Union Acquisition Corp. II (“LATN”)
Shareholders Approve the Proposed Business Combination with Procaps
Group and the Parties Agree to Close by September 30, 2021
Following the Closing of the Business
Combination the Combined Company is expected to Trade on the Nasdaq
Global Market® Under “PROC” and “PROCW”
Union Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: LATN, LATNU, LATNW)
(“LATN”), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company,
announced today that its shareholders voted to approve the
previously announced business combination (the “Business
Combination”) with Procaps Group, a leading integrated
international healthcare and pharmaceutical company, and all other
proposals presented at LATN’s Extraordinary General Meeting held on
September 22, 2021.
Approximately 97% of the votes cast at the Extraordinary General
Meeting were in favor of the Business Combination. LATN plans to
file the results of the meeting, as tabulated by an independent
inspector of elections, on a Form 8-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Procaps Group and LATN have agreed to close the Business
Combination prior to September 30, 2021. One business day following
the closing of the Business Combination, Holdco’s ordinary shares
and warrants are expected to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market
under the ticker symbols “PROC” and “PROCW” respectively.
Institutional investors have committed to an upsized private
investment in public equity (“PIPE”) of $100 million in ordinary
shares of LATN, which will be converted into ordinary shares of the
combined company upon the closing of the business combination. The
PIPE will close concurrently with the business combination.
The current Procaps management team, led by its Founder,
Chairman and CEO, Ruben Minski, will continue to focus on organic
growth, with the support of its recently hired President, Dr.
Camilo Camacho, and inorganic growth, with the vision and
experience of Alejandro Weinstein, Chairman of the M&A
Committee.
“Over the last 40 plus years Procaps Group’s tested business
strategy has built a strong foundation for growth, and we believe
that this Business Combination will further enable us to execute
our strategic roll-up and consolidation plans in the LatAm region
that we believe will drive an accelerated competitive position and
value creation,” said Ruben Minski, Procaps Founder, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer. “Given our financial growth and EBITDA
generation, we believe we are well-positioned to execute on our
M&A strategy with the support, vision and experience of
Alejandro Weinstein, Chairman of our M&A Committee. We believe
the current environment is full of opportunities, and we look
forward to engaging the respective targets in the months to come,”
concluded Minski.
“Overwhelming support from our shareholders with the approval of
the Business Combination is a testament to the incredible
opportunity Procaps represents to investors in the United States
and abroad,” said Kyle P. Bransfield, CEO of Union Acquisition
Corp. ll. “We look forward to witnessing the next chapter of growth
initiatives led by CEO Ruben Minski after building a 40-year,
family-owned Latin American pharmaceutical company into a leading
integrated pharma company with a presence in 13 countries and
product reach in 50 markets modernizing oral drug delivery
technology and manufacturing capabilities.
“After the closing of the transaction, we believe the new
capital will leverage Procaps’ strong financial and organic growth
metrics and accelerate its global expansion, utilizing a roll-up
strategy that we believe will drive regional consolidation with an
accelerated competitive position and significant Adjusted EBITDA
growth and margin expansion,” concluded Bransfield.
About Procaps Group
Procaps Group is a developer of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical
solutions, medicines, and hospital supplies that reach more than 50
countries in all five continents. Procaps has a direct presence in
13 countries in Latin America and, as of December 31, 2020, had
more than 4,700 collaborators working under a sustainable model.
Procaps develops, manufactures, and markets over-the-counter (OTC)
and prescription drugs, nutritional supplements and high-potency
clinical solutions. For more information, visit
www.procapsgroup.com or Procaps Group’s investor relations website
investor.procapsgroup.com.
About Union Acquisition Corp. II.
Union Acquisition Corp. II, led by Kyle Bransfield and Daniel
Fink, is a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated as a blank
check company for the purpose of entering into a merger, share
exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization,
reorganization or other similar business combination with one or
more businesses or entities. For more information, please click
here.
About the Business Combination
As of the closing of the Business Combination, Procaps Group,
S.A. (“Holdco”), a subsidiary of Crynssen Pharma Group Limited
(“Procaps Group”), will become the holding company of LATN and
Procaps Group.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements.”
Forward looking statements may be identified by the use of words
such as “forecast,” “intend,” “seek,” “target,” “anticipate,”
“believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “plan,” “outlook,” and “project”
and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future
events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters.
Such forward-looking statements include the expected gross cash
proceeds from the Procaps Group Business Combination and its
effects on expansion; Procaps Group strategic roll-up and M&A
strategy; and the closing of the Business Combination transaction.
Such forward-looking statements with respect to the businesses of
LATN, Procaps Group, or Holdco, prior to or following the
completion of any proposed Business Combination, are based on
current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties. A
number of factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements.
These statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements to be materially different from the information
expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although
we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking
statement contained in this press release, we caution you that
these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors
currently known by us and our projections of the future, about
which we cannot be certain. Forward-looking statements in this
press release include, but are not limited to: (1) the inability to
complete the transactions contemplated by the proposed Business
Combination; (2) the inability to recognize the anticipated
benefits of the proposed Business Combination, which may be
affected by, among other things, competition, and the ability of
the combined business to grow and manage growth profitably; (3) the
inability to successfully retain or recruits officers, key
employees, or directors following the proposed Business
Combination; (4) effects on LATN’s public securities’ liquidity and
trading; (5) the market’s reaction to the proposed Business
Combination; (6) the lack of a market for LATN’s securities; (7)
LATN’s and Procaps Group’s financial performance following the
proposed Business Combination; (8) costs related to the proposed
Business Combination; (9) changes in applicable laws or
regulations; (10) the possibility that LATN or Procaps Group may be
adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive
factors; and (11) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time
to time in documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by LATN. We
cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this press
release will prove to be accurate. These forward-looking statements
are subject to a number of significant risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from expected
results, including, among others, the ability to complete the
Business Combination due to the failure to obtain approval from
LATN shareholders or satisfy other closing conditions in the
Business Combination agreement, the occurrence of any event that
could give rise to the termination of the Business Combination
agreement, the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the
Business Combination, the outcome of any legal proceedings that may
be instituted against LATN or Procaps Group following announcement
of the proposed Business Combination and related transactions, the
impact of COVID-19 on Procaps Group’s business and/or the ability
of the parties to complete the Business Combination, the ability to
obtain or maintain the listing of Holdco’s ordinary shares on
Nasdaq following the proposed Business Combination, costs related
to the proposed Business Combination, changes in applicable laws or
regulations, the possibility that LATN or Procaps Group may be
adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive
factors, and other risks and uncertainties, including those
included under the header “Risk Factors” in the Registration
Statement filed with the SEC and those included under the header
“Risk Factors” in the final prospectus of LATN related to its
initial public offering, as well as LATN’s other filings with the
SEC. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary in material respects from those projected
in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
may be required under applicable securities laws. Accordingly, you
should not put undue reliance on these statements.
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Procaps Group Investor Contact: Chris Tyson Executive
Vice President MZ North America Direct: 949-491-8235
LATN@mzgroup.us
LATN Contact: Kyle P. Bransfield Chief Executive Officer
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