The subscription period in Brighter’s rights issue starts today
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Today, January 10, 2022, the subscription period for Brighter AB’s (publ) (“Brighter” or the “Company”) upcoming rights issue of units, which was announced on November 4, 2021 (the “Rights Issue”), begins. The subscription period in the Rights Issue runs from and including January 10, 2022, to and including January 24, 2022. However, please note that nominees may have a deadline for subscription in the Rights Issue that falls before January 24, 2022.
The Rights Issue in summary:
- Subscription period: January 10, 2022 – January 24, 2022.
- Trade in unit rights: January 10, 2022 – January 19, 2022.
- Preferred rights: For every one (1) share held on the record date of January 5, 2022, one (1) unit right was received and two (2) unit rights entitle to subscription of one (1) unit.
- Unit: One (1) unit contains two (2) newly issued shares, two (2) warrants of series TO7 and one (1) warrant of series TO8.
- Subscription price: SEK 0.60 per unit, corresponding to SEK 0.30 per share. The warrants are received free of charge.
- Issue proceeds: In the event of full subscription in the Rights Issue, the Company will receive approximately SEK 117 million before issue costs and in the event of full exercise of all warrants, the Company will receive an additional maximum of approximately SEK 234 million before issue costs.
- Underwritten level: The rights issue is underwritten to approximately 85 percent through underwriting commitments and subscription commitments.
Subscription with preferential rights
The shareholders or representatives of shareholders who, on the record date of January 5, 2022, were registered in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB (“Euroclear”) and on behalf of the Company, directly registered shareholders, receive a pre-printed issue report with attached payment advice from Euroclear. In the event that a different number of unit rights than those stated in the preprinted issue report are used for subscription, the special application form, which is available on Mangold's website www.mangold.se/aktuella-emissionser/, shall be used as a basis for subscription by cash payment.
Shareholders whose holdings of shares in the Company were nominee-registered with a bank or other nominee on the record date do not receive an issue report or a special application form from Euroclear. Subscription and payment must then instead take place in accordance with instructions from the respective trustee.
Subscription without preferential rights
Notification of subscription without preferential rights by a trustee is made in accordance with instructions from the respective trustee. For subscription through an endowment insurance or an investment savings account, please contact your manager. Registration for subscription without preferential rights in other respects is done by sending a registration form by post or e-mail to Mangold or alternatively by electronic subscription with Bank ID on Mangold's website. Registration form and electronic subscription are available on Mangold's website www.mangold.se/aktuella-emissioner/.
For further information on how to subscribe in the Rights Issue and a few summarizing words from interim CEO Erik Lissner, please see the shareholder letter published on www.brighter.se or www.mangold.se/aktuella-emissioner/.
Advisors
Mangold Fondkommission AB is the financial advisor to Brighter in connection with the Rights Issue. Synch Advokat AB is the legal advisor to the Company in connection with the Rights Issue.
For more information, please contact:
Investor Relations, IR@brighter.se
Certified Adviser
Brighter’s Certified Adviser is Eminova Fondkommission AB, +46 (0)8 – 684 211 10, adviser@eminova.se, www.eminova.se
About Brighter
Brighter is a health-tech company from Sweden with a vision of a world where managing chronic diseases is no longer a struggle. We believe a data-centric approach is key to providing smarter care for chronic conditions. Our daily-care solutions are designed with a vision to facilitate the flow of real-life treatment data between chronic-disease patients, their loved ones and their care providers – aiming to improve quality of life, easing the burden on healthcare systems, and opening new opportunities for data-driven research. Brighter's quality management system is ISO13485 certified. In 2019 the company won the Swecare Rising Stars Award. The Company's shares are listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market/BRIG.
For more information, please visit our website at www.brighter.se
Important information
The information in this press release does not contain or constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe or otherwise trade in shares, warrants or other securities in Brighter. No action has been taken and measures will not be taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdictions other than Sweden. Any invitation to the persons concerned to subscribe for units in Brighter will only be made through the Prospectus published by the Company on December 22, 2021. The Prospectus has been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and has been published on www.brighter.se. The approval of the Prospectus by the Swedish 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 Brighter. 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 press release constitutes an advertisement.
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Within the European Economic Area (“EEA”), no public offering of shares, warrants or other securities (“Securities”) is made in other countries than 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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