Stevanato Group Announces Closing of Upsized Public Offering of Ordinary Shares and Exercise in Full of the Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Ordinary Shares
26 Marzo 2024 - 9:10PM
Business Wire
Stevanato Group S.p.A. (NYSE: STVN) (“Stevanato Group,” or the
“Company”), a leading global provider of drug containment, drug
delivery and diagnostic solutions to the pharmaceutical,
biotechnology and life sciences industries, today announced the
closing of its previously announced upsized underwritten public
offering of an aggregate of 14,605,000 of its ordinary shares,
which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to
purchase 1,905,000 additional ordinary shares, at a public offering
price of $26.00 per share.
Stevanato Group sold 7,302,500 ordinary shares (the “Company
Offering”), and Stevanato Holding S.r.l., an affiliate and major
shareholder of the Company (the “Selling Shareholder”), sold
7,302,500 ordinary shares (the “Selling Shareholder Offering” and,
together with the Company Offering, the “Offering”).
The total gross proceeds from the Offering, before deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, were
approximately $379.7 million, or approximately $189.8 million from
each of the Company Offering and the Selling Shareholder
Offering.
Stevanato Group intends to use the net proceeds from the Company
Offering for general corporate purposes, including to enable
Stevanato Group to satisfy the requirements of its ongoing
investment activities and working capital needs, and to ensure an
appropriate level of operating and strategic flexibility. Stevanato
Group will not receive any proceeds from the Selling Shareholder
Offering.
Morgan Stanley and William Blair served as lead book-running
managers and as representatives of the underwriters for the
Offering. BofA Securities, Citigroup and KeyBanc Capital Markets
also served as joint book-running managers. The Offering was made
pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form F-3
that was filed and automatically declared effective with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 20, 2024
and a prospectus supplement to the accompanying prospectus that
forms part of the registration statement. Copies of the prospectus
and final prospectus supplement related to the Offering may be
obtained by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by
contacting: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus
Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, by
telephone at (866) 718-1649 or by email at
prospectus@morganstanley.com or by contacting William Blair &
Company, L.L.C., Attention Prospectus Department, 150 North
Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606, by telephone at (800) 621-0687,
or by email at prospectus@williamblair.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy Stevanato Group’s ordinary shares,
nor shall there be any sale of such shares in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Stevanato Group
Founded in 1949, Stevanato Group is a leading global provider of
drug containment, drug delivery and diagnostic solutions as well as
engineering solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life
sciences industries. Stevanato Group delivers an integrated,
end-to-end portfolio of products, processes and services that
address customer needs across the entire drug life cycle from
development to clinical and commercial stages. Stevanato Group’s
core capabilities in scientific research and development, its
commitment to technical innovation and its engineering excellence
are central to its ability to offer value added solutions to
clients.
For more information, please visit www.stevanatogroup.com
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Certain statements contained in this press release, including
statements regarding the intended use of proceeds from the Company
Offering, are forward-looking statements based on Stevanato Group’s
current assumptions, expectations and beliefs and involve
substantial risks and uncertainties that may cause results,
performance or achievement to materially differ from those
expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These
statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject
to a number of risks and uncertainties, including market conditions
and Stevenato Group’s results of operations. As such, the reader
should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, as there can be no assurances that the plans,
initiatives or expectations upon which they are based will occur.
For a description of additional factors that could cause the
Company’s future results to differ from those expressed in any such
forward-looking statements, refer to the risk factors discussed
under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F
for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on March 7,
2024 and in the prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus related to the Offering filed with the SEC. Stevanato
Group cannot provide any assurances regarding its ability to
effectively apply the net proceeds it received as described above.
All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on
information currently available to Stevanato Group and speak only
as of the date of this press release, and Stevanato Group assumes
no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in light
of new information or future events, except as may be required by
law.
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