A surprising capital increase at a discount is clearly putting Mutares shares under pressure.
The investment company Mutares has placed a pre-placement with selected institutional investors as part of the capital increase announced the evening before for around 105 million euros. The advance placement of around 1.1 million new shares had been successfully completed, the company announced on Thursday morning in Munich. The volume was 26.4 million euros. The order book was almost three times oversubscribed. The placement price was set at EUR 24.50 per new share, which also represents the subscription price for the subscription tranche. The share fell by around 12.6 percent to 24.65 euros in the morning.
Mutares had announced the issue of a total of almost 4.3 million shares as part of the capital increase. The remaining approximately 3.2 million new shares are to be offered to the company’s shareholders at the subscription price. The subscription period is scheduled to run from April 8th to 21st. According to the subscription ratio, five shares entitle you to purchase one new share at the subscription price.
Mutares shares are falling
The capital increase weighed heavily on Mutares shares on Thursday. In XETRA trading, the shares of the investment company were traded at 24.65 euros, a loss of 12.59 percent. As they approach the 25 euro mark, the stocks are heading towards their lowest level since November. Traders’ initial reactions were surprised by the move.
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