The Board of Directors in FlexQube intends to resolve a fully guaranteed rights issue of approximately 75MSEK and explore the conditions to carry out directed share issue of approximately 25MSEK

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Mölndal, August 14, 2023

The Board of Directors in FlexQube intends to resolve on a fully guaranteed rights issue of approximately SEK 75 million and explore the conditions to carry out a directed share issue of approximately SEK 25 million

INSIDE INFORMATION: The Board of Directors in FlexQube AB (“FlexQube” or the “Company”) hereby announces the intention to resolve on a fully guaranteed issue of shares with preferential rights for the Company’s existing shareholders, corresponding to approximately SEK 74.6 million before deductions of costs attributable with the transaction (the “Rights Issue”). The Board of Directors has furthermore decided to explore the conditions to carry out a directed new share issue of approximately SEK 25 million (the “Directed Share Issue” and together with the Rights Issue referred to as the “Transactions”). The Board of Directors intends to, shortly after publication of this press release, publish a notice for an Extraordinary General Meeting planned to be held on August 30, 2023 to authorise the Board of Directors to resolve on the Transactions. The Rights Issue, including complete terms, is expected to be ultimately resolved by the Board of Directors around September 4, 2023. The Directed Share Issue is intended to be carried out in connection with the completion of the Rights Issue and at the same terms as the Rights Issue. The Company has, for the Rights Issue, received subscription undertakings for subscription of shares with preferential rights of approximately SEK 29.4 million, corresponding to approximately 39.4 percent of the Rights Issue. Moreover, the Company has received guarantee commitments from existing shareholders and external investors of approximately SEK 45.2 million, corresponding to approximately 60.6 percent of the Rights Issue. The Rights Issue is thus fully guaranteed.

Summary

• The Board of Directors in FlexQube today announces the intention to resolve on a fully guaranteed rights issue based on an authorisation from an Extraordinary General Meeting planned to be held on August 30, 2023.
• Upon full subscription of the Rights Issue, the Company receives approximately SEK 74.6 million before deductions of costs attributable with the Rights Issue.
• The net proceeds are intended to be used to increase market awareness and sales activities, launch and continued product development of FlexQube’s innovative AMR system, increase working capital to support larger production volumes and develop strategic alliances with technical, distribution and integration partners.
• The subscription price in the Rights Issue will be SEK 16.30 per share.
• Anyone who, on the record date which is expected to occur September 11, 2023, is a shareholder in FlexQube will have preferential rights to subscribe for new shares in the Rights Issue.
• The Rights Issue will comprise a maximum of 4,574,075 shares. One (1) existing share in the Company will entitle to one (1) subscription right. Nine (9) subscription rights will entitle to subscribe for five (5) new shares.
• Shareholders who choose not to participate in the Rights Issue will, under the condition that the Rights Issue is fully subscribed, have their ownership diluted with up to approximately 35.7 percent, but have the opportunity to be economically compensated for the dilutive effect by selling subscription rights.
• The subscription period in the Rights Issue is expected to commence from September 13, 2023 until September 27, 2023.
• The Company has received subscription undertakings totalling approximately SEK 29.4 million, corresponding to approximately 39.4 percent of the Rights Issue, from several of the Company’s larger shareholders, including RoosGruppen, Co-founder and chairman of the Board of Directors Christian Thiel and Co-founder and former CEO, Anders Fogelberg.
• The Company has furthermore received guarantee commitments totalling approximately SEK 45.2 million from existing shareholders and external investors, corresponding to approximately 60.6 percent of the Rights Issue.
• Complete terms and conditions for the Rights Issue will be disclosed in the prospectus, expected to be made publicly available around September 12, 2023.
• In connection with the Rights Issue, the Company explores the conditions to carry out the Directed Share Issue of approximately SEK 25 million, with the purpose of reaching investors interested in investing in the Company through a directed share issue and thereby adding new institutional and/or strategic owners to the Company. The Directed Share Issue will be resolved by the Board of Directors based on an authorisation from an Extraordinary General Meeting planned to be held on August 30, 2023 and at the same terms as the Rights Issue.
• The Directed Share Issue is expected to be carried out in connection with the completion of the Rights Issue.

The Rights Issue

Background and motive

FlexQube is an innovative robot technology company within material handling with global provision of an ecosystem of modular material carts and transportation robots. The system consists of cart systems, train systems, autonomous mobile Robots (“AMR-system”) and systems for automated guided vehicles (“AGV-system”). The foundation in FlexQube’s ecosystem is a patented building block-concept to create material adapted carts that can be transported in the factory with different technologies depending on the customer needs and maturity level. The products are primarily used to present and transport material in factories from a warehouse out to an operator at the production line.

The demand for FlexQube’s products has increased significantly during last year. Between the years 2021 and 2022, net sales increased by 81.7 percent amounting to SEK 204.6 million and the third quarter 2022 constituted the highest turnover in the Company’s history for a single quarter.

During recent years, the Company actively worked to expand its AGV and AMR concept and to further increase production volumes. The Company is now ready with a complete and proven product offering and is consequently entering a new phase in its business development with focus on scaling up sales and market expansion. In doing so, the Company intend to accelerate growth and reach profitability. Furthermore, the Company assesses that strengthening margins and cash flow require a focus on robot sales, implementation of service and aftermarket organisation and optimisation of the supply chain. This is also a central part of the overall product development aimed at expanding the portfolio of intellectual property rights that encompass continued product development of FlexQube’s innovative AMR system. In light of the above, the Company see a need to initially increase working capital to ensure delivery of the products.

Through the Rights Issue, which is fully guaranteed through subscription undertakings and guarantee commitments, the Company can execute on aforementioned initiatives and strengthen the working capital. The Rights Issue is considered to cover all capital needs until the Company achieves profitability and positive cash flow.

Use of proceeds

The Board of Directors intends to carry out the Rights Issue to ensure that FlexQube can realise the Company’s adopted strategy and thereby allow the Company to increase market awareness and sales activities, launch and continued product development of FlexQube’s innovative AMR system, increase working capital to support larger production volumes and develop strategic alliances with technical, and distribution and integration partners. The Company expects the net proceeds of SEK 66.2 million provided through the Rights Issue will cover all capital requirements until the Company can achieve profitability and positive cash flow. FlexQube intends to use the net proceeds from the Rights Issue for the following purposes, listed in order of priority below (approximate share of the net proceeds state in parentheses)

1. Increase market awareness and sales by updating and implementing a comprehensive sales and marketing strategy, encompassing a comprehensive sales infrastructure. This entails a purposeful and efficient sales network for long-term growth as well as increased predictability and quantity regarding order intake. It also entails continued development of the newly established department for Service & Commissioning and expanding the business model to include so-called Robot-as-a-Service ("RaaS") to maximize customer value and increase recurring revenue (approximately 50 percent)

2. Leverage additional alternatives to build out the intellectual property portfolio that includes the product development of FlexQube’s AMR system to drive innovation and maintain competitive advantage, improve design, functionality, and map customer requirements and use cases. It also involves increasing the number of customer pilot cases in the short term to accelerate feedback from the market and improve the production efficiency and scope of FlexQube’s patented AMR system, FlexQube Navigator. This by involving essential manufacturing components, upgrading production processes and strengthening overall operational efficiency, as well as building technical customer support capabilities for AMR and AGV (approximately 20 percent)

3. Increase working capital to support larger product volumes vis-à-vis partners, distributors and integrators (approximately 20 percent)

4. Develop strategic alliances with technology, distribution and integration partners with the aim of enabling faster and more cost-effective growth (approximately 10 percent)
    

Right to subscribe

Anyone who on the record date of September 11, 2023 is recorded as a shareholder in the share register of FlexQube will receive one (1) subscription right for each share held in the Company. Nine (9) subscription rights will entitle to subscription of five (5) new shares. In addition, investors are offered to register for subscription of share without support of subscription rights. The subscription price will be SEK 16.30 per share, which entail FlexQube will receive gross proceeds of approximately SEK 74.6 million before deductions for transaction costs, provided that the Rights Issue is fully subscribed.

Under the condition that the Rights Issue is fully subscribed, the number of shares in FlexQube will increase by 4,574,075 shares, from 8,233,333 to 12,807,408 and the share capital will increase by a maximum of approximately SEK 457,408, from approximately SEK 823,333 to approximately SEK 1,280,741.

Subscription undertakings and guarantee commitments

The signed subscription undertakings and guarantee commitments entail that the Rights Issue is fully guaranteed.

The Company has received subscription undertakings totalling approximately SEK 29.4 million, corresponding to approximately 39.4 percent of the Rights Issue, from a number of the Company’s major shareholders including RoosGruppen AB, Co-founder and chairman of the Board of Directors Christian Thiel (through Feldthusen Invest AB) and Co-founder and former CEO, Anders Fogelberg (through Birdmountain Invest AB).

No commissions are paid for subscription undertakings for the subscription of shares with or without preferential rights.

The Company has furthermore received guarantee commitments totalling approximately SEK 45.2 million, corresponding to approximately 60.6 percent of the Rights Issue. Signed guarantee commitments will receive a guarantee commission of seven (7.0) percent of the guaranteed amount in cash.

Indicative timetable

Prospectus

Full information regarding the Rights Issue and information about the Company will be provided in a prospectus, expected to be made publicly available around September 12, 2023. Furthermore, a subscription form will be made available prior to the subscription period on Nordic Issuing’s webpage (www.nordic-issuing.se) and on the Company’s webpage (www.flexqubegroup.com).

The Directed Share Issue

Background, motive and terms

In addition to the Rights Issue, the Board of Directors intend to explore the conditions to carry out the Directed Share Issue of up to SEK 25 million. The Directed Share issue is intended to be directed to qualified investors to broaden the shareholder base and is planned to be resolved by the Board of Directors based on an authorisation from an extraordinary general meeting planned to be held on August 30, 2023. The Directed Share Issue is planned to be carried out at the same terms as the Rights Issue and the subscription price in the Directed Share Issue will consequently amount to 16.30 SEK per share. The Directed Share Issue is expected to be carried out in connection with the completion of the Rights Issue around September 27, 2023. Investors in the Directed Share Issue will therefore not receive subscription rights in the Rights Issue.

If the Company carries out the Directed Issue and it is fully subscribed, the number of shares in FlexQube will further increase by 1,533,742 shares.

Use of proceeds

The company intend to use the net proceeds from the Directed Share Issue to further accelerate initiatives as described in the use of proceeds for the Rights Issue.

Reasons for deviation from the shareholders preferential rights

The Board of Directors has carefully considered the possibility of obtaining additional capital through a larger rights issue and makes the assessment that there are currently several reasons why it is more beneficial for the shareholders to raise additional capital through the Directed Share Issue. The Board of Directors makes the assessment that the Directed Share Issue (i) may reach investors with an interest to invest in the Company through a directed share issue and thereby adding new institutional and/or strategic owners to the Company, (ii) will provide additional flexibility to implement the Company’s strategy and (iii) may provide capital which the Company assesses could not be obtained through a larger rights issue. It is the Board of Directors’ overall assessment that the reasons, in a clear way and with sufficient strength, for carrying out the Directed Share Issue with deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights outweigh the reasons that motivate the main rule that share issues are to be made with preferential rights for the shareholders. The Board of Directors therefore considers that a share issue with deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights is in the interest of the Company and all shareholders’ and thus the most suitable alternative. Since the subscription price in the Directed Share Issue will be concluded at the same terms as the Rights Issue, the Board of Directors considers that the subscription price reflects market conditions and demand. 

Advisors

The Company has engaged ABG Sundal Collier as financial advisor and Baker McKenzie as legal advisor in connection with the Transactions.

For further information, please contact:

Mårten Frostne, CEO

Telephone: +46 72 155 19 37

E-post: marten.frostne@flexqube.com

This information constitutes inside information which FlexQube AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014. The information in this press release has been published through the agency of the contact person above, at the time specified by FlexQube AB’s (publ) news distributor beQuoted when publishing this press release.

About FlexQube

FlexQube is a technology company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden with subsidiaries in USA, Mexico, Germany and England. FlexQube offers solutions for cart-based material handling using a patented modular concept. FlexQube develops and designs customized solutions for both robotic and mechanical cart logistics. Through the own developed and unique automation concept FlexQube can offer robust and self-driving robotic carts. FlexQube has more than 1000 customers in 37 countries with primary markets being North America and Europe.

The share (FLEXQ) is traded on Nasdaq First North. FNCA Sweden AB, telephone +46 8-528 00 399, is the Company's Certified Adviser. Read more at www.flexqube.com

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