Enea evaluates the possibility to carry out a directed share issue

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Enea AB (publ) (“Enea”) has mandated ABG Sundal Collier to evaluate the possibility to carry out a directed new issue of up to 1,786,000 shares (corresponding to approx. 10 percent of all shares in Enea) to qualified investors. The potential transaction is subject to resolution by the Board of Enea to issue the shares, based on the authorization given by the annual general meeting of Enea on May 9, 2017. 

Enea primarily intends to use the potential proceeds to strengthen the company’s market position and long-term earnings by way of acquisitions.

Contact

Anders Lidbeck, President & CEO

Tel: +46 8 507 140 00

E-mail: anders.lidbeck@enea.com

About Enea

Enea is a global supplier of network software platforms and world class services, with a vision of helping customers develop amazing functions in a connected society. We are committed to working together with customers and leading hardware vendors as a key contributor in the open source community, developing and hardening optimal software solutions. Every day, more than three billion people around the globe rely on our technologies in a wide range of applications in multiple verticals – from Telecom and Automotive, to Medical and Avionics. We have offices in Europe, North America and Asia, and are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Discover more at www.enea.com and start a conversation at info@enea.com.

Enea®, Enea OSE®, Netbricks®, Polyhedra®, Zealcore®, Enea® Element, Enea® Optima, Enea® LINX, Enea® Accelerator,  Enea® dSPEED Platform and COSNOS® are registered trademarks of Enea AB and its subsidiaries. Enea OSE®ck, Enea OSE® Epsilon, Enea® Optima Log Analyzer, Enea® Black Box Recorder, Polyhedra® Lite, Enea® System Manager, Enea® ElementCenter NMS, Enea® On-device Management and Embedded for LeadersTM are unregistered trademarks of Enea AB or its subsidiaries. Any other company, product or service names mentioned above are the registered or unregistered trademarks of their respective owner. © Enea AB 2017.  

This is information that Enea AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, on October 25, 2017 at 5.31 pm CET.

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This press release does not constitute or form part of an offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information in this press release may not be copied or distributed, directly or indirectly, to the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Singapore or New Zealand or in any other jurisdiction where the announcement of the information would not comply with applicable laws and regulations.

This press release is not a prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC. Enea has not authorized any offer to the public of shares or rights in any member state of the EEA and no prospectus has been or will be prepared in connection with the directed share issue.