swiss Exchange
Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR.
medmix announces final offer price of CHF 45 per new medmix share, resulting in gross proceeds of CHF 315 million
From today, the shares of Sulzer Ltd (“Sulzer”) will start trading exclusive of medmix AG (“medmix”) following the symmetrical split pursuant to which existing Sulzer shareholders receive one medmix share for each Sulzer share held on September 29, 2021. This step completes the spin-off of Sulzer’s Applicator Systems division, which has been renamed medmix and is a global leader in high-precision delivery devices.
In its oversubscribed, concurrent share offering, medmix set the offer price of its new shares at CHF 45 per share. Besides Switzerland, strong institutional investor demand came from the UK, France, Canada and USA. Based on a final offer size of 7’000’000 new shares, medmix has raised gross proceeds of CHF 315 million from the capital increase, yielding net proceeds of approximately CHF 295.2 million. The net proceeds will be used to finance organic and inorganic growth initiatives and for general corporate purposes. As previously announced, medmix’ reference shareholder Tiwel Holding did not participate in the share offering, resulting in a free float of medmix of close to 60%. As a result of the capital increase, the number of issued shares of medmix will increase by 7 million registered shares to 41’262’370 registered shares with a par value of CHF 0.01 each, corresponding to a total market capitalisation of close to CHF 1.9 billion at the final offer price.
The listing and first day of trading of medmix shares on SIX Swiss Exchange is today, September 30, 2021. Settlement and delivery of the new shares issued in the capital increase against payment of the offer price is expected to occur on October 4, 2021.
Credit Suisse AG and UBS AG have acted as exclusive financial advisors to Sulzer in the context of the spin-off.
Sulzer is a global leader in fluid engineering. We specialize in pumping, agitation, mixing, separation and purification technologies for fluids of all types. Our customers benefit from our commitment to innovation, performance and quality and from our responsive network of 180 world-class manufacturing facilities and service centers across the globe. Sulzer has been headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, since 1834. In 2020, our 15’000 employees delivered revenues of CHF 3.3 billion. Our shares are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: SUN). www.sulzer.com
medmix is a global leader in high-precision delivery devices. We occupy leading positions in the healthcare, consumer and industrial end-markets. Our customers benefit from a dedication to innovation and technological advancement that has resulted in over 900 active patents. Our 12 production sites worldwide together with our highly motivated and experienced team of 1’900 employees provide our customers with uncompromising quality, proximity and agility. medmix is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. www.medmix.swiss
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This announcement constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy securities. This announcement shall also not be considered a prospectus or similar notice in accordance with article 35 et seqq. Financial Service Act (“FinSA”) and/or article 69 FinSA . Any offer and listing of securities shall be made exclusively by and based on a securities prospectus to be published. Any investment decision regarding publicly offered securities shall only be made based on the securities prospectus. Copies of the securities prospectus and any supplements to the offering prospectus are available free of charge in Switzerland for 12 months following the first day of trading on SIX Swiss Exchange at Credit Suisse AG, Zurich, Switzerland (email: equity.prospectus@credit-suisse.com), and UBS AG, Prospectus Library, P.O. Box, CH-8098 Zurich (email: swiss-prospectus@ubs.com), and at the offices of the Company, Dammstrasse 19, 6300 Zug (email: investorrelations@medmix.com).
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