The ABB is intended to partly finance the business combination.
The shares were placed with a discount of approximately 3.2% to the closing price of the shares on 27 October 2022.
"We congratulate a.s.r. on raising approximately EUR 593.6 million, which shows investors' appetite in a.s.r. despite volatile markets. We are very happy that we have assisted a.s.r. on their first equity issuance since the IPO in 2016 in which we also had the privilege to act for a.s.r. as issuer counsel", says Capital Markets partner Antonia Netiv, who led the NautaDutilh team together with Petra Zijp.
The NautaDutilh team further consisted of Thyla Streefkerk-Fontein, Sabrina Legerstee, Frans Ruijs, Noor Boekelman (Capital Markets), Nico Blom, Nina Kielman, Sjuul Jentjens (Tax), Paul van der Bijl and Koen Biesma (Corporate Advisory).