Accellerated bookbuilt offering of up to 35,782,993 existing shares in ISS A/S by FS Invest II S.à r.l.

Copenhagen, 2015-03-12 17:29 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

No. 3/2014

THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

Accelerated bookbuilt offering of up to 35,782,993 existing shares in

ISS A/S by FS Invest II S.à r.l.   

ISS A/S (ISS.CO, ISS DC), a global leading facility services provider, has just been informed by FS Invest II S.à r.l. of the launch of an accelerated bookbuilt offering to institutional investors (the “Transaction”) of up to 35,782,993  existing shares in ISS A/S, equivalent to up to 19.3% of the share capital and voting rights in ISS A/S. FS Invest II S.à r.l. is 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.).

A further notice will be given following completion of the bookbuilding and pricing of the Transaction.

Assuming all the shares available in the Transaction are sold, FS Invest II S.à r.l. will no longer hold any shares in ISS A/S.

It is expected that ISS A/S will place an order of 1,000,000 shares in the Transaction to be held in treasury for purposes of covering its obligations under existing share-based incentive plans.

ISS A/S will not receive any proceeds from the Transaction.

For media enquiries
Manuel Vigilius, Global Media Relations Manager, +45 3817 6404

For investor enquiries
Nicholas Ward, Head of Group Investor Relations, +45 3817 6251
Martin Kjær Hansen, Investor Relations Manager, +45 3817 6431

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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

ISS A/S, ISIN DK 0060542181,
ISS Global A/S, ISIN XS0206714247