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Belden annonce la conversion obligatoire d’actions privilégiées convertibles obligatoires de série B à 6,75 %

Belden

Belden Inc. (NYSE : BDC), leader mondial des solutions de transmission de signaux de bout en bout de haute qualité pour les applications critiques, a annoncé aujourd'hui que, conformément au certificat de désignation de Belden, la totalité de ses actions privilégiées convertibles obligatoires de série B à 6,75 % en circulation (les « actions privilégiées convertibles obligatoires ») seront automatiquement converties en actions ordinaires de Belden le 15 juillet 2019 (la « date de conversion obligatoire »), au taux de conversion de 132,50 actions ordinaires par action privilégiée convertible obligatoire (ou 1,3250 action ordinaire par action dépositaire, chacune représentant 1/100 ème Participation fractionnaire dans une action des actions privilégiées convertibles obligatoires (NYSE : BDC PR B) (les « actions de dépôt »). Belden émettra des espèces au lieu de toute fraction d'actions ordinaires.

 

As previously announced, Belden’s board of directors has declared a regular and final quarterly dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of $168.75 per share (or $1.6875 per Depositary Share). The dividend will be payable in cash on the Mandatory Conversion Date to the holders of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as of the close of business on July 1, 2019.

 

The conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will result in the issuance of approximately 6.9 million shares of Belden common stock on the Mandatory Conversion Date (assuming no early conversions). As of July 9, 2019, Belden had 38,929,956 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

Upon conversion, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be automatically extinguished and discharged and no longer be deemed outstanding for all purposes (without the requirement of any further action on behalf of Belden, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, holders of Depositary Shares, or any other person). Following the conversion, the Depositary Shares will be delisted from trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

About Belden

Belden Inc. delivers a comprehensive product portfolio designed to meet the mission-critical network infrastructure needs of industrial and enterprise markets. With innovative solutions targeted at reliable and secure transmission of rapidly growing amounts of data, audio and video needed for today's applications, Belden is at the center of the global transformation to a connected world. Founded in 1902, the company is headquartered in St. Louis and has manufacturing capabilities in North and South America, Europe and Asia.