News, Deals & Cases

On 10 May 2021, Jacobs Holding AG successfully placed 550,000 shares (approx. 10%) in Barry Callebaut AG by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process. With a stake of 30.1%, Jacobs Holding remains the reference shareholder in Barry Callebaut.

On 12 May 2021, Montana Aerospace AG commenced trading on SIX Swiss Exchange. The offering consisted of 17,153,997 new shares at an offer price of CHF 25.65 per share (with an over-allotment option of up to 2,573,099 existing shares offered by Montana Tech Components AG), implying an offering volume of approximately CHF 506m and a total…

On 1 June 2021, Trifork Holding AG commenced trading on Nasdaq Copenhagen. Trifork’s IPO was priced at DKK 150 and consisted of the sale of 6,165,647 existing shares sold on behalf of the selling shareholders and 940,233 new shares sold by Trifork. The total value of the Offering (not including the over-allotment option, if exercised)…

Following the successful completion of the CHF 247 million capital increase of Swiss Steel Holding AG the newly issued shares started trading on SIX Swiss Exchange on 23 March 2021. This completed a contested and publicized process in which Swiss Steel Holding’s second largest shareholder Liwet Holding AG had initiated court proceedings and filed an…

On 12 March 2021, ARYZTA AG (SWX: ARYN) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its North American business to Lindsay Goldberg LLC for a total enterprise value of USD 850 million. The transaction is expected to complete by the end of ARYZTA’s current 2021 financial year and is subject to closing…

3 March 2021 – Cicor, a leading international technology company in the fields of printed circuit boards and hybrid circuits, printed electronics, microelectronics as well as EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Services), based in Boudry (Switzerland), has been informed that HEB Swiss Investment AG, Zurich, has sold all of its shares in Cicor Technologies Ltd. in a…

On 26 January 2021, Credit Suisse Group AG launched, and on February 2, 2021, suc-cessfully completed, the issuance of USD 2 billion 1.305% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Senior Callable Notes due 2027 (the Notes) under its U.S. Senior Debt Program. The Notes are bail-inable bonds that are eligible to count towards Credit Suisse’s Swiss gone concern…

On 7 December 2020, the global investment firm The Carlyle Group announced that it has agreed to acquire the Acrotec Group, in partnership with its management team, from Castik Capital. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in Q1 2021. The Acrotec Group is a leading independent supplier of high…

On 7 January 2021, FE fundinfo, a leading fund data and technology provider, announced that it expanded its environmental, social and governance (ESG) capabilities with the acquisition of the Liechtenstein based Center for Social and Sustainable Products AG (CSSP). FE fundinfo acquired all of CSSP’s share capital, including its yourSRI.com platform which provides ESG screening…