The medical technology company Asker Healthcare Group began trading on Nasdaq Stockholm today, March 27. The share is traded under the ticker ASKER on the Largecap segment.
The offering comprised just over 126 million shares, of which 21 million were newly issued, and provides the company with SEK 1.5 billion before transaction costs. The capital will mainly be used for refinancing and future acquisitions. The offer was oversubscribed several times.
More than 20,000 new shareholders will be added, and the largest investors include Alecta, SEB, Handelsbanken Fonder and Swedbank Robur. Assuming that the over-allotment option is exercised in full, the total offering amounts to just over SEK 10 billion.
At the subscription price of SEK 70 per share, the market capitalization of Asker is SEK 26.8 billion.
The share has so far today been traded at SEK 83.77 as the highest paid and SEK 80.17 as the lowest paid. At 09.20, the last price paid was SEK 81.11. This corresponds to an increase of 15.9 percent from the subscription price of SEK 70 per share. Shares worth SEK 237 million have changed hands so far today.
