Delisting Announcement • Sep 9, 2014
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Download Source FileCopenhagen, 2014-09-09 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
No. 22/2014
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR
DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE
DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN
OFFER TO BUY, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN,
IN OR INTO ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
SUCH JURISDICTION.
With reference to announcements no. 20 and no. 21 of 8 September 2014, ISS A/S
(ISS.CO, ISS DC), one of the world’s leading facility services companies, has
just been informed that FS Invest II S.à r.l., a wholly owned subsidiary of FS
Invest S.à r.l. (FS Invest S.à r.l. is owned and controlled by the EQT Funds
(funds known as EQT III and EQT IV together with parallel co-investment
vehicles or schemes managed by EQT, being the general partners and managers of
the EQT branded funds) and certain funds advised by affiliates of The Goldman
Sachs Group, Inc.) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“OTPP”) have sold
31,000,000 existing shares in ISS, equivalent to 16.7% of the share capital and
voting rights in ISS to institutional investors pursuant to the accelerated
bookbuilt offering at a price of DKK 165 per share. OTPP participates with 7.3%
of the shares sold equal to 2,256,368 shares in ISS.
Whilst selling a portion of their shares in the current offering, OTPP remains
a shareholder in ISS with a long term outlook.
ISS will not receive any proceeds from the transaction.
A copy of the press release from Goldman Sachs International, Nordea Markets
(division of Nordea Bank Danmark A/S) and UBS Limited is attached.
For media enquiries
Kenth Kærhøg, Head of Group Communications, +45 38 17 62 05
For investor enquiries
Martin Kjær Hansen, Investor Relations Manager, +45 38 17 64 31
About ISS
The ISS Group was founded in Copenhagen in 1901 and has grown to become one of
the world’s leading Facility Services companies. ISS offers a wide range of
services such as: Cleaning, Catering, Security, Property and Support Services
as well as Facility Management. Global revenue amounted to DKK 78.5 billion in
2013 and ISS has more than 520,000 employees and local operations in more than
50 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and Pacific,
serving thousands of both public and private sector customers. For more
information on the ISS Group, visit www.issworld.com.
ISS A/S, ISIN DK 0060542181,
ISS Global A/S, ISIN XS0206714247
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