- Business School24 is one of the leading business schools active in Italy, specialised in training for individuals and companies
- The company, owned by a Londoner fund managed by Palamon Capital Partners, has issued two bonds for a total of 19 M€ aimed at supporting growth and investment plans over the next five years
07th July 2021, Turin
Anteos Capital Advisors SpA, acted as advisor and co-arranger, alongside Banco di Credito P. Azzoaglio, in the structuring of two bonds issued by Business School24 Spa for a total of 19 M€, which the company will use for the development of its business plan based on greater quality and availability of teaching through digital systems and channels increasingly focused on customer needs.
The operation, splitted into two ISINs, one of 3.85 M€ guaranteed by Sace at 90% under the “Garanzia Italia” program and the other of 15.15 M€, was signed by leading institutional entities such as Finint SGR (total investment of 7 M€), Anthilia SGR (total investment of 5.25 M€), Ver Capital SGR (total investment of 5 M€) and Banco di Credito P. Azzoaglio (arranger, investor for a total of 1.75 M€ and common representative of the Bondholders).
The issuances have a duration of 6 years.
As part of the transaction, McDermott Will & Emery and Simmons & Simmons acted as legal advisors to the Company and the Bondholders respectively, while Banca Finint acted as an agent bank and calculation agent.
Mario Bottero, Managing Partner of Anteos Capital Advisors, said: “training and competence are key variables for the development, for various reasons, of any initiative. As Anteos, we are glad to have acted alongside and in support of Banco di Credito P. Azzoaglio in assisting Business School24, for the structuring and organization of a strategic operation in support of the company’s business plan, focused on quality, digitization and innovation”
