QIAGEN gibt Konditionen der neuen Wandelschuldverschreibungen bekannt
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QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) gibt bestimmte Konditionen der neuen nicht-nachrangigen, unbesicherten Wandelschuldverschreibungen mit Barausgleich (die "Schuldverschreibungen") bekannt.
Das Emissionsvolumen der Schuldverschreibungen wurde auf einen Gesamtnennbetrag von $400 Millionen erhöht. Die Schuldverschreibungen werden mit 0,50% p.a. verzinst und die Zinsen jeweils halbjährlich nachträglich zahlbar sein. Der anfängliche Wandlungspreis wird voraussichtlich mit einer Wandlungsprämie von 30% über dem Referenzaktienkurs am Tag der Preisfestsetzung festgesetzt. Der Referenzaktienkurs entspricht dem volumengewichteten durchschnittlichen Kurs der QIAGEN-Aktie zwischen Handelsbeginn und Handelsschluss an dem NASDAQ Global Select Market am 6. September 2017.
Die endgültigen Konditionen der Schuldverschreibungen und das endgültige Emissionsvolumen wird bei der endgültigen Preisfestsetzung bestimmt, die voraussichtlich nach Handelsschluss an dem NASDAQ Global Select Market am 6. September 2017 durchgeführt wird.
Nach den Bedingungen für die Platzierung der Schuldverschreibungen, wird QIAGEN vereinbaren, für einen Zeitraum, der 90 Tage nach dem Valutatag endet (lock-up period), keine Wertpapiere, die im Wesentlichen mit den Schuldverschreibungen oder QIAGEN-Aktien vergleichbar sind, zu verkaufen, vorbehaltlich üblicher Ausnahmen.
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QIAGEN N.V., eine niederländische Holdinggesellschaft, ist der weltweit führende Anbieter von Komplettlösungen zur Gewinnung wertvoller molekularer Erkenntnisse aus biologischen Proben. Die Probentechnologien von QIAGEN ermöglichen die Aufreinigung und Verarbeitung von DNS, RNS und Proteinen aus Blut, Gewebe und anderen Stoffen. Testtechnologien machen diese Biomoleküle sichtbar und bereit zur Analyse. Bioinformatik-Lösungen und Wissensdatenbanken helfen bei der Interpretation von Daten zur Gewinnung relevanter und praktisch nutzbarer Erkenntnisse. Automationslösungen integrieren diese zu nahtlosen und kosteneffizienten molekularen Test-Workflows. QIAGEN stellt diese Workflows weltweit mehr als 500.000 Kunden aus den Bereichen Molekulare Diagnostik (Gesundheitsfürsorge), Angewandte Testverfahren (Forensik, Veterinärdiagnostik und Lebensmittelsicherheit), Pharma (pharmazeutische und biotechnologische Unternehmen) sowie Forschung (Life Sciences) zur Verfügung. Zum 30. Juni 2017 beschäftigte QIAGEN weltweit rund 4.600 Mitarbeiter an über 35 Standorten. Weitere Informationen über QIAGEN finden Sie unter http://www.qiagen.com.
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