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Fundraisings and IPOs

Date: 2012-09-18

Type of information: Private placement

Company: Lonza (Switzerland)

Investors:

Amount: € 170 million

Funding type: private placement

Planned used:

Proceeds will be used to refinance part of the bridge loans provided to Lonza by a bank syndicate for the acquisition of Arch Chemicals Inc.

Others:

Lonza Swiss Finance Ltd, a wholly-owned company of Lonza Group has announced thesuccessful placing of its inaugural dual currency multi-tranche Schuldscheindarlehen with a total size in the equivalent of € 170 million. The split between € and $ was 40 and 60 percent, respectively. The private placement has maturities of three, five, and seven years.

Therapeutic area: Technology - Services

Is general: Yes