Beter Bed Holding N.V. (“BBH” ISIN NL0000339703), the Netherlands’ leading sleep specialist in retail, wholesale and B2B, announces the issue of 946,167 new ordinary shares of the Company against an issue price of € 6.82. The issue of shares is meant to remediate the impact on the Company’s solvency from the repayment of the perpetual loan, as announced in the interim results press release dated 21 July 2021. The net proceeds of the Offering will be used to strengthen our financial position and to provide the Company with the financial flexibility to accelerate the execution of its growth strategy 2025 as presented during the AGM of 12 May 2021.
The increased attention for health and well-being, due to COVID-19, is expected to lead to increased demand for quality sleep as one of the three pillars of health. The investment program driven by our strategy is starting through the launch of a new shop format, subscription label Leazzzy, investments in data analytics and acceleration of online on our own websites as well as third party platforms.