The CNMV registers Fluidra's public invitation to bid prospectus
October 11, 2007The National Securities Market Commission
(CNMV) registered Fluidra's public invitation to bid prospectus today
The Prospectus, which includes, among other aspects, the operation calendar and
the main characteristics of the Offer, proposes 31st October as the beginning date
of trading for the company in the stock exchanges in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and
Valencia, as well as its inclusion in the Spanish Stock Market Interconnection
System (Continuous Market).
Fluidra's Offer is made up of a maximum of 48,981,049 stocks, representing
approximately 43.5% of the group's social capital, including the subscription option
("green shoe") for insurance brokers. The Offer will be structured in four sections
directed towards different collectives of investors: retail section, employee section,
Spanish section for qualified investors and international section.
The range of prices (indicative and not binding) has been established between 6.22
and 7.55 Euros per share. The coordinating organisations for the operation are:
Banc Sabadell, Citi and Banco Santander.
The emergence on the exchange will afford Fluidra higher visibility in the markets
where it operates and an optimum environment for the future growth of the
company.
Operation calendar
Retail section and employee section
Creating orders to purchase From 15th to 23rd October
Setting the maximum retail price 23rd October
Reception of binding purchase requests 24th October
End of the period for cancelling requests 26th October
Setting the retail price 29th October
Section for qualified investors
Period for prospecting on the demand From 15th to 29th October
Setting the price for qualified investors and selection of purchase requests 29th October
BEGINNING DATE OF TRADING 31st October
Note
This document is a press release, not a prospectus. Investors should not subscribe or acquire any shares or
any other types of securities mentioned herein except based on the information contained in the prospectus that
will be published by the company at the appropriate time related to the admission to trading of the company
shares on the Spanish Stock Exchanges. Copies of the prospectus are available free of charge at the company
headquarters, at www.fluidra.com and at www.cnmv.es .
This document does not establish and is not part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue and is not an
application for a purchase offer or subscription of company shares. Likewise, no part of this document or its
distribution are part of, or could be used as, a basis for any contract or investment decision and is not a
recommendation as regards company shares.
This communication is directed exclusively at parties outside of the United Kingdom and cannot be used by
parties located in the United Kingdom.
The offer shall not be the object of registration in any country other than Spain, without detriment to the usage of
the international documents normally employed for public knowledge of offers by qualified investors who are not
residents of Spain. In particular, it is herein set on record that the shares that are the object of the offer have not
been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, or approved or turned down by
the Securities and Exchange Commission or by any other United States authority. Consequently, the shares
cannot be the object of offer or sale in the United States except after prior registry under the US Securities Act
or under exemption from this regulation.
Lastly, it is set on record that this document or any copy of the same cannot be taken or sent to the United
States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan or be directly or indirectly distributed in the United States of
America, Canada, Australia or Japan or any resident of any of these countries.