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OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW
Comunicato diffuso da Italian Exhibition Group S.p.A. anche per conto di Amber Capital Italia SGR S.p.A. in qualità di gestore del fondo Amber Italia Exhibition Opportunity (AIEO)
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Comunicato stampa
IEG E AMBER CAPITAL AVVIANO LA VENDITA DI AZIONI ITALIAN
EXHIBITION GROUP PER AUMENTARE IL FLOTTANTE E LA LIQUIDITÀ
DEL TITOLO
Rimini, 6 ottobre 2026 - Italian Exhibition Group S.p.A. (“ IEG” o la “Società”) (per Euronext Milan: IEG) e Amber Capital Italia SGR S.p.A. (di seguito, “ Amber Capital ”) comunicano di aver avviato congiuntamente la vendita di massime n. 1.159.000 azioni della Società, corrispondenti a circa il 3,8% del capitale sociale della Società (l’“ Operazione ”).
Le azioni offerte sono costituite da n. 159.000 azioni proprie offerte da IEG e n. 1.000.000 azioni offerte da Amber Capital.
IEG, società leader in Italia nell’organizzazione di eventi fieristici internazionali e quotata su Euronext Milan, mercato regolamentato organizzato e gestito da Borsa Italiana S.p.A., detiene attualmente n. 319.000 azioni proprie, corrispondenti a circa il 1,03% del capitale sociale.
Amber Capital, in qualità di gestore di fondi e veicoli, detiene complessivamente n. 3.244.897 azioni IEG, corrispondenti a ca. il 10,5% del capitale sociale e a ca. il 6,08% dei diritti di voto, di cui n. 3.170.386 azioni
2 detenute dal fondo Amber Italia Exhibition Opportunity (AIEO) e n. 74.511 azioni detenute da Alpha Ucits Sicav/Amber Equity Fund.
L’Operazione è finalizzata ad incrementare il flottante dell’Emittente e, conseguentemente, ad incrementare la liquidità sul mercato del titolo IEG sul mercato. I proventi saranno destinati da IEG per finalità aziendali generali.
Il collocamento verrà realizzato tramite una procedura di accelerated bookbuilding riservata a investitori qualificati al di fuori degli Stati Uniti d'America, in conformità alle disposizioni del Regulation S ai sensi del U.S.
Securities Act del 1933, come successivamente modificato (il “ Securities Act ”), e, negli Stati Uniti, esclusivamente a qualified institutional buyers (“QIBs”) ai sensi della Rule 144A del Securities Act, con esclusione, in particolare, di Canada, Giappone e Australia; e a investitori qualificati all'interno dello Spazio Economico Europeo, in virtù delle esenzioni dall'obbligo di pubblicazione di un prospetto ai sensi dell'articolo 1, paragrafo 4, lettere (a) e (b) del Regolamento (UE) 2017/1129 del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio del 14 giugno 2017, come successivamente modificato.
L’Operazione è effettuata dalla Società in conformità ai termini e alle modalità previsti dalla delibera assembleare che autorizza l’acquisto e la disposizione di azioni proprie.
L’Operazione viene avviata immediatamente e il collocamento potrà essere chiuso in qualsiasi momento. Gli esiti dell’Operazione, compreso il numero di azioni vendute e il prezzo per azione, saranno comunicati non appena possibile dopo la chiusura della procedura di bookbuilding .
Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Limited e TP ICAP Midcap agiscono in qualità di Joint Global Coordinators e Joint Bookrunners in relazione all’Operazione.
Nell’ambito dell’Operazione e coerentemente con la prassi di mercato per collocamenti di questa natura, IEG e Amber Capital hanno assunto nei confronti dei Joint Global Coordinators un impegno a non disporre delle ulteriori azioni IEG dalle stesse detenute per un periodo di 12 mesi dalla data di regolamento dell’Operazione, salvo consenso espresso di Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Limited e TP ICAP Midcap (il “ Lock Up ”). Si precisa che il Lock Up non si applica alle n. 74.511 azioni detenute da Alpha Ucits Sicav/Amber Equity Fund.
Disclaimer
This announcement is not for publication, distribution or release, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), Canada, South Africa, Australia or Japan or any other jurisdiction where such an announcement and the offer and sale of securities referred to herein would be unlawful. The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession this document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The securities referred to 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, without registration thereunder except pursuant to an available exemption therefrom. Neither this document nor the information contained herein constitutes or forms part of an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in the United States.
There will be no public offer of any securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. Any public offering
3 of securities to be made in the United States will be made by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from the Company or Amber Capital and that will contain detailed information about the company and management, as well as financial statements.
Pursuant to the Prospectus Regulation, in member states (each, a “Relevant Member State”) of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), this announcement and any offer if made subsequently is directed exclusively at persons who are “qualified investors” within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation (“Qualified Investors”).
For these purposes, the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State. In the United Kingdom this announcement is directed exclusively at persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in the Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) who are (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”), (ii) persons referred to in Article 49(2) (a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth entities, non-registered associations, etc.) and (iii) other persons to whom this document may be lawfully communicated or caused to be communicated; any other persons in the United Kingdom should not take any action on the basis of this announcement and should not act on or rely on it.
This announcement is not an offer of securities or investments for sale nor a solicitation of an offer to buy securities or investments in any jurisdiction where such offer or solicitation would be unlawful. No action has been taken that would permit an offering of the securities or possession or distribution of this announcement in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Limited and TP ICAP Midcap (the “Joint Bookrunners”) or by any of its affiliates or agents as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.
In connection with the offering of the shares of Italian Exhibition Group S.p.A. (the “Shares”), the Joint Bookrunners and any of its affiliates acting as an investor for their own account may take up as a proprietary position any Shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase or sell for their own account such Shares. In addition the Joint Bookrunners or its affiliates may enter into financing arrangements and swaps with investors in connection with which the Joint Bookrunners (or its affiliates) may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of Shares. The Joint Bookrunners do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation to do so.
The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. This announcement does not purport to identify or suggest the risks (direct or indirect) which may be associated with an investment in the Shares.
Any investment decision in connection with the Shares must be made solely on the basis of all publicly available information relating to the Shares (which has not been independently verified by the Joint Bookrunners).
4 The Joint Bookrunners are acting on behalf of the Company and Amber Capital and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to clients of the Joint Bookrunners nor for providing advice in relation to any offering of the Shares.
This communication and any subsequent offer of securities may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons receiving this communication or any subsequent offer should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction and must not under any circumstances forward this communication to any other person. Failure to comply with such restrictions may violate securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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Per ulteriori informazioni:
ITALIAN EXHIBITION GROUP S.P.A.
Investor Relation
Martina Malorni | Investor Relator | martina.malorni@iegexpo.it | +39 0541 744452
Press Contact
Elisabetta Vitali |Head of corporate communication and media relation | elisabetta.vitali@iegexpo.it | +39 0541 744228