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The Board of Directors of
The Directed Share Issue
The Board of Directors of the Company has today, by virtue of the authorization granted by the Extraordinary General Meeting held on
The subscription price per share of
Deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights
The reason for the deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights is that the Board of Directors carefully has considered the possibility of raising capital through a rights issue but concluded that a deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights serves the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, mainly as (i) a rights issue would take longer time to implement which, especially under current markets conditions, would entail an exposure to potential market volatility; (ii) the Directed Share Issue can be carried out at a significantly lower cost and complexity than a rights issue; (iii) the speed of the process enables the Company to pursue investment opportunities within the framework of its Bitcoin Treasury Strategy, while at the same time maintaining a flexible and balanced capital structure; (iv) the high competition in the sector for attracting long-term and knowledgeable investors in Bitcoin Treasury companies requires the Company to act swiftly and flexibly in the capital markets, which a directed issue facilitates more effectively than a rights issue; and (v) the Directed Share Issue diversifies and strengthens the Company's shareholder base with strategically important investors, thereby broadening the base of financially strong shareholders and strengthening the liquidity of the Company's share.
Furthermore, based on the current market climate, a rights issue would likely have required significant underwriting commitments from an underwriting syndicate, which would have entailed additional costs and/or further dilution depending on the type of consideration paid for such underwriting. A rights issue would likely also have needed to be realized at a lower subscription price given the discount levels of rights issues recently realized in the market. The terms of the Directed Share Issue have been set through arm’s length negotiations between the Company and independent third parties.
With the above considered, the Board of Directors has made the assessment that the reasons to carry out the Directed Share Issue outweigh the reasons that justify the main rule of issuing shares with preferential rights for existing shareholders and that the Directed Share Issue is the most favorable alternative for the Company to carry out the capital raising.
Share capital, shares and dilution
As a result of the Directed Share Issue, the number of shares in the Company will increase by up to 1,523,089 and the Company’s share capital will increase by up to
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This press release is not a prospectus as set forth in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) and has not been approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. The Company has not approved any securities offering to the public in any member state of the EES and no prospectus has been published or will be published in connection with the Directed Share Issue. In each member state of the EES, this message is only directed towards “qualified investors” in that member state in accordance with the definition in the Prospectus Regulation.
In the
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