Baillie Gifford

big xyt launches portfolio liquidity analysis solution in partnership with Baillie Gifford to address new dilution levy guidance for the buy-side

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Developed in partnership with investment management firm, Baillie Gifford, it enables buy-side firms to gain an independent view on the liquidity of equity portfolios by using reliable and consistent market data.

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  • Developed in partnership with investment management firm, Baillie Gifford, it enables buy-side firms to gain an independent view on the liquidity of equity portfolios by using reliable and consistent market data.
  • Investment managers apply a dilution levy as part of their cashflow management process of pooled vehicles.
  • big xyt’s Portfolio Liquidity Analysis tool, a subset of its Open TCA solution for execution analysis, addresses the challenges faced by the buy-side.
  • Mark Montgomery, Head of Strategy and Business Development at big xyt, commented: “Working on this solution in partnership with Baillie Gifford has provided a new turnkey solution for the buy-side.

Guardant Health Announces $90.7 Million Registered Direct Offering with Baillie Gifford

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that it has entered into a common stock purchase agreement with Baillie Gifford on behalf of accounts that it manages for the sale of 3,387,446 shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering at an offering price of $26.77 per share.

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  • Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that it has entered into a common stock purchase agreement with Baillie Gifford on behalf of accounts that it manages for the sale of 3,387,446 shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering at an offering price of $26.77 per share.
  • Gross proceeds are approximately $90.7 million, before deducting expenses payable by Guardant Health.
  • Guardant Health intends to use the net proceeds from the offering primarily for general corporate purposes, including working capital, operating expenses and capital expenditures.
  • "We are proud to be supported by Baillie Gifford,” said Helmy Eltoukhy, co-founder and co-CEO of Guardant Health.

John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World wins The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 worth £50,000

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Friday, November 17, 2023

LONDON, Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant is tonight, Thursday 16 November, named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant is tonight, Thursday 16 November, named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023.
  • The winner was announced at a ceremony hosted at the Science Museum and generously supported by The Blavatnik Family Foundation.
  • Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World tells the story of the devastating wildfires that struck Fort McMurray, Alberta in 2016.
  • The Baillie Gifford Prize aims to recognise and reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality.

John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World wins The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 worth £50,000

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Friday, November 17, 2023

LONDON, Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant is tonight, Thursday 16 November, named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant is tonight, Thursday 16 November, named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023.
  • The winner was announced at a ceremony hosted at the Science Museum and generously supported by The Blavatnik Family Foundation.
  • Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World tells the story of the devastating wildfires that struck Fort McMurray, Alberta in 2016.
  • The Baillie Gifford Prize aims to recognise and reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality.

NANOBIOTIX Announces Pricing of a Capital Increase Raising Total Gross Proceeds of $55M

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

The closing of the Global Offering is not conditioned on the closing of the Concurrent Private Placement.

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  • The closing of the Global Offering is not conditioned on the closing of the Concurrent Private Placement.
  • Jefferies LLC, Leerink Partners and Guggenheim are acting as global coordinators and joint bookrunners for the Global Offering.
  • The Global Offering is subject to an underwriting agreement, which was entered into on November 2, 2023.
  • The expected use of proceeds represents the Company’s intentions based upon its current plans and business conditions.

NANOBIOTIX Announces Pricing of a Capital Increase Raising Total Gross Proceeds of $55M

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

The closing of the Global Offering is not conditioned on the closing of the Concurrent Private Placement.

Key Points: 
  • The closing of the Global Offering is not conditioned on the closing of the Concurrent Private Placement.
  • Jefferies LLC, Leerink Partners and Guggenheim are acting as global coordinators and joint bookrunners for the Global Offering.
  • The Global Offering is subject to an underwriting agreement, which was entered into on November 2, 2023.
  • The expected use of proceeds represents the Company’s intentions based upon its current plans and business conditions.

SHINE Technologies Raises $70 Million Financing Round to Accelerate the Commercialization of Near-Term Applications of Fusion Technology

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

JANESVILLE, Wis., Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SHINE Technologies, LLC, a next-generation fusion technology company, today announced it has raised $70 million in additional funding. The round was led by existing investors including Baillie Gifford and Fidelity Management & Research Company, and also includes participation from new institutional investors. This round will complete the commercialization and scale-up of the company's near-term applications of fusion technology, which are used in the industrial, defense, and healthcare markets.

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  • This round will complete the commercialization and scale-up of the company's near-term applications of fusion technology, which are used in the industrial, defense, and healthcare markets.
  • From the beginning our purpose has been to deliver cost-effective fusion technologies to help the world.
  • Greg Piefer CEO
    SHINE is deploying a four-phased approach that commercializes fusion today while scaling its technology into the future.
  • "We look forward to continuing our partnership as SHINE scales its fusion technology to tackle even bigger challenges and create a safer, healthier and cleaner world."

Roadie Announces General Availability of 'Tech Insights,' an Enhancement to Its Spotify Backstage SaaS Offering

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

DUBLIN, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Roadie, provider of Backstage as a service, today announced the general availability of its Tech Insights feature, a software-quality tool added to its core offering of managed Spotify Backstage. Tech Insights enables software engineering teams to establish engineering standards and automatically track and report software performance against those standards.

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  • DUBLIN, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Roadie , provider of Backstage as a service, today announced the general availability of its Tech Insights feature, a software-quality tool added to its core offering of managed Spotify Backstage.
  • Roadie was founded in 2020 to help organizations adopt and operate Backstage to make developers more effective.
  • Backstage —created by Spotify and now an open source incubating project of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation—is used to build internal developer portals.
  • Roadie is among the Top 2 contributors to open source Backstage, second only to Spotify, its creator.

James Shapiro's 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare Wins the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Winner of Winners Award

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Shapiro's 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare won the prize in 2006 and explores the year that Shakespeare produced some of his greatest works

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  • Shapiro's 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare won the prize in 2006 and explores the year that Shakespeare produced some of his greatest works
    Edinburgh, Apr 28, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro is tonight, Thursday, April 27, named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 'Winner of Winners' Award.
  • Baillie Gifford Prize Winner of Winners James Shapiro with 1599: A Year in the Life of William
    The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Winner of Winners Award marks the 25th anniversary of the UK's premier non-fiction book prize by crowning the best work of non-fiction from the last 25 years of the prize.
  • Shapiro finds one question the most pressing: how did Shakespeare become Shakespeare - one of the greatest writers who ever lived?
  • Peter Singlehurst, Partner at Baillie Gifford, says: "The strapline for the Baillie Gifford Prize is 'all the best stories are true'.

Cellectis Supplements the Announcement of the Pricing of Follow-On Offering with Allocation of Share Capital Information

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Friday, February 3, 2023

The ADSs are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (Registration No.

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  • The ADSs are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (Registration No.
  • The Global Offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement.
  • In particular, no public offering of the ADSs will be made in the European Union or any of its member states.
  • These forward-looking statements, which are based on our management’s current expectations and assumptions and on information currently available to management.