FLORIANÓPOLIS, Brazil, Oct. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vitru Limited, or Vitru (Nasdaq: VTRU), introduced immediately that the General Superintendence of CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defense – Brazilian antitrust authority) has accepted, with none restrictions, the funding settlement 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 (“Crescera” and “Investment Agreement”, respectively). CADE’s resolution will solely develop into last after a interval of 15 days from its publication within the Official Gazette of the Union, which occurred immediately, with none appeals or recall by the CADE Court, below the phrases of the relevant laws.
The Closing of the referred transaction continues to be topic to the success of different circumstances precedent, decided upon the execution of the Investment Agreement and is predicted within the fourth quarter of 2022. Crescera has agreed to subscribe for 3,636,363 new frequent shares to be issued by Vitru for a complete consideration of R$300 million, equal to roughly US$58.26 million based mostly on an alternate price of R$5.1490/US$, or roughly US$16.02 per share.
As beforehand introduced, Vitru has simply launched a rights providing permitting Vitru’s current shareholders to subscribe for new frequent shares at US$16.02 per share, i.e. roughly the identical US$ worth to be paid by Crescera for the frequent shares it’s buying pursuant to its funding. The rights providing is prolonged to current shareholders proportionately, giving every shareholder the proper to subscribe for 1 new frequent share for every 6 frequent shares held on the report date of October 21, 2022.
About Vitru
Vitru is the main pure distance studying training group within the postsecondary distance studying market in Brazil. Through its invested corporations, Vitru supplies a whole pedagogical ecosystem centered on hybrid distance studying expertise for undergraduates and persevering with training college students.
Vitru’s mission is to democratize entry to training in Brazil by means of a digital ecosystem and empower each pupil to create their very own profitable story.
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