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Ad-hoc-Mitteilung nach Art. 17 Marktmissbrauchsverordnung

 

QIAGEN N.V. kündigt die Platzierung von Wandelschuldverschreibungen mit Netto-Aktienausgleich außerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten an

 

Venlo, Niederlande, den 3. September 2024 – Der Vorstand und der Aufsichtsrat der QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) ("QIAGEN" oder die "Gesellschaft") haben heute beschlossen, nicht nachrangige, unbesicherte Wandelschuldverschreibungen mit Netto-Aktienausgleich (net share settlement) mit Fälligkeit 2031 zu begeben, die teilweise in Stammaktien der Gesellschaft ("Aktien") gewandelt werden können (die "Schuldverschreibungen").

Die Gesellschaft beabsichtigt, die Schuldverschreibungen in einer Stückelung von jeweils 200.000 US-Dollar, in einem Gesamtvolumen von 450 Mio. US-Dollar und im Einklang mit Regulation S im Rahmen einer Privatplatzierung an institutionelle Anleger, die keine US-Personen sind, nur außerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Australien, Südafrika und Japan auszugeben (das "Angebot"). Die Anzahl der Aktien, die den Schuldverschreibungen zugrunde liegen, wird etwa 6,9 Millionen betragen, was etwa 3,1 % des derzeit ausgegebenen und ausstehenden Aktienkapitals der Gesellschaft entspricht (vorbehaltlich möglicher Anpassungen des Wandlungsverhältnisses entsprechend den Anleihebedingungen).

Die Gesellschaft plant, Schuldverschreibungen mit einer Laufzeit von 7 Jahren auszugeben. Die Schuldverschreibungen werden zum Nennbetrag ausgegeben, werden eine Verzinsung zwischen 2,125 % und 2,625 % p.a. haben, die halbjährlich nachträglich zu zahlen ist, und werden, sofern die Schuldverschreibungen nicht zuvor gewandelt, zurückgezahlt oder zurückgekauft und entwertet wurden, zum Nennbetrag zurückgezahlt. Die Gesellschaft ist berechtigt, mit Wirkung an oder nach dem 1. Oktober 2029 alle, aber nicht nur einige der ausstehenden Schuldverschreibungen zu ihrem Nennbetrag zuzüglich aufgelaufener Zinsen zurückzuzahlen, wenn der Kurs einer Aktie innerhalb eines bestimmten Zeitraums 150 % des vorherrschenden Wandlungspreises erreicht oder übersteigt oder wenn weniger als 20 % des Gesamtnennwerts der ursprünglich begebenen Schuldverschreibungen ausstehen und von anderen Personen als der Gesellschaft und ihren Tochtergesellschaften gehalten werden. Die Inhaber der Schuldverschreibungen haben das Recht, am 5. Jahrestag ihrer Emission eine vorzeitige Rückzahlung ihrer Schuldverschreibungen zu ihrem Nennbetrag zuzüglich aufgelaufener Zinsen zu verlangen. Der anfängliche Wandlungspreis wird voraussichtlich mit einem Aufschlag von zwischen 42,5 % und 47,5 % des Referenzaktienkurses festgesetzt, welcher dem volumengewichteten Durchschnittskurs der Aktien der Gesellschaft an der New York Stock Exchange am heutigen Handelstag, dem 3. September 2024, entspricht.

Die endgültigen Bedingungen der Schuldverschreibungen werden im Laufe des heutigen Tages, dem 3. September 2024, festgelegt, und durch eine separate Pressemitteilung bekannt gegeben.

Wenn Inhaber der Schuldverschreibungen ihr Wandlungsrecht ausüben, erhalten sie nach Maßgabe der Anleihebedingungen einen Geldbetrag in Höhe des Nennbetrags der Schuldverschreibungen sowie eine Anzahl von Aktien, so dass die Summe aus dem Geldbetrag und dem Wert der gelieferten Aktien dem Wert der den Schuldverschreibungen zugrunde liegenden Aktien entspricht. Valutatag wird voraussichtlich der 10. September 2024 sein und die Einbeziehung der Schuldverschreibungen in den Handel im Freiverkehr (Open Market) an der Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse wird veranlasst.

QIAGEN beabsichtigt, den Nettoerlös aus der Emission der Schuldverschreibungen für allgemeine Gesellschaftszwecke, einschließlich der Ablösung bestehender Verbindlichkeiten, zu verwenden.

In Bezug auf das Angebots wird sich QIAGEN verpflichten, während einer Lock-up Periode, die 90 Tage nach dem Valuatag endet, vorbehaltlich bestimmter Ausnahmen und eines Verzichts der Joint Global Coordinators, keine Wertpapiere zu verkaufen, die den Schuldverschreibungen oder ihren Aktien im Wesentlichen ähnlich sind.

 

QIAGEN N.V.

Hulsterweg 82

5912 PL Venlo

Niederlande

ISIN: NL0015001WM6

Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Regulierter Markt (Prime Standard)

 

Kontakt QIAGEN N.V.:

 

Investor Relations		Public Relations
John Gilardi	+49 2103 29 11711	Dr. Thomas Theuringer	+49 2103 29 11826
Domenica Martorana	+49 2103 29 11244	Lisa Mannagottera	+49 2103 29 14181
E-mail: ir@QIAGEN.com		E-mail: pr@QIAGEN.com

 

 

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MiFID II professionals / ECPs-only (all distribution channels) / No PRIIPs KID / No sales to retail investors in the EEA and the UK

Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MIFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Bonds have been subject to a product approval process which has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Bonds is eligible counterparties and professional clients only, each as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Bonds to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Bonds (a "distributor") should take into consideration the manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Bonds (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers' target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

The target market assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual or legal selling restrictions in relation to any offering of the Bonds and/or the underlying shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the target market assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the Bonds.

The Bonds are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA") or United Kingdom ("UK"). For these purposes, a retail investor means (a) in the EEA, a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 as amended or superseded (the "Insurance Mediation Directive"), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a Qualified Investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation and (b) in the UK, a person who is one (or more) of (i) a retail client within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No. 2017/565 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA or (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the UK (the "FSMA") and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of regulation (EU) No. 600/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "EU PRIIPs Regulation") or the EU PRIIPS Regulation as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK PRIIPS Regulation") for offering or selling the Bonds or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA or UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Bonds or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA or the UK may be unlawful under the EU PRIIPs Regulation and/or the UK PRIIPs Regulation.