1 March 2012
Dutch cable operator Ziggo completes its IPO and lists on the Amsterdam exchange
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has advised the Underwriters (with J.P Morgan and Morgan Stanley as joint global coordinators) on the initial public offering (IPO) of Ziggo on Euronext Amsterdam.
Inclusive of fully exercised greenshoe, selling shareholders sold EUR 925 million worth of shares. This IPO is one of the largest IPOs in Europe since the financial crisis. Ziggo is the biggest cable television company in the Netherlands with some three million subscribers. It was formed between 2005 and 2007 through the merger of Casema, Multikabel and Essent Kabelcom. De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek acted as Dutch legal adviser to the Underwiters.
Team: Joost Schutte, Marie-José Blaak, Martin Krijgh
Inclusive of fully exercised greenshoe, selling shareholders sold EUR 925 million worth of shares. This IPO is one of the largest IPOs in Europe since the financial crisis. Ziggo is the biggest cable television company in the Netherlands with some three million subscribers. It was formed between 2005 and 2007 through the merger of Casema, Multikabel and Essent Kabelcom. De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek acted as Dutch legal adviser to the Underwiters.
Team: Joost Schutte, Marie-José Blaak, Martin Krijgh