Sale of 2,088,272 existing shares in Awardit AB (publ) completed

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The bankruptcy estate of Visionalis AB, (the “Selling Shareholder”) has sold 2,088,272 existing shares in Awardit AB (“Awardit” or the “Company”), corresponding to approximately 24.1 percent of the shares in the company.

The Selling Shareholder has successfully sold 2,088,272 shares in the Company (the “Placing”), corresponding to approximately 24.1 percent of the total number of shares outstanding in the Company. The price in the Placing was SEK 78.2 per share, corresponding to 1.2 percent premium compared to the closing price on 7 December, 2023 and amounted to SEK 163 million. Following the Placing, the Selling Shareholder owns no more shares in the Company.

Polaris has through its Fund V acquired 2,088,272 shares in Awardit AB. For further information see Polaris’ website www.polarisequity.dk.

Pareto Securities acted as Sole Manager and Bookrunner in connection with the Placing.

Pareto Securities is an independent full-service investment bank with a leading position in the Nordic capital markets. Pareto Securities AB offers Swedish and foreign institutions, companies and private individuals investment services related to trading in stocks, shares in SPV’s and fixed income instruments, wide coverage both within equity- and credit research. Furthermore, Pareto Securities investment banking offers ECM, M&A and DCM services as well as arrangement and syndication of new investment projects, arrangement and syndication of sale and leaseback structures within real estate, infrastructure and shipping/offshore. Pareto Securities AB is part of the Pareto Securities group and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with more than 450 employees located in offices in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Singapore and Australia.