Pepper Food Service Co., Ltd. (TSE:3053) announced a private placement of 52,000 10th stock acquisition rights at an issue price of ¥373 per stock acquisition right for gross proceeds of ¥19,396,000 on December 27, 2019. The transaction will include participation from SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., Investment Arm. Each 10th stock acquisition right is exercisable into 100 common shares at a initial exercise price of ¥1,332 and will receive proceeds of ¥6,945,796,000 post exercise. The stock acquisition rights are issued through a third party allotment method. The exercise period of stock acquisition right is from January 16, 2020 to January 31, 2023. The transaction has been approved by the board of directors and is expected to close on January 15, 2020.