The subscription period in Brain+ rights issue begins today
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 10, 2023 – Brain+ A/S (Nasdaq First North: BRAINP)
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Today, 10 May 2023, the subscription period commences in Brain+ A/S (“Brain+” or the “Company”) issue of units with pre-emptive rights for the Company’s existing shareholders (the “Rights Issue”) which was resolved by the Board of Directors on 24 April 2023. The subscription period runs until and including 25 May 2023. The Rights Issue can, upon full subscription, provide the Company with approximately DKK 15.7 million before deduction of transaction related costs. Prospectus, supplement to the prospectus and a teaser summarizing the main elements in the offering are available on Brain+ website (www.brain-plus.com) and Sedermera Corporate Finance AB website (www.sedermera.se)
Summary of the Rights Issue
- Shareholders in Brain+ on the record date, 9 May 2023, will be allocated pre-emptive rights to subscribe for one (1) unit for each (1) existing share held. One unit consists of two (2) new shares, two (2) warrants of series TO 2 and two (2) warrants of series TO 3.
- The subscription price is DKK 1.00 per unit corresponding to DKK 0.50 per share. The warrants of series TO 2 and TO 3 are issued free of charge.
- The Rights Issue compromises a maximum of 15,720,518 units, corresponding to 31,441,036 shares, 31,441,036 warrants of series TO 2 and 31,441,036 warrants of series TO 3. Upon full subscription to the Rights Issue, Brain+ will initially receive approximately DKK 15.7 million before transaction related costs. Subsequently, warrant exercises of TO 2 and TO 3 can, if fully subscribed, will provide the Company with additional amounts of DKK 6.3 - 25.2 million and DKK 9.4 - 37.7 million in gross proceeds, respectively.
- One (1) warrant of series TO 2 gives the right to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company during the exercise period that runs from and including 2 October 2023 to and including 16 October 2023. The exercise price for warrants of series TO 2 will be set to seventy (70) percent of the volume weighted average share price during the period of twenty (20) trading days ending two (2) trading days before the first day of the exercise period. The exercise price shall not exceed DKK 0.80 and not fall below DKK 0.20.
- One (1) warrant of series TO 3 gives the right to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company during the exercise period that runs from and including 8 March 2024 to and including 22 March 2024. The exercise price for warrants of series TO 3 will be set to seventy (70) percent of the volume weighted average share price during the period of twenty (20) trading days ending two (2) trading days before the first day of the exercise period. The exercise price shall not exceed DKK 1.20 and not fall below DKK 0.30.
- The Company has received unit pre-subscription commitments amounting to approximately DKK 4.44 million and guarantee commitments amounting to approximately DKK 8.93 million. Hence, the Rights Issue is secured to approximately DKK 13.40 million, corresponding to approximately 85 percent of the initial part of the Rights Issue.
- If the Rights Issue is fully subscribed, the Board of Directors has the option to resolve on an over-allotment Issue of up to 5,821,544. The over-allotment Issue corresponds to additional issue proceeds of approximately DKK 5.8 million before transaction costs.
For complete information on the Rights Issue, please see the prospectus (the "Prospectus"), which has been prepared by the Board of Directors in connection with the Rights Issue.
The Prospectus
The Prospectus containing complete terms and conditions, is, together with a supplement to the Prospectus available on the Company’s (www.brain-plus.com) and Sedermera Corporate Finance AB’s (www.sedermera.se) respective websites.
Important information to investors
Any investor, existing and new, are advised to check with their respective custodian bank when subscription in the Rights Issue must be completed. Last day for subscription may differ between custodian banks. For example, Nordnet closes for subscription on 23 May 2023, and investors who hold pre-emptive unit rights via Nordnet and not responded by 18 May 2023 will have their pre-emptive unit rights sold.
Timetable for the Rights Issue
Trading in pre-emptive unit rights |
8 May 2023 – 23 May 2023 |
Record date for receive pre-emptive unit rights |
9 May 2023 |
Subscription period |
10 May 2023 – 25 May 2023 |
Expected announcement of the outcome of the Rights Issue |
31 May 2023 |
Advisors
In connection with the Rights Issue, Sedermera Corporate Finance AB and Gemstone Capital A/S act as financial advisors to Brain+. Markets & Corporate Law Nordic AB act as legal advisor. VP Securities A/S it the issuing agent and Nordic Issuing the settlement agent.
For more information about the Rights Issue, please contact:
Sedermera Corporate Finance AB
Phone: +46 (0) 40 615 14 10
E-mail: cf@sedermera.se
www.sedermera.se
Gemstone Capital A/S
Phone: +45 33 22 07 00
E-mail: sh@gemstonecapital.com
www.gemstonecapital.com
For more information about Brain+, please contact:
Kim Baden-Kristensen, CEO
Phone: +45 31393317
E-mail: kim@brain-plus.com
Certified Adviser
Keswick Global AG
Phone: +43 1 740 408 045
E-mail: info@keswickglobal.com
Important information
The information in this corporate announcement does not contain or constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe or otherwise trade in shares, warrants or other securities in Brain+. No action has been taken and measures will not be taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdictions other than Denmark and Sweden. Any invitation to the persons concerned to subscribe for units in Brain+ will only be made through the Prospectus that Brain+ estimates to publish in April 2023 on Brain+ website www.brain-plus.com. The upcoming approval of the Prospectus by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority shall not be regarded as an approval of the shares, warrants or any other securities. This release is however not a prospectus in accordance with the definition in the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (“Prospectus Regulation”) and 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 shares, warrants or other securities in Brain+. In order for investors to fully understand the potential risks and benefits associated with a decision to participate in the Rights Issue, any investment decision should only be made based on the information in the Prospectus. Thus, investors are encouraged to review the Prospectus in its entirety. In accordance with article 2 k of the Prospectus Regulation this corporate announcement constitutes an advertisement.
The information in this corporate announcement may not be released, distributed or published, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America, Australia, Belarus, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland or any other jurisdiction in which such action would be unlawful or would require registration or any other measures than those required by Danish law. Actions in violation of these restrictions may constitute a violation of applicable securities laws. No shares, warrants or other securities in Brain+ have been registered, and no shares, warrants or other securities will be registered, under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the securities legislation of any state or other jurisdiction in the United States of America and no shares or other securities may be offered, sold or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America, except under an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements under the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities legislation in the relevant state or any other jurisdiction of the United States of America.
Within the European Economic Area (“EEA”), no public offering of shares, warrants or other securities (“Securities”) is made in other countries than Denmark and Sweden. In other member states of the EU, such an offering of Securities may only be made in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation. In other member states of the EEA which have implemented the Prospectus Regulation in its national legislation, any offer of Securities may only be made in accordance with an applicable exemption in the Prospectus Regulation and/or in accordance with an applicable exemption under a relevant national implementation measure. In other member states of the EEA which have not implemented the Prospectus Regulation in its national legislation, any offer of Securities may only be made in accordance with an applicable exemption under national law.
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