The board of directors of Acconeer AB ("Acconeer" or the "Company") hereby announces the outcome of the Company's rights issue of shares (the "Rights Issue") which was resolved by the board of directors on 22 November 2021 based on the authorization from the annual general meeting on 27 April 2021.The final count in the Rights Issue shows that 2,310,373shares, corresponding to approximately 99 per cent of the Rights Issue, have been subscribed for by the exercise of subscription rights. Furthermore, 2,465,919 shares were subscribed for without subscription rights, corresponding to approximately 105 per cent of the Rights Issue. The final outcome shows that the Rights Issue has been oversubscribed. Through the Rights Issue, Acconeer receives approximately SEK 140 million before deduction of transaction costs.
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Outcome
The Rights Issue comprised a maximum of 2,338,250 shares, of which 2,310,373 shares, corresponding to approximately 99 per cent of the Rights issue, has been subscribed for by exercise of subscription rights. 2,465,919 shares, corresponding to approximately 105 per cent of the Rights Issue, has been subscribed for without the exercise of subscription rights. Thus, 4,776,292 shares, corresponding to approximately 204 per cent of the Rights Issue, has been subscribed for. The Rights Issue is thus oversubscribed and no guarantee commitments have been utilized.
Notification regarding allocation
Allocation of shares has been made in accordance with the allocation principles described in the prospectus that was made public in connection with the Rights Issue. A notification regarding allocation of shares subscribed for without the exercise of subscription rights will be made by post of a settlement note to each subscriber. Allocated shares subscribed for without the exercise of subscription rights shall be paid for in accordance with the instructions in the settlement note.
Trading in BTA
Trading in BTA (Sw. betald tecknad aktie) is currently taking place at Nasdaq First North Growth Market and will cease when the Rights Issue has been registered by the Swedish Companies Registration Office, which is expected to take place around week 52, 2021. BTA's will then be converted to shares.
Number of shares and share capital
The Rights Issue provides Acconeer with proceeds amounting to approximately SEK 140 million before transaction costs. As a result of the Rights Issue, Acconeer's share capital will increase by SEK 116 912,50 to a total of SEK 1 286 037,50 and the total number of shares will increase by 2 338 250 shares to a total of 25 720 750 shares, all shares.
Subscription commitments
Alps Alpine and Lars Lindell have not been able to subscribe for their respective pro rata shares in the Rights Issue due to administrative errors by third parties, which resulted in their respective subscription rights being sold.
Advisers
Pareto Securities is the Global Coordinator in connection with the Rights Issue. Advokatfirman Schjødt is legal advisor to Acconeer and Cirio Advokatbyrå AB is the legal advisor to Global Coordinator in connection with the Rights Issue. Aktieinvest FK AB acts as the issuing agent in the Rights Issue.
For further information, please contact:
Lars Lindell, CEO
Phone: +46 10 218 92 00
E-mail: ir@acconeer.com
This information is such information as Acconeer AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 14:30 CET on 20 December 2021.
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About Acconeer AB
With ground-breaking technology, Acconeer has developed a radar sensor that opens a new world of interaction. Acconeer Micro Radar Sensor, with low power consumption, high precision, small size and high robustness, is a 60GHz robust and cost-effective sensor for detection, distance measurement, motion detection and camera-supported applications with low power consumption. Acconeer combines the advantage of low power consumption with highly accurate pulsed radar systems of coherent radar, all integrated into a component with a surface area of only 28 mm2. The radar sensor can be included in a range of mobile consumer products, from smartphones to wearables, but also in areas such as robots, drones, the Internet of Things, healthcare, automotive, industrial robots and security and monitoring systems. Acconeer is a semiconductor company and, as a business model, sells hardware to manufacturers of consumer electronics products. Acconeer is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market with the ticker code ACCON, Redeye is the company's Certified Advisor (CA) and can be contacted via telephone +46(0)8 121 576 90 or via e-mail certifiedadviser@redeye.se. For more information: www.acconeer.com.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This press release is not an offer to subscribe for shares in Acconeer and investors should not subscribe for or purchase any securities, except on the basis of information provided in the prospectus.
This press release may not be made public, released or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Hongkong, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore or in any other jurisdiction in which the distribution of this press release would be unlawful. Further, this press release does not constitute an offer to sell new shares, paid subscribed for shares ("BTA") or subscription rights to any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make such offer to such person or where such action would require additional prospectuses, registration or other measures other than those pursuant to Swedish law. The prospectus, application form and other documents associated with the Rights Issue may not be distributed in or to any country where such distribution or the Rights Issue would require such measures set forth in the preceding sentence or be in violation of the regulations of such country.
The new shares, BTAs and subscription rights have not been recommended or approved by any United States federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority. No new shares, BTAs, subscription rights or other securities issued by Acconeer have been or will be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the securities legislation in any state of the United States, and may not be offered, exercised or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. There is no intention to register any portion of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.
Any offering of the securities referred to in this press release will be made by means of a prospectus. This press release is not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any related implementing and delegated regulations, the "Prospectus Regulation"). Investors should not invest in any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information contained in the aforementioned prospectus.
In any EEA Member State other than Sweden, this press release is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State.
In the United Kingdom, this document and any other materials in relation to the securities described herein is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, and any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, "qualified investors" (within the meaning of the United Kingdom version of the EU Prospectus Regulation (2017/1129/ EU) which is part of United Kingdom law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) who are (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"); or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action on the basis of this press release and should not act or rely on it.
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