BlueCity Announces Receipt of Updated Preliminary Non-Binding Proposal From Buyer Group; Proposed Purchase Price Reduced From $1.85/ADS To $1.60/ADS
- BlueCity Holdings Limited (“BlueCity” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:BLCT), a leading online LGBTQ platform, today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter dated April 18, 2022 (the “Proposal Letter”) from Mr. Baoli Ma (the “Founder”) and Metaclass Management ELP, an affiliate of Spriver Tech Limited (“Sponsor,” and together with the Founder, the “Buyer Group”), with respect to the proposed “going-private” transaction (the “Proposed Transaction”) wherein the Buyer Group proposes to acquire all of the outstanding ordinary shares of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), including the Class A ordinary shares represented by the American Depositary Shares of the Company (the “ADSs,” each two representing one Class A ordinary share) that are not already beneficially owned by the Buyer Group in a going private transaction. A copy of the proposal letter is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The Buyer Group was formed in furtherance of the Proposed Transaction initially set forth in the preliminary non-binding proposal letter submitted by the Founder and Spriver Tech Limited to the Company on January 2, 2022 (the “Original Proposal”), and the Proposal Letter updates the Original Proposal to (i) inform the Board that Metaclass Management ELP, an affiliate of Spriver Tech Limited, is replacing Spriver Tech Limited as Sponsor and (ii) reduce the proposed purchase price from US$3.70 per Ordinary Share or US$1.85 per ADS in cash to US$3.20 per Ordinary Share or US$1.60 per ADS in cash.
As previously announced, the Board had formed a committee of three independent directors (the “Special Committee”) to evaluate the Proposed Transaction, or any alternative strategic option that the Company may pursue. The Special Committee will continue to evaluate the Proposed Transaction in light of the latest development.
The Board cautions the Company’s shareholders and others considering trading the Company’s securities that no decisions have been made with respect to the Proposal Letter and the Proposed Transaction. There can be no assurance that the Buyer Group will make any definitive offer to the Company, that any definitive agreement relating to the Proposal Letter will be entered into between the Company and the Buyer Group, or that the Proposed Transaction or any other similar transaction will be approved or consummated. The Company does not undertake any obligation to provide any updates with respect to this or any other transaction, except as required under applicable law.