Nordhealth AS: Private placement successfully completed
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Espoo, Finland, 25 May 2021: Reference is made to the announcements by Nordhealth AS (the "Company" or "Nordhealth”) dated 11 May and 19 May 2021 regarding a contemplated private placement (the “Offering”) and a subsequent listing of the Company’s shares on Euronext Growth Oslo ( the “Listing”).
Nordhealth, a leading provider of cloud-based Practice Management Software for veterinarians and therapists, is pleased to announce that the book-building for the Offering has been successfully completed with a total transaction size of EUR 165 million. The Offering attracted strong interest from high quality investors based in the US, Europe and the Nordic region.
Didier Breton, chairman of the board, said, “We are humbled and motivated by the vote of confidence given to us by our new investors. Nordhealth will immediately start deploying the capital to continue long-term value creation via our proven strategy of organic growth and acquisition-led expansion”.
Charles MacBain, Chief Executive Officer and majority owner at Nordhealth, said, “There is a window of opportunity of 3-5 years for Nordhealth to capture the shift from legacy on-premise or hosted to cloud-based practice management software within our selected healthcare niches, through a combination of organic growth and M&A. The new capital and listing on Euronext Growth position Nordhealth to fully take advantage of this opportunity by increasing our scale to invest even more in our products to the benefit of our customers”.
Transaction summary
The Offer Shares (as defined below) were offered at NOK 40.786, equivalent to EUR 4.0 per share (the “Offer Price”), corresponding to a pre-money equity value of the Company of approximately EUR 200 million.
The Offering comprised a primary offering in the form of 30,000,000 new Class A shares raising gross proceeds to the Company of EUR 120 million (the “New Shares”) and ii) a secondary offering of 7,500,000 existing Class A shares (the “Sale Shares”). The secondary offering was structured as a pro-rata sale among existing shareholders (the “Selling Shareholders”).
In addition, the Manager (as defined below) has over-allotted 3,750,000 existing Class A shares (the “Additional Shares” and, together with the New Shares and the Sale Shares, the “Offer Shares”), to facilitate price stabilisation activities in a period of 30 days from the first day of Listing.
A group of five investors subscribed for and was allocated shares for approximately EUR 87 million in the Offering. These investors comprise of funds advised by Capital Research and Management Company (EUR 25.6 million), funds managed by Paradigm Capital AG (EUR 20 million), Luxor Capital Group (EUR 15m million), AP4 (The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund)(EUR 14 million) and Grandeur Peak Global Advisors (EUR 12.2 million).
There will be in total 79,999,999 issued shares in Nordhealth following the issuance of the New Shares, resulting in a post-money market capitalisation of the Company of approximately EUR 320 million, based on the Offer Price.
The Company’s net proceeds from the Offering will be used to finance an already signed acquisition, future potential acquisitions, acceleration of organic growth initiatives and for general corporate purposes.
The existing shareholders have granted Carnegie AS, as stabilisation manager, an option to acquire at the Offer Price a number of Class A shares equal to the number of Additional Shares to cover short positions resulting from any over-allotments made. Such option must be exercised by the Manager no later than the 30th day following commencement of trading on Euronext Growth Oslo. The stabilisation manager, on behalf of the Manager, may (but will be under no obligation to) effect stabilisation activities in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, as implemented into Norwegian law by Section 3-1 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Regulation, in a period of 30 days from the first day of trading on Euronext Growth Oslo in order to support the market price of the shares. However, stabilisation action may not necessarily occur and may cease at any time. Any stabilisation action may begin on or after the date of commencement of trading of the shares on Euronext Growth Oslo and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than 30 days after that date. Stabilisation may result in a price of the shares that is higher than might otherwise prevail, and the price may reach a level that cannot be maintained on a permanent basis.
The Company, the Selling Shareholders and members of the Company's board of directors and management have entered into customary lock-up arrangements with the Manager that will restrict, subject to certain exceptions, their ability to, without the prior written consent of the Manager, issue, sell or dispose of shares, as applicable, for a period of 12 months for the Company and Selling Shareholders, after the commencement of trading in the shares on Euronext Growth Oslo.
The issuance of the New Shares is inter alia subject to the extraordinary general meeting to be held today on 25 May 2021 resolving the share capital increase pertaining to the Private Placement. Nordhealth has applied for, and will, subject to the necessary approvals from the Oslo Stock Exchange, list the shares of the Company on Euronext Growth Oslo (the “Listing”) on or about 3 June 2021.
Company in brief: A cloud-based healthcare SaaS company with a purpose
Nordhealth is a cloud-based healthcare SaaS company whose mission is to redefine digital healthcare. The Company’s products empower healthcare professionals to improve patient care, increase efficiency and expand their business. Since 2005, the Company has acquired and built cloud-based software for veterinary and therapeutic professionals and their patients, and now serves more than 30,000 professionals across 7,000 clinics and hospitals located in over 25 countries. Nordhealth has a solid footprint in the Nordic region and a growing presence internationally. The Company’s highly diversified customer base includes Tier 1 companies such as IVC Evidensia, AniCura, Coronaria, and Fysios. Nordhealth, is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. The Group is remote-first, with more than 140 employees working either remotely or from offices (collaboration hubs), serving a global customer base.
Advisers
Carnegie AS acts as sole bookrunner in respect to the Offering and Listing (the “Manager”). Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS acts as legal counsel to the Company and Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS acts as legal counsel to the Manager.
For further information, please contact:
Charles MacBain, CEO
charles.macbain@nordhealth.com
+44 75 3903 2200
Valter Pasanen, CFO
+358 50 560 9286
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