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AMSTERDAM, May 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pegasus Europe (“Pegasus”), the Special Purpose Acquisition Company focused on opportunities in the European financial services industry, today confirms final offering proceeds of €483,555,410 following the partial exercise of the put option by the stabilisation manager.
Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG (“Citigroup”), acting as the stabilisation manager on behalf of the Joint Global Coordinators (as defined in the disclaimer), has today given notice of a partial exercise of the put option granted to it by Pegasus in respect of 6,000,000 Option Units in order to effect stabilisation transactions. Pegasus has been informed by Citigroup that stabilisation transactions were carried out on 29 April 2021 and that Citigroup purchased a total of 1,644,459 Option Units at a price of €10.00 per Unit on Euronext Amsterdam on that date. No further stabilisation transactions have been carried out after 29 April 2021. The stabilisation period that commenced on 29 April 2021 has now ended and no further stabilisation will be carried out.
The Option Units will be repurchased at the price of €10.00 per Unit by Pegasus and subsequently cancelled. Taking into account the partial exercise of the put option, and the subsequent cancellation of Option Units by Pegasus, the offering will consist of 48,355,541 Units.
The Ordinary Shares and the Warrants that make up the Units will trade as Units (symbol: PACEU) on the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange until 09:00 CEST on 07 June 2021, after which date the holders of Units will have the option to continue to hold and trade Units or exchange their Units with Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants. The Ordinary Shares and Warrants will trade under the respective symbols PACE and PACEW.
Pegasus Acquisition Company Europe B.V
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About Pegasus
Pegasus is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company focused on the European financial services sector, founded by Tikehau Capital, Financière Agache and two of Europe’s most experienced bankers. Pegasus is targeting businesses in the European financial services industry, with a primary focus on scalable platforms offering strong growth potential that could be accelerated with access to capital and strategic guidance.
Jean Pierre Mustier and Diego De Giorgi are Operating Partners and Sponsors, combining their unparalleled operational and deal making financial sector experience, as well as long-term managerial, risk and governance expertise.
Pegasus draws upon the deep resources of Tikehau Capital and Financière Agache, who both bring extensive investment, due diligence, operational, regulatory and capital raising experience to support our business combination partner and help it to achieve long-term success as a public company.
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These materials are for information purposes only and are not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy the securities of Pegasus Acquisition Company Europe B.V. (the "Company", and such securities, the "Securities") in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or South Africa or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States. This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States. The Company will not be registered in the United States as an investment company under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940. No public offering of securities is being made in the United States.
In the United Kingdom, this document and any other materials in relation to the Securities is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, and any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “EUWA”) and who are also (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”); or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). The securities are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action on the basis of this document and should not act or rely on it.
In relation to each member state of the European Economic Area (each, a “Member State”), no Units, Class A Ordinary Shares or Warrants have been offered or will be offered in that relevant Member State, except that an offer to the public in that relevant Member State of any of the Units, the Class A Ordinary Shares or the Warrants may be made at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation, provided that no such offer of Units, Class A Ordinary Shares or Warrants shall require the Company to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospectus Regulation.
The Units, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Warrants are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and, should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2016/97/EC (as amended or superseded, the ‘Insurance Distribution Directive’), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended the ‘PRIIPs Regulation’) for offering or selling the Units or the Warrants or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Units or the Warrants or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.
The Units, the Ordinary Shares and the Warrants are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom. For these purposes, a “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client, as defined in Directive (EU) 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments (as amended) and implemented in the United Kingdom as it forms part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA (“UK MIFID II”); (ii) a customer within the meaning of the Insurance Distribution Directive as it forms part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in UK MIFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA (the “UK PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Units and the Warrants or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the United Kingdom has been prepared and, therefore, offering or selling the Units and the Warrants or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.
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This announcement does not constitute a prospectus. Any investor should make his investment solely on the basis of information contained in the Company’s prospectus dated 29 April 2021 (the “Prospectus”) that is available through the website of the Company (www.pegasuseurope.com), subject to applicable securities laws. Terms used in this announcement that have not been defined herein, have the meaning set out in the Prospectus.
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