FLORIANÓPOLIS, Brazil, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vitru Limited (Nasdaq: VTRU) (“Vitru”) immediately introduced the closing of the funding by Crescera pursuant to an funding settlement (as amended, restated, supplemented or in any other case modified in accordance with the phrases thereof, the “Investment Agreement”) entered into on September 27, 2022 with Crescera Growth Capital Master V Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia and Crescera Growth Capital V Coinvestimento III Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia (collectively, “Crescera”). As a outcome of the funding, Crescera has subscribed for 3,636,363 new widespread shares issued by Vitru (which, upon issuance, quantity to roughly 10.5% of Vitru’s excellent widespread shares) for a complete consideration of US$58.3 million, equal to R$300 million based mostly on the relevant trade price pursuant to the Investment Agreement, or roughly US$16.02 per widespread share.
As beforehand introduced, Vitru has commenced a rights providing pursuant to which it’s distributing nontransferable subscription rights to every holder of its widespread shares as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 21, 2022 (the “Record Date”). The subscription rights could also be exercised at any time through the subscription interval, which commenced on October 24, 2022, and ends at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 17, 2022. One subscription proper is being distributed for every six widespread shares held as of the Record Date, with every subscription proper exercisable for one widespread share at an train worth of US$16.02 per full widespread share. Vitru is not going to difficulty any fractional shares upon train of any subscription rights within the rights providing, and shareholders should train subscription rights which might outcome within the issuance of not less than one complete widespread share to take part within the rights providing.
Crescera has the choice to accumulate further widespread shares not subscribed for by Vitru’s minority shareholders in Vitru’s beforehand introduced rights providing, for as much as a most quantity equal to R$100 million much less the whole quantity obtained by Vitru from subscriptions of new widespread shares by minority shareholders pursuant to the rights providing. Following the closing of the funding by Crescera and the rights providing, Crescera’s fairness stake in Vitru might change, relying on whether or not Crescera workouts its possibility and on the quantity raised within the rights providing.
Vitru intends to make use of the proceeds from the Crescera funding and the rights providing largely for the reimbursement of current indebtedness. Any remaining proceeds shall be used for common company functions.
This press launch isn’t meant to and doesn’t represent a proposal to promote or the solicitation of a proposal to subscribe for or purchase or an invite to buy or subscribe for any securities in any jurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or switch of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of relevant legislation. No supply of securities shall be made besides by means of a prospectus assembly the necessities of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
About Vitru
Vitru is the main pure distance studying schooling group within the postsecondary distance studying market in Brazil. Through its invested corporations, Vitru supplies an entire pedagogical ecosystem centered on hybrid distance studying expertise for undergraduates and persevering with schooling college students.
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