Bell Food Group announces Final Terms of the Planned Capital Increase with Subscription Rights

Niederer Kraft Frey advises UBS AG, as Sole Global Coordinator, in connection with Bell Food Group’s rights offering which launched on 25 May 2018. Existing shareholders were offered up to 2,285,712 new registered shares at a subscription price of CHF 268.00 per new share. The gross proceeds from the capital increase are expected to amount to approximately CHF 612.6 million. The offering and listing prospectus (Offering Memorandum) is published today on Bell Food Group’s website and contains the final terms of the rights offering.

Bell Food Group is one of the leading meat processors and convenience specialists in Europe, generating revenues of CHF 3.6 billion and profit of CHF 106.5 million in 2017. It is SIX listed.

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS AG is one of the world’s leading financial services providers. In Switzerland, UBS is active in retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, and investment banking.

The NKF team was led by Capital Markets partners Philippe Weber and Thomas M. Brönnimann working with Christina Del Vecchio, counsel, Deirdre Ní Annracháin, associate, Samuel Hochstrasser, associate, Isilay Dagdelen, junior associate, and Pascal Hodel, junior associate.