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Solutions 30 SE has been informed that certain of its shareholders have decided to undertake a private placement of shares
Solutions 30 SE has been informed that certain shareholders decided this evening to place 4,700,000 shares in Solutions 30 SE (ISIN FR0013188844), corresponding to 19.7% of the voting rights, in a private placement. These shareholders consist of GIAS International, private holding of Gianbeppi Fortis, who is willing to sell new shares resulting from the exercise of stock options(1), and long-term shareholder P2C Investissements SA. The total number of shares offered may be increased at the option of the syndicate banks up to an additional amount of 1,513,317 shares in Solutions 30 SE.
The bookbuilding for the placement of the shares commences immediately.
(1) See management report for FY 2016.
About SOLUTIONS 30
The SOLUTIONS 30 Group is Europe's leading provider of Solutions for New Technologies. Its mission is to make the technological changes that transform our daily lives accessible for everyone, individuals and businesses alike: yesterday computers and the Internet, today, digital; tomorrow, the technologies that will make the world ever more connected in real time. Since its founding, the Group has handled more than 10 million calls by drawing on a network of 4,000 regional technicians. SOLUTIONS 30 currently covers the whole of France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain. SOLUTIONS 30 S.E.'s capital comprises 23,821,764 shares, with an identical number of theoretical and exercisable voting rights.
SOLUTIONS 30 S.E. is listed on the Euronext Growth market - ISIN FR0012750586 - code ALS30, eligible for the PEA-PME share savings plan, and on the Frankfurt stock exchange on the Xetra electronic system (ISIN FR0010263335 - code EO2)
For more information, go to www.solutions30.com
SOLUTIONS 30 CONTACTS:
| SOLUTIONS 30 | EDIFICE COMMUNICATION |
| Nezha Calligaro | Cash Manager | Samuel Beaupain | Press Relations |
| +352 2 648 19 17 | +33 (0)6 88 48 48 02 | samuel@edifice-communication.com |
| GENESTA Finance | |
| Hervé Guyot | Listing Sponsor | Nathalie Boumendil | Investor Relations |
| +33 (0)1 45 63 68 60 | hguyot@genesta-finance.com | +33 (0)6 85 82 41 95 | nathalie@edifice-communication.com |
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, and the offer of Solutions 30 SE shares by the selling shareholders does not constitute a public offering.
The shares have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The shares are being offered and sold within the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States to, or for the account or benefit of, persons other than U.S. persons (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S.