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19 April 2018. Vente-unique.com, a European specialist in online furniture sales, today announces that, as part of its initial public offering on Euronext Growth in Paris, Midcap Partners has partially exercised the over-allotment option, resulting in the placement of 365,015 additional shares at the IPO issue price, i.e. €10.70 per share, for a total amount of €3,905,660.50.
The total number of Vente-unique.com shares placed under its IPO therefore amounts to 3,431,882 shares (including 2,777,677 existing shares and 654,205 new shares) for a total placement amount of around €36.7 million.
Furthermore, pursuant to Article 631-10 of the French Financial Markets Authority General Regulation, Midcap Partners, as stabilising agent, stated that:
- it had performed stabilising bids on Vente-unique.com shares (ALVU);
- stabilisation began 4 April 2018;
- the last stabilising bid was made on 27 April 2018;
- stabilisation was carried out under the following conditions:
Date | Lower price (in €) | Higher price (in €) |
04 April 2018 | 10.30 | 10.46 |
05 April 2018 | 10.28 | 10.69 |
06 April 2018 | 10.60 | 10.65 |
09 April 2018 | 10.65 | 10.65 |
11 April 2018 | 10.65 | 10.65 |
12 April 2018 | 10.65 | 10.65 |
13 April 2018 | 10.65 | 10.65 |
18 April 2018 | 10.65 | 10.65 |
19 April 2018 | 10.65 | 10.65 |
20 April 2018 | 10.65 | 10.65 |
27 April 2018 | 10.60 | 10.65 |
Furthermore, beginning 30 April 2018, Vente-unique.com announces that it has entrusted Louis Capital Markets with the implementation of a liquidity contract, in accordance with the AMAFI code of ethics and approved by the French Financial Markets Authority on 21 March 2011.
The liquidity contract has been entered into for a period of one year and may be tacitly renewed. The purpose of the contract is to promote and support Vente-unique.com's shares on the Euronext Growth market in Paris.
In order to implement this contract, the following resources have been allocated to the liquidity account:
- €350,000 in cash.
Read more on: bourse.vente-unique.com
About Vente-unique.com
Founded in 2006, Vente-unique.com (Euronext growth – ALVU) is a European specialist in online furniture sales. The company covers 10 countries (France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland) and has delivered to over 1 million customers since its inception. Vente-unique.com posted 2016/17 revenues of €77 million, up 13%, and an ebitda margin of 9.2%.
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