Public tender offer for Bobst Group SA by largest shareholder – JBF Finance SA

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JBF Finance SA, Switzerland has announced a public tender offer for all publicly held shares of Bobst Group SA. JBF is Bobst Group’s largest shareholder and already holds approximately 53% of the shares and voting rights in the company.

Following completion of the offer, JBF expects to be able to take Bobst Group private through a delisting of its shares from SIX Swiss Exchange to allow the company to focus on long term and sustainable growth.

This offer will give the company the appropriate conditions to deploy a long term strategy, to execute its digital transformation, and to maintain its strong Swiss industrial activities.

Bobst Group continues to be managed by independent board members and family board members, as it is today and will enjoy the best possible conditions to transform the business into a digitised, connected and sustainable packaging supply chain.

The board of directors of Bobst Group, represented by the committee of independent directors, has reviewed the offer, is convinced of the business rationale of the transaction and welcomes the possibility for shareholders to tender their shares at a premium in these uncertain times.