EQS-News: Zur Rose Group AG successfully issues a public bond of CHF 85 million

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Zur Rose Group AG successfully issues a public bond of CHF 85 million

Today, Zur Rose Group AG successfully placed a CHF 85 million public bond. The bond offers a coupon of 2.50% and has a tenor of 5 years. The bond will be settled on 19 July 2018 following its listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The proceeds of the bond will be used by the issuer primarily to finance acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. The final conditions are as follows:

Issuer Zur Rose Group AG
Issue amount CHF 85 million with option to increase
Interest rate (coupon) 2.50% p.a.
Term to maturity 5 years
Issue price 100%
Repayment price 100%
Settlement 19 July 2018
Listing The listing of the bonds on the SIX Swiss Exchange has been applied for
ISIN CH0421460442

The bond was placed under the lead of UBS AG as sole bookrunner, Raiffeisen as joint lead manager and Bank Vontobel as co-manager.

Investor and analyst contact
Marcel Ziwica, Chief Financial Officer
e-mail: [email protected], telephone: +41 58 810 11 49

Media contact
Lisa Lüthi, Head of Corporate Communications
e-mail: [email protected], telephone: +41 52 724 08 14

Agenda
15 August 2018 Half-year report (analyst and media conference)
24 October 2018 Q3 Trading Update

 

Zur Rose Group

Operating under the Zur Rose and DocMorris brands, the Swiss-based Zur Rose Group is Europe's leading online pharmacy and one of Switzerland's foremost wholesale suppliers to medical doctors. Through its business model, it helps to ensure safe, reliable and high-quality pharmaceutical care, while also excelling in developing innovative medicines management services to increase the effectiveness of the medication process. This creation of added value, the strong focus on patients and the commitment to supply medication at low cost for the benefit of payors and patients make the Group an important strategic partner for all healthcare stakeholders.

The Zur Rose Group is headquartered in Frauenfeld, from where it also serves the Swiss market. Customers in Germany and Austria are primarily supplied from Heerlen (NL). Furthermore, the Group holds a majority interest in BlueCare in Winterthur, the leading provider of networking systems in the Swiss healthcare market. Employing more than 1000 people at its various locations, Zur Rose Group generated revenue of CHF 983 million in 2017. Zur Rose Group AG's shares (ticker symbol ROSE, Swiss security no. 4261528, ISIN CH0042615283) are traded on SIX Swiss Exchange. More information at zurrosegroup.com.

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