Climeon AB (publ) ("Climeon" or the "Company") today announces the final outcome in the Company's fully guaranteed rights issue of a maximum of 19,021,017 units (the "Rights Issue"). The final outcome is in line with the preliminary outcome announced on 22 November 2023 and shows that the Rights Issue was oversubscribed. A total of 21,180,795 units were subscribed for, corresponding to 111 percent of the Rights Issue, of which 9,706,913 units were subscribed for with unit rights and 11,473,882 units were subscribed for without unit rights. Thus, no guarantee commitments will need to be utilized. The subscription price in the Rights Issue was SEK 5.28 per unit, corresponding to SEK 0.88 per class B share. Through the Rights Issue, the Company raises proceeds of approximately SEK 100 million before deduction of costs attributable to the Rights Issue.
Final outcome of the Rights Issue
The subscription period of the Rights Issue was between 8 November and 22 November 2023. The final outcome of the Rights Issue shows that 9,706,913 units were subscribed for with unit rights, corresponding to approximately 51 percent of the Rights Issue. In addition, the Company received subscriptions without unit rights of 11,473,882 units, corresponding to approximately 60 percent of the Rights Issue. In total, the subscriptions with and without unit rights amounted to 21,180,795 units, corresponding to approximately 111 percent of the Rights Issue. Thus, no guarantee commitments will need to be utilized. The Board of Directors of the Company has today resolved to allot all 19,021,017 units offered in the Rights Issue.
About the Rights Issue
The Rights Issue was fully guaranteed through subscription commitments from existing and new shareholders as well as guarantee commitments from Fredrik Lundgren and Wilhelm Risberg. The guarantors will receive a guarantee fee of 8.5 percent of the guaranteed amount in the form of newly issued class B shares which, in accordance with the terms for the guarantee commitments, will be issued at a price of SEK 0.88 (the higher of the subscription price in the Rights Issue attributable to a share and 90 percent of the volume weighted average price for the Company's class B share on Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market during the last three days that the unit rights in the Rights Issue were traded). Through the Rights Issue, the Company will raise proceeds of approximately SEK 100 million before deductions for costs attributable to the Rights Issue, which are estimated to amount to approximately SEK 9.8 million. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Rights Issue to finance deliveries of existing and expected orders, continued commercialization of HeatPower 300 and strengthen the Company's working capital.
Notification of allotment and delivery of units
Those who have subscribed for units in the Rights Issue by utilization of unit rights will receive paid subscribed units (BTU) booked on their securities accounts. Those who have been allocated units subscribed for without utilization of subscription rights will receive a contract note, which are expected to be distributed 24 November 2023. Those who have not been allocated units will not receive any notification. Subscribed and allocated units shall be paid cash in accordance with the instructions on the contract note. Those who have subscribed for units without unit rights through its nominee will receive notification of subscription in accordance with the nominee's routines.
Delivery of class B shares and warrants comprise by the units will occur when registration of the Rights Issue has been completed with the Swedish Companies Registration Office, which is expected to take place on 28 November 2023 for units subscribed for with unit rights and on 5 December 2023 for units subscribed for without unit rights.
Trading in paid subscribed units (BTU) is expected to continue until the Swedish Companies Registration Office has registered the Rights Issue in full and paid subscribed units (BTU) has been converted into class B shares and warrants. The new class B shares and warrants will be admitted to trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market in connection with such conversion.
Changes in share capital and number of shares and dilution
Before any exercise of the warrants issued as part of a unit and excluding new class B shares attributable to the guarantors' fee, the Company's share capital will, through the Rights Issue, increase by SEK 1,711,891.53, from SEK 1,426,576.29 to SEK 3,138,467.82 and the number of shares in the Company will increase by 114,126,102 class B shares, from a total of 95,105,086 to 209,231,188 shares. If all warrants comprised by the units are exercised, the number of shares will increase by an additional 57,063,051 class B shares. The completion of the Rights Issue entails a dilution for shareholders who chose not to participate of approximately 54.5 percent of the number of shares in the Company.
Advisors
DNB Markets, part of DNB Bank ASA, Sweden branch, is the Sole Global Coordinator and Baker McKenzie is the legal advisor to the Company in relation to the Rights Issue.
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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 (the "Prospectus Regulation") and has not been approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. A prospectus, corresponding to an EU Growth Prospectus, has been prepared by the Company due to the Rights Issue (the "Prospectus"). The Prospectus has been reviewed and approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and been published on the Company's website. The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority approves the Prospectus only to the extent that it meets the requirements for completeness, comprehensibility and consistency specified in the Prospectus Regulation.
This announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the Company. The information relating to the Rights Issue contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. DNB Markets, part of DNB Bank ASA, Sweden branch is acting for Climeon in connection with the Rights Issue and for no one else. DNB Markets, part of DNB Bank ASA, Sweden branch will not be responsible to anyone other than Climeon for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for giving advice in relation to the Rights Issue or any other matter referred to herein.
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Forward-looking statements
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Information to distributors
Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Company's shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that such shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "EU Target Market Assessment"). Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process in the United Kingdom, the target market assessment in respect of the shares in the Company has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for such shares is only eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook, and professional clients, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MiFIR"); and (ii) all channels for distribution of such shares to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate (the "UK Target Market Assessment" and, together with the EU Target Market Assessment, the "Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Company's shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the Company's shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the Company's shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal, or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Rights Issue.
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The English text is an unofficial translation of the original Swedish text. In case of any discrepancies between the Swedish text and the English translation, the Swedish text shall prevail.
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