Cint Group AB (publ) announces the expiry of the applicable regulatory waiting periods in relation to the acquisition of Lucid Holdings, LLC, publishes prospectus and settles the directed share issue
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Cint Group AB (publ) (“Cint” or the “Company”), a global software leader in digital insights gathering, today announces that the applicable regulatory waiting periods in relation to the Company’s acquisition of Lucid Holdings, LLC (“Lucid”) have expired. Cint also announces that it publishes a prospectus for admission to trading on Nasdaq Stockholm of the new shares in Cint (the “Prospectus”) and settles the second tranche of the directed share issue previously announced.
For more information about the acquisition of Lucid, please refer to the Company’s press release issued on 27 October 2021 regarding the acquisition and the Prospectus that has been prepared by the Company and that was approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (“SFSA”) today. The Prospectus is available on the Company’s website (www.cint.com/investors) and will also be available on the SFSA’s website (www.fi.se/sv/vara-register/prospektregistret/) in a few days.
All conditions for closing of the acquisition of Lucid (“Closing”), which was announced on 27 October 2021, have now been fulfilled. Closing is expected to take place on or around 29 December 2021. As a result, the second tranche of the directed share issue announced by the Company on 28 October 2021 (and which was approved by the extraordinary general meeting on 17 December 2021) will now be registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office and the investors will receive shares in exchange for their BTAs. The proceeds from the second tranche are intended to be used as cash consideration at Closing.
In addition, the Company intends to (based on the authorisation to the board of directors resolved upon by the extraordinary general meeting on 17 December 2021) issue not more than 36,292,902 new shares against payment by way of set-off to the sellers of Lucid as part of the consideration for the acquisition of Lucid.
For further information, please contact:
Joakim Andersson, CFO
Tel: +46 760 448 330
Email: joakim.andersson@cint.com
Patrik Linzenbold. Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +46 708 252 630
E-post: patrik.linzenbold@cint.com
The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 09:20 CEST on 28 December 2021.
ABOUT CINT
Cint is a global software leader in digital insights gathering. The Cint platform automates the insights gathering process so that companies can gain access to insights faster with unparalleled scale. Cint has one of the world’s largest consumer network for digital survey-based research, made up of over 145 million engaged respondents across more than 130 countries. More than 3,000 insights-driven companies - including SurveyMonkey, Zappi, Kantar and GfK - use Cint to accelerate how they gather consumer insights and supercharge business growth. Cint Group AB (publ), listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, has a rapidly growing team across 14 global offices, including Stockholm, London, New York, Berlin, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. www.cint.com
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