** Shares of thrift operator Savers Value Village SVV.N fall 1.25% to $9.45 premarket
** SVV late Wednesday announced pricing of its secondary offering in which certain investors sold 15 million shares at $9.25 apiece for gross proceeds of $138.8 million
** Selling shareholders include alternative investment manager Ares Management ARES.N and SVV CEO Mark Walsh
** Offering priced at a 3.3% discount to stock's last close
** Stock slid 12.9% on Tuesday after SVV unveiled the secondary offering, followed by a 2.7% fall on Wednesday
** J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Goldman Sachs and UBS Investment Bank were the joint lead book-running managers for the offering
** Concurrently, SVV will purchase $20 million of shares from the underwriters as part of the offering
** 5 of 8 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher and 3 "hold"; median PT $12.50 - data compiled by LSEG
** As of last close, SVV down 6.6% YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))
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