Wicket Gaming publishes prospectus due to rights issue of units
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Wicket Gaming AB (publ) (“Wicket Gaming” or the “Company”) has prepared an EU growth prospectus (the “Prospectus”) for the forthcoming issue of units consisting of shares and warrants with preferential rights for existing shareholders (the “Rights Issue”), which the board of directors decided on and announced on December 2, 2022, which was approved by the extraordinary general meeting on January 4, 2023. The Prospectus was approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority today. The Prospectus, containing complete terms and conditions as well as other information about the Rights Issue, is now available on the Company’s website, www.wicketgaming.com, and will be made available on Mangold Fondkommission AB’s website, www.mangold.se.
The Prospectus contains a pro forma report for Wicket Gaming, which includes the acquisition of the Wegesrand Group through the subsidiary Wicket Media GmbH. The pro forma report includes a pro forma income statement for the period from and including January 1, 2022, to and including September 30, 2022, and a summarized pro forma balance sheet as of September 30, 2022.
The record date for obtaining unit rights in the Rights Issue was January 19, 2023. The subscription period will run from February 21, 2023, to March 7, 2023.
Advisors
Mangold Fondkommission AB is the financial advisor to Wicket Gaming in connection with the Rights Issue. Eversheds Sutherland Advokatbyrå AB is the legal advisor to the Company in connection with the Rights Issue.
For more information, please contact:
Eric De Basso, CEO, Wicket Gaming AB
Email: eric@wicketgaming.com
Phone: +46 70 780 52 00
About Wicket Gaming
Wicket Gaming is a Swedish game development company that was founded in 2015. The Company's business idea is based on developing and distributing free-to-play games in the sports genre based on proprietary brands. Since the start of operations, the Company has worked on the development of its first title, Cricket Manager, a cricket manager game for mobile devices in which players create and own their own cricket club and compete against other players across the globe. The aim is to create one of the world's most popular cricket manager games for mobile devices and to use a technical platform to expand the game portfolio to include other sport manager games.
For more information, please see Wicket Gaming's website: www.wicketgaming.com.
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