DGAP-News: ISS postpones its Initial Public Offering due to market uncertainty
ID: 369377
17.03.2011 18:18
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Copenhagen, 17 March 2011, 2011-03-17 18:18 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Company Announcement 3/2011
NOT FOR RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN
ISS postpones its Initial Public Offering due to market uncertainty
ISS A/S' Initial Public Offering (IPO) was due to price today, Thursday 17
March 2011. We announced our intention to float on 17 February 2011 and started
our book building process on 8 March 2011. The timetable has coincided with an
extraordinary period in global markets resulting in high levels of uncertainty
and volatility. Notwithstanding this context, the IPO was oversubscribed within
our price range and comprised a book of demand from over 150 institutions
around the world and more than 10,000 retail subscribers in Denmark.
However, the underlying level of volatility and uncertainty continues and given
the existing shareholders' and the company's desire to achieve a successful IPO
with an orderly aftermarket, it has been decided to postpone the IPO.
Ole Andersen, ISS Chairman said: 'We are delighted by the response we have
received from institutional and retail investors but the current volatile and
uncertain market conditions do not allow us to launch the transaction and
achieve a smooth transition into the public markets.'
Enquiries:
Ole Andersen, Chairman
Per Bech Thomsen, ISS Press Relations Manager
Tel: +45 38 17 62 39
About the ISS Group
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: cleaning services, property services, catering services, support
services, security services and facility management services. Global revenue
amounted to DKK 74 billion in 2010 and ISS now has more than 520,000 employees
and direct 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 about ISS, please visit our
website at www.issworld.com.
Disclaimer:
This announcement and the information contained herein are not for distribution
in or into the United States of America (including its territories and
possessions, any state of the United States of America and the District of
Columbia) (the
'United States'), Australia, Canada or Japan. This announcement does not
constitute, or form part of, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to
purchase, any securities in the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan or in
any jurisdiction in which any offer or solicitation could be unlawful. The
securities of ISS A/S have not been and will not be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), and may not be
offered or sold within the United States absent registration or an applicable
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. The Company does not intend to register any
part of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of
securities in the United States. An offering of securities will be made by
means of a prospectus that may be obtained from ISS and that will contain
detailed information about the Company and management, as well as financial
statements.
This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus for the purpose of
Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any applicable implementing measures in any
Member State, the 'Prospectus Directive'). A prospectus prepared pursuant to
the Prospectus Directive has been published and can be obtained from ISS.
Investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this
announcement except on the basis of information contained in the prospectus.
In any EEA Member State, other than the Kingdom of Denmark, that has
implemented the Prospectus Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto,
including Directive 2010/73/EU, to the extent implemented in each EEA Member
State), this announcement is only addressed to and is only directed at
qualified investors in that EEA Member State within the meaning of the
Prospectus Directive.
This announcement is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United
Kingdom, (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the U.K.
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the
'Order') or (iii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) - (d)
of the Order (the persons described in (i) through (iii) above together being
referred to as 'Relevant Persons'). The securities are only available to, and
any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire
such securities will be engaged in only with, Relevant Persons. Any person who
is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of
its contents.
This announcement is not a prospectus but an advertisement and nothing herein
contains an offering of securities. No one should purchase or subscribe for any
securities in ISS except on the basis of information in any prospectus
published by ISS in connection with the potential admission of such securities
to trading and official listing on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen.
Stabilisation/FSA
The Joint Bookrunners and Co-lead Managers and their affiliates are acting
exclusively for ISS and the Selling Shareholder and no-one else in connection
with the IPO. They will not regard any other person as their respective clients
in relation to the IPO and will not be responsible to anyone other than ISS and
the Selling Shareholder for providing the protections afforded to their
respective clients, nor for providing advice in relation to the IPO, the
contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter
referred to herein.
In connection with the IPO, the Joint Bookrunners and Co-lead Managers and any
of their affiliates, acting as investors for their own accounts, may subscribe
for or purchase shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase, sell, offer
to sell or otherwise deal for their own accounts in such shares and other
securities of ISS or related investments in connection with the IPO or
otherwise. Accordingly, references in the prospectus to the shares being
issued, offered, subscribed, acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should be
read as including any issue or offer to, or subscription, acquisition, placing
or dealing by, such Joint Bookrunners and Co-lead Managers and any of their
affiliates acting as investors for their own accounts. The Joint Bookrunners
and Co-lead Managers do not intend to disclose the extent of any such
investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or
regulatory obligations to do so.
Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical
facts and be identified by words such as 'believe', 'expect', 'anticipate',
'intends', 'estimate', 'will', 'may', 'continue', 'should', 'expectation',
'target' and similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this
announcement are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in
turn, upon further assumptions. Although ISS believes that these assumptions
were reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to
significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other
important factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond
its control. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important
factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations
expressed or implied in this release by such forward-looking statements.
The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without
notice.
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