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Acconeer announces final outcome in the company’s fully guaranteed rights issue

Acconeer AB (“Acconeer” or the “Company”) announces today the final outcome in the Company’s rights issue of shares of approximately SEK 149 million (the “Rights Issue”), which is fully covered through a combination of subscription undertakings and guarantee commitments. The subscription period in the Rights Issue ended on 28 March 2024. The final outcome shows that 28,372,000 shares, corresponding to approximately 79.9 percent of the offered shares, have been subscribed for with support of subscription rights. Additionally, applications for subscription of 5,893,311 shares without the support of subscription rights, corresponding to approximately 16.6 percent of the offered shares, have been submitted. Together, subscriptions with support of subscription rights and subscriptions without the support of subscription rights correspond to approximately 96.5 percent of the offered shares in the Rights Issue. Thus, guarantee commitments of 1,251,733 shares, corresponding to approximately 3.5 percent of the offered shares, will be utilised. The Rights Issue will provide the Company with approximately SEK 149 million before deduction of transaction costs.
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR WOULD REQUIRE REGISTRATION OR ANY OTHER MEASURES. PLEASE REFER TO SECTION “IMPORTANT INFORMATION” BELOW.

The Rights Issue comprised 35,517,044 shares, of which 28,372,000 shares, corresponding to approximately 79.9 percent of the offered shares, have been subscribed for with support of subscription rights. Additionally, applications for subscription of 5,893,311 shares without support of subscription rights have been submitted, corresponding to approximately 16.6 percent of the offered shares. A total of 5,893,311 shares, corresponding to 16.6 percent of the offered shares, have been allotted to individuals who have applied to subscribe for shares without support of subscription rights. Together, subscriptions for shares with support of subscription rights and subscription for shares without support of subscription rights correspond to approximately 96.5 percent of the offered shares in the Rights Issue. Thus, guarantee commitments of 1,251,733 shares, corresponding to approximately 3.5 percent of the offered shares, will be utilised. As a result of the Rights Issue, Acconeer’s share capital will increase by 1,775,852.20 SEK to 3,107,741.35 SEK and the number of shares and votes will increase by 35,517,044 to 62,154,827.

The last day for trading in paid subscribed shares (BTA) is expected to be on 8 April 2024. The new shares subscribed for with support of subscription rights are expected to be registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office around 5 April 2024 and the new shares are expected to start trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market as of 12 April 2024. The new shares subscribed for without support of subscription rights are expected to be registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office around 11 April 2024 and the new shares are expected to start trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market as of 12 April 2024.

Lock-up undertakings
Prior to the Rights Issue, all board members and key executives in the Company have entered into lock-up undertakings, including commitments not to dispose of financial instruments in the Company, with certain exceptions. The lock-up undertakings expire 180 days after the announcement of the outcome of the Rights Issue.

Furthermore, the Company has undertaken in relation to Carnegie Investment Bank AB, with customary exceptions, not to issue additional shares or other share-related instruments for a period of 180 days after the announcement of the outcome of the Rights Issue.

Advisers
In conjunction with the Rights Issue, the Company has engaged Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) as Sole Global Coordinator and Bookrunner, and Advokatfirman Schjødt as legal advisor.

For additional information, please contact:
Lars Lindell, CEO Acconeer, Phone: +46 10218 92 00, E-mail: ir@acconeer.com
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). For more information: www.acconeer.com.
Important information:
This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer for selling, or a request to submit an offer to buy or acquire, shares or other securities of the Company.

Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, or any other jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or other measures.

The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly may not be exercised, offered, sold, resold, delivered or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities legislation in any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. The Company do not intend to register any offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.

Forward-looking statements

Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “deems”, “intends”, “estimate”, “will”, “may”, “continue”, “should” and similar expressions. This applies in particular to statements relating to future results, financial position, cash flow, plans and expectations of the Company's operations and management, future growth and profitability, general economic and regulatory environment and other factors affecting the Company, many of which are based on further assumptions, such as no changes in existing political, legal, fiscal, market or economic conditions or applicable law (including but not limited to accounting principles, accounting methods and tax policies), which may or may not be of importance to the Company results or its ability to operate. Although the Company believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this release by such forward looking statements.

Potential investors should therefore not attach undue confidence to the forward-looking information herein, and potential investors are urged to read the parts of the prospectus that include a more detailed description of factors that may affect the Company's operations and the market in which the Company operates.

The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date and could be subject to change without notice.

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