Dalenys: Combination Project with Natixis to Create a European Leader of Payment Services
26 June 2017 - 5:02PM
Business Wire
Agreement for the acquisition by Natixis of
50,04% of the shares of Dalenys
Regulatory News:
Dalenys (Brussels:NYS) (Paris:NYS)(ISIN BE0946620946 -- Mnemo
NYS) has been informed of the signing of an agreement with respect
to the acquisition by the banking group Natixis of 50,04% of the
shares of Dalenys held by the majority shareholders of Dalenys,
i.e. Saint-Georges Finance and the founder of Dalenys,
Jean-Baptiste Descroix-Vernier.
The price per share amounts to 9 EUR, which amounts to a premium
of 38% on the weighted average share price of the Dalenys share
over the last three months and 46% on the weighted average share
price over the last 30 days. Dalenys has been informed that the
completion of this transaction is subject to certain conditions
precedent, i.e. obtaining the regulatory authorisations and the
prior divestment of the Telecom pole. The acquisition equally
applies to the beneficiary shares with voting rights held by
Jean-Baptiste Descroix-Vernier.
In accordance with the Belgian takeover legislation, once
completed, this acquisition will be followed by a mandatory
takeover bid of the remaining shares and warrants of Dalenys. This
takeover bid will be unconditional.
This combination is unanimously supported by the board of
directors, including its independent directors, for whom the
natural combination will allow Dalenys to move on to a new
development stage. In the timespan of a few years, Dalenys has
succeeded in becoming the first French Fintech, with a
technologically performing offer, which has persuaded the largest
eTraders and merchants with physical sale locations, such as
Oscaro, Burger King-Quick, Made.com, Interflora, AlloPneus,
lastminute.com or Winamax. The challenge is now at European level,
and the alliance with Natixis, which is a historical partner of the
group for the connection to the interbanking networks, will
stimulate the success and the international development of
Dalenys.
Natixis has published a press release on the combination, hereto
attached.
Read the press release on the Dalenys Website:
https://www.dalenys.com
About Dalenys
Founded in 2002 by Jean-Baptiste Descroix-Vernier, Dalenys - NYS
(formerly Rentabiliweb) offers Payment Marketing solutions that aim
to increase revenues for online and point-of-sale merchants. As the
number 1 of French Fintech businesses according to Frenchweb in
June 2016, the solutions of Dalenys integrate transactional and
marketing data to increase the conversion of the customers during
their purchasing path. WIth over 200 employees in France and
abroad, publicly traded on Euronext Brussels and Paris (C
compartment), the company rigorously applies the ten principles
laid down by the UN Global Compact and is eligible to the FCPI
investment funds and to the French PEA-PME savings plan. Company
website: www.dalenys.com
This press release is published in accordance with article 8, ยง1
of the Belgian Royal Decree of 27 April 2007 on takeover bids.
Appendix, Natixis press release:
https://www.natixis.com/natixis/upload/docs/application/pdf/2017-06/2017-06-26_pr_natixis_2017-06-26_08-19-50_71.pdf
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