Minesto announces preliminary outcome of the company’s rights issue
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Minesto AB (publ) (“Minesto” or the “Company”) announces the preliminary outcome for the Company’s rights issue of up to 13,394,391 units, consisting of three (3) shares and one (1) warrant of series TO4 in the Company each (the “Rights Issue”), for which the subscription period ended today, 2 April 2024. The preliminary outcome indicates that 6,527,171 units, corresponding to approximately 48.7 percent of the Rights Issue, have been subscribed for with the support of unit rights. Additionally, applications for subscription of 288,226 units without the support of unit rights, corresponding to approximately 2.2 percent of the Rights Issue, have been received. In aggregate, the subscriptions with the support of unit rights and the applications for subscription of units without the support of unit rights correspond to approximately 50.9 percent of the Rights Issue. Hence, guarantee commitments of preliminary 4,312,385 units, corresponding to approximately 32.2 percent of the Rights Issue, will be utilized. The Rights Issue will provide the Company with proceeds of approximately SEK 100.2 million before deduction of costs related to the Rights Issue. Upon full exercise of all the warrants of series TO4 the Company is expected to raise up to an additional approximately SEK 50.1 million before deduction of cost related to the exercise of the warrants.
On 26 February 2024, Minesto announced that the board of directors of the Company had resolved on the Rights Issue, conditional upon the approval of a general meeting. On 14 March 2024, Minesto announced that the extraordinary general meeting on the same date had resolved to approve the Rights Issue. The subscription price in the Rights Issue was SEK 9.0 per unit, corresponding to SEK 3.0 per share.
Preliminary outcome
The preliminary outcome indicates that 6,527,171 units, corresponding to approximately 48.7 percent of the Rights Issue, have been subscribed for with the support of unit rights in the Rights Issue. Additionally, applications for subscription of 288,226 units without the support of unit rights, corresponding to approximately 2.2 percent of the Rights Issue, have been received. Thus, the preliminary outcome indicates that the Rights Issue is subscribed to approximately 50.9 percent, with and without the support of unit rights, and that guarantee commitments of preliminary 4,312,385 units, corresponding to approximately 32.2 percent of the Rights Issue, will be utilized. The Rights Issue will provide the Company with proceeds of approximately SEK 100.2 million before deduction of costs related to the Rights Issue. Upon full exercise of all the warrants of series TO4 the Company is expected to raise up to an additional approximately SEK 50.1 million before deduction of cost related to the exercise of the warrants.
Notice of allotment
Those who have subscribed for units without the support of unit rights will be allocated units in accordance with the principles set out in the prospectus published by the Company on 15 March 2024. Notice of allotment to the persons who subscribed for units without the support of unit rights is expected to be distributed on 4 April 2024. Subscribed and allotted units shall be paid in cash in accordance with the instructions on the settlement note sent to the subscriber. Subscribers who have subscribed through a nominee will receive notification of allocation in accordance with their respective nominee's procedures. Only those who have been allotted units will be notified.
Final outcome
The final outcome of the Rights Issue is expected to be published on 3 April 2024. The last day of trading in paid subscribed units (Sw. BTU) is expected to be on 16 April 2024. The new shares and warrants of series TO4 subscribed for with and without the support of unit rights are expected to be traded on Nasdaq First North Growth Market as from 22 April 2024.
Advisers
Pareto Securities AB is Sole Manager and Bookrunner. MAQS Advokatbyrå is legal adviser to the Company and Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyrå is legal adviser to Pareto Securities in connection with the Rights Issue.
For additional information please contact
Martin Edlund, CEO
+46 31 29 00 60
ir@minesto.com
Cecilia Sernhage, Chief Communications Officer
+46 735 23 71 58
ir@minesto.com
This information is such insider information that Minesto AB (publ) is obligated to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014. The information was submitted, through the agency of the contact person above, for publication on 2 April 2024, 19:25 CEST.
About Minesto
Minesto is a leading marine energy technology company with the mission to minimize the global carbon footprint of the energy industry by enabling commercial power production from the ocean.
Minesto was founded in 2007 and has operations in Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Wales, and Taiwan. The major shareholders in Minesto are BGA Invest and Corespring New Technology. The Minesto share (MINEST) is traded on Nasdaq First North Growth Market. Certified Adviser is G&W Fondkommission.
Read more about Minesto at www.minesto.com
Press images and other media material is available for download via minesto.com/media
Financial information in English, including reports, prospectuses, and company descriptions, is available at www.minesto.com/investors.
Important information
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This press release is not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) and has not been approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. A prospectus, equivalent to a simplified prospectus for secondary issuances, regarding the Rights Issue referred to in this press release has been prepared and published by the Company on 15 March 2024.
This press release does not identify, or purport to identify, risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the Company. The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes for the Rights Issue only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. Pareto Securities AB acts for Minesto and not on behalf of anyone else. Pareto Securities AB is not liable to anyone else for providing the protection provided to their clients or for providing advice in connection with the Rights Issue or with respect to anything else mentioned herein.
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Information to distributors
Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended (“MiFID II”); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the “MiFID II Product Governance Requirements”), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any “manufacturer” (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that such shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the “Target Market Assessment”).
Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Distributors should note that: the price of the shares in the Company may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the shares in the Company offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the shares in the Company is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Rights Issue.
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Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own Target Market Assessment in respect of the shares in the Company and determining appropriate distribution channels.
For additional information, please contact
Cecilia Sernhage, Chief Communications Officer
+46 735 23 71 58
ir@minesto.com
About Minesto
Minesto is a leading marine energy technology company with the mission to minimise the global carbon footprint of the energy industry by enabling plannable commercial power production from the ocean.
Minesto’s award winning and patented product is the only verified marine power plant that operates cost efficiently in areas with low-flow tidal streams and ocean currents.
With more than €45 million of awarded funding from the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh European Funding Office, European Innovation Council and InnoEnergy, Minesto is the European Union’s largest investment in marine energy to date.
Minesto was founded in 2007 and has operations in Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Wales and Taiwan. The major shareholders in Minesto are BGA Invest and Corespring New Technology. The Minesto share (MINEST) is traded on Nasdaq First North Growth Market. Certified Adviser is G&W Fondkommission.
Read more about Minesto at www.minesto.com
Press images and other media material is available for download via minesto.com/media
Financial information including reports, prospectuses and company descriptions is available in Swedish at www.minesto.com/investor.