08/10/2012
Julius Baer lays out terms for its capital increase
On the morning of 8 October, Julius Baer published the details of the rights offering in connection with the partial financing of the acquisition of the International Wealth Management business of Bank of America Merrill Lynch outside the United States and Japan (IWM) as announced on 13 August 2012. The shareholders of Julius Baer will receive one subscription right for every registered share they hold on 9 October 2012 (after market close). 29 subscription rights will grant to the holder thereof the right to subscribe for 3 new shares at a subscription price of CHF 24.20 per share, subject to the selling restrictions applicable to the Rights Offering. The subscription rights will be traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange from 10 October 2012 until 16 October 2012 and the subscription rights will be exercisable from 10 October 2012 until 17 October 2012, 12:00 noon CET. The listing and first trading day for the new registered shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange is scheduled for 18 October 2012. Delivery of the new registered shares against payment of the subscription price is expected to occur on 22 October 2012. Julius Baer will raise gross proceeds of CHF 492 million through the Rights Offering. In the context of the Rights Offering, a total of 20,316,285 new registered shares with a nominal value of CHF 0.02 each will be issued out of Julius Baer’s authorised share capital. After completion of the rights issue, Julius Baer will have an issued share capital of CHF 4,334,140.82 divided into 216,707,041 registered shares.
