Eniro completes a commitment fee issue to the guarantors of the cash issue
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The board of directors of Eniro AB (publ) (“Eniro” or the “Company”) has, with authorization from the annual general meeting held on 7 June 2017 and in accordance with the press release from the Company on 11 September 2017, resolved on a new share issue of 297,552,831 ordinary class A shares directed to the guarantors of the Company’s cash issue as consideration for the guarantors respective guarantee commitments in the cash issue. The subscription price has been set at SEK 0,0899 per ordinary class A share.
As consideration for their respective commitments in the cash issue, each guarantor receives a commitment fee in an amount equal to 10 percent of the committed amount. The commitment fee amounts to a total of SEK 26.75 million.
The commitment fee is paid in the form of newly issued class A ordinary shares in Eniro paid by way of set-off against each guarantor’s compensation claim on Eniro.
The board of directors of Eniro has therefore, with authorization from the annual general meeting, resolved on a directed share issue of ordinary class A shares. The subscription price in the commitment fee issue amounts to SEK 0,0899 per class A ordinary share, corresponding to the volume-weighted average price of Eniro’s class A ordinary shares and paid subscribed shares from the exchange offers during the last five days of the subscription period in the cash issue.
The commitment fee issue comprises a total of 297,552,831 class A ordinary shares and will increase Eniro’s share capital with SEK 53,559,509.58[1]. Due to technical reasons the share issue will be completed in two steps, and 269,917,069 class A ordinary shares will be issued on or about 30 November 2017, after which these ordinary shares start trading, and the remaining 27,635,762 class A ordinary shares will be issued shortly after the adoption of Eniro’s annual accounts for 2017, after which also these ordinary shares will start trading.
For more information, please contact:
Björn Björnsson, Chairman of the board of directors, tel +46 70-399 80 16
Örjan Frid, President and managing director, tel +46 70-561 16 15
Eniro is a leading search company for individuals and businesses in the Nordic region. Eniro Group has approximately 1,700 employees. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm [ENRO], with approximately 14,000 shareholders at present and is headquartered in Kista, Stockholm. More on Eniro at enirogroup.com, twitter.com/eniro and facebook.com/eniro.
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[1] Because the subscription price in the share issue is set at a discount to the shares’ par value, SEK 26,749,999.5069 of the share capital increase is derived from the issue proceeds and the remaining SEK 26,809,510.0731 will be added to the share capital through transfer from other equity capital on two occasions.