Acroud initiates a written procedure and postpones interest payment under its outstanding bond loan
Acroud AB (publ) (the “Company” or “Acroud”) announces that it today has initiated a written procedure (the “Written Procedure”) under its outstanding bond loan 2022/2025 with ISIN SE0017562481 (the “Bonds”) for the purpose of requesting approval from its bondholders regarding the recapitalisation of the Company as announced and described in a press release dated 9 December 2024. Acroud also announces that it will postpone the interest payment due on 7 January 2025 due to the ongoing Written Procedure.
Acroud announces today that it has initiated a Written Procedure among the bondholders under the terms and conditions of the Bonds (the “Terms and Conditions”), to request the bondholders’ consent for the Request (as defined below), by instructing Nordic Trustee & Agency AB (publ) (the “Agent”), in its capacity of agent under the Bonds, to send a notice of Written Procedure including voting instructions to the direct registered owners and registered authorised nominees of the Bonds in the Company’s debt ledger held with Euroclear Sweden as per 17 December 2024. All capitalised terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Terms and Conditions.
According to the Terms and Conditions, the next interest payment for the Bonds shall be made on 7 January 2025 (the "Interest Payment"). Acroud hereby announces that it, due to the ongoing Written Procedure, has decided to postpone the Interest Payment due on 7 January 2025. Should the Request be approved by the bondholders in the Written Procedure, the amount for the Interest Payment shall be deferred and paid on the extended maturity date of the Bonds (such amount shall itself carry interest equal to the relevant interest rate under the Bonds).
Acroud is requesting in the Written Procedure that the bondholders approve the transactions included in the restructuring term sheet entered into between a bondholder committee representing approximately 42.5% of the adjusted nominal amount of the Bonds, the Company’s major shareholders representing 66.9% of the votes and share capital and certain other creditors setting out the terms in principle regarding the future financial and capital structure of Acroud and its subsidiaries (the “Request”).
For more information regarding the Written Procedure, and a more detailed description of the Request and the transactions included in the restructuring term sheet, please see the notice of Written Procedure on the Company’s and the Agent’s respective websites.
The outcome of the Written Procedure will be announced by way of a press release in connection with the termination of the Written Procedure. The voting record date is 30 December 2024 and the last day for voting in the Written Procedure is 14 January 2025. The Written Procedure may however be terminated before the expiry of the time period for replies if a requisite majority has been obtained.
Bondholders representing approx. 42.5% of the outstanding adjusted nominal amount under the Bonds have agreed to vote in favour of the proposal in the Written Procedure.
For questions to the Agent regarding the administration of the Written Procedure, please contact the Agent at voting.sweden@nordictrustee.com or +46 8 783 79 00.
Responsible parties
The persons below may also be contacted for further information.
For further information, please contact:
Robert Andersson, President and CEO
+356 9999 8017
Andrzej Mieszkowicz, CFO
+35699112090
ACROUD AB (publ)
Telephone: +356 2132 3750/1
E-mail: info@acroud.com
Website: www.acroud.com
Certified Adviser: FNCA Sweden AB, info@fnca.se
From May 2024 (Q1 Report) Acroud has changed reporting and company language to English. This means that Interim Reports and the correlated press releases will be issued in English only.
About ACROUD AB
ACROUD is a fast-growing global challenger that operates and develops comparison and news sites within Poker, Sports Betting and Casino. Acroud also offers SaaS solutions for the iGaming affiliate industry. In past years, a number of companies have joined the ride and thus several experienced individuals in the industry leads Acroud’s journey to become ”The Mediahouse of The Future”. Our mission is to connect people, Content Creators (Youtubers, Streamers, Affiliates) and businesses. We are growing fast and remain a leading global player in the industry with just over 70 people in Malta, United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden. Acroud has been listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market since June 2018.