Exercise of the over-allotment option in the IPO of Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ)’s shares and end of the stabilisation period
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Stockholm, 7 January, 2022
Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) (“Carnegie”) exercises the over-allotment option regarding 610,886 shares in Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ) (“Devyser” or the “Company”). The stabilisation period has now ended and no further stabilisation actions will be conducted.
As announced on 1 December 2021 in connection with the listing of the Company's shares on Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market (“First North”) and the offering of shares made in connection thereto (the “Offering”), Carnegie has had the opportunity to, as Sole Global Coordinator and Sole Bookrunner, carry out transactions aimed at supporting the market price of the Company’s share at levels above those which might otherwise have prevailed in the open market.
To cover any over-allotments related to the Offering, the Company granted Carnegie an option to issue an additional 625,000 shares, corresponding to approximately 14.6 percent of the total number of shares in the Offering prior to any over-allotments (the “Over-allotment Option”).
Stabilisation transactions have been possible on First North, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise, at any time from the first day of trading in the shares on First North, i.e. 10 December 2021, and for no longer than 30 calendar days thereafter. Carnegie, however, was not required to undertake any stabilisation and there was no assurance that stabilisation would be undertaken. In total, Carnegie has purchased 14,114 shares for the purposes of stabilisation, corresponding to c. 2.3 percent of the Over-allotment Option in total.
As a consequence of Carnegie exercising the Over-allotment Option, the board of directors of Devyser has resolved to issue 610,886 shares at a price corresponding to the issue price in the Offering (SEK 80 per share). The exercise of the Over-allotment Option means that a total of 4,360,886 newly issued shares have been sold in the Offering, corresponding to approximately 27.6 percent of the shares in Devyser after the completion of the Offering. Devyser will thereby be provided with additionally approximately SEK 48,870,880 million, which means that the Company has been provided with approximately SEK 348,870,880 million in total as a result of the Offering, before transaction costs. After the shares in the Over-allotment Option have been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office, the total number of outstanding shares in Devyser will amount to 15,798,986.
In connection with the Offering, Carnegie borrowed 625,000 existing shares in the Company from M2 Asset Management AB in order to ensure delivery of all over-allotted shares in the Offering. Due to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option, all borrowed shares will be returned to M2 Asset Management AB.
Carnegie has, in its capacity as stabilisation manager, notified that stabilisation measures have been undertaken, in accordance with article 5(4) in the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014, on First North as specified below. The contact person at Carnegie is Johan Flintull (tel: +46 8 5886 88 00).
Stabilisation information
Issuer: |
Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ) |
Instrument: |
Shares (SE0016588867) |
Offering size: |
4,283,640 shares (excl. the Over-allotment Option) |
Offering price: |
SEK 80 |
Market: |
Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market |
Ticker: |
DVYSR |
Stabilisation manager: |
Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) |
Stabilisation transactions
Date |
Quantity |
Price (lowest) |
Price (highest) |
Price (volume weighted average) |
Currency |
Trading venue |
2021-12-17 |
12,549 |
80.00 |
80.00 |
80.00 |
SEK |
First North |
2021-12-20 |
1,235 |
80.00 |
80.00 |
80.00 |
SEK |
First North |
2021-12-22 |
330 |
80.00 |
80.00 |
80.00 |
SEK |
First North |
This information is information that Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out below, at 18:00 CET on 7 January 2022.
For more information, please contact:
Fredrik Alpsten
CEO
Email: fredrik.alpsten@devyser.com
Tel: +46 706 673 106
Sabina Berlin
CFO
Email: sabina.berlin@devyser.com
Tel: +46 739 519 502
About Devyser
Devyser is specialized in the development, manufacture, and sales of diagnostic kits. The products are sold to routine diagnostic laboratories in more than 45 countries. The products are used for complex DNA testing within hereditary diseases, oncology, and transplantation. The products are used to guide targeted cancer therapies, to enable a wide array of genetic tests, as well as in post-transplant follow-up. Devyser’s product development focuses on simplifying and streamlining complex testing processes to improve throughput, reduce hands-on time and produce accurate and trusted results. Devyser was founded in 2004 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Devyser’s shares are listed on Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market with the short name (ticker) DVYSR. The Company’s certified adviser is Redeye AB, +46 8 121 57 690, certifiedadviser@redeye.se.
Important information
This announcement is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy any securities issued by Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ) (the "Company") in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
Any offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by means of a prospectus. This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/ EC (and, with respect to the United Kingdom, such regulation as it forms part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) (the “Prospectus Regulation”). Investors should not invest in any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information contained in the aforementioned prospectus.
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