Final outcome of Eniro’s cash issue
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The final result of Eniro ABs (publ) (“Eniro” or the “Company”) shows that 1,906,745,507 class A ordinary shares, equivalent to approximately 51.39 percent of the total offering, were subscribed for with subscription rights. 99,823,525 class A ordinary shares, equivalent to approximately 2.69 percent of the total offering, were subscribed for without subscription rights. The remaining 1,704,040,318 class A ordinary shares, equivalent to approximately 45.92 percent of the total offering, were allocated to the guarantee consortium. Eniro has raised approximately SEK 278.3 million through the cash issue before issue costs.
Allotment of new class A ordinary shares which have been subscribed for without subscription rights has been made according to the principles outlined in the prospectus. Such subscribers who have been allotted class A ordinary shares subscribed for without subscription rights are notified separately. Shareholders with nominee-registered holdings receive confirmation of the allotment in accordance with the procedure of the respective nominee. Only those who are allotted shares are notified.
Through the cash issue, Eniro’s share capital increases by SEK 667,909,683[1] through the issuance of 3,710,609,350 new class A ordinary shares. After registration of the cash issue, the number of ordinary shares in the Company will amount to 6,354,526,476, of which 5,870,655,510 class A ordinary shares and 483,870,966 class B ordinary shares.
The last day of trading in paid subscribed shares from the cash issue (BTA 1) on Nasdaq Stockholm is today, 20 November 2017. Trading in paid subscribed shares from the exchange offerings (BTA UE) is expected to continue until on or about 28 November 2017. The new class A ordinary shares subscribed for in the cash issue and received in the exchange offers are expected to start trading on Nasdaq Stockholm on or about 4 December 2017.
Advisors
Erneholm Haskel is the general financial advisor to Eniro regarding the recapitalisation plan, together with legal advisors Nord Advokater and Ramberg Advokater. Pareto Securities is the Sole Manager and Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå is the legal advisor to Eniro in relation to the Exchange Offers. Roschier Advokatbyrå is the legal advisor to Pareto Securities.
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 cash issue is being conducted at an issue price lower than the par value of the share, SEK 278,295,701.25 of the share capital increase is derived from the issue proceeds and the remaining SEK 389,613,981.75 is added to the share capital through transer from equity capital.