EANS-News: Alapis Announces its Share Capital Increase to Raise c. EUR 451...( ATHENS Greece August 6 /- - Not ...),Health

    ATHENS, Greece, August 6 /PRNewswire/ --

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Alapis S.A. ("Alapis" or "the Company") announces that, on 5 August, 2009, the Company's Board of Directors approved a share capital increase by way of pre-emptive rights for existing shareholders that will increase the Company's share capital by EUR 294,180,066.

The share capital increase will be effected through the issue of 980,600,220 new ordinary shares of a nominal value EUR0.30 each, with payment in cash.

Shareholders of Alapis will be entitled to one subscription right for each existing share held. The exercise of one subscription right will entitle the holder to subscribe for one new share at the proposed subscription price of EUR 0.46 per new share. In addition, those who will exercise their subscription rights will be entitled to subscribe for a number of additional new shares at the subscription price (oversubscription rights). The total gross proceeds will amount to approximately EUR 451.1 million.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the share capital increase to repay part of its existing short-term debt, finance expected working capital requirements and pursue targeted acquisitions of companies and other assets, in order to further support its growth strategy in the Greek and South-Eastern European healthcare markets.

Alapis has been informed that Lamda Partners L.P., a private equity fund, has irrevocably undertaken to participate in the share capital incr
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