Smoltek intends to carry out a directed issue of units
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This press release is an English version of the previously published Swedish version, which has interpretative preference.
Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB (”Smoltek” or the ”Company”) today announces its intention to carry out a directed issue of units of approximately SEK 80 million, each unit consisting of two (2) shares and one (1) warrant of series TO4. The directed issue will be targeted to qualified investors through an accelerated book-building procedure. The Company also has the intention, if the directed issue is completed, to issue warrants of series TO4 which will be allotted to current shareholders.
Smoltek has, with the support of the authorization from the extraordinary general meeting on October 15, 2020, commissioned Mangold Fondkommission AB to investigate the conditions for implementing the directed issue.
The rationale for deviating from the shareholders’ preferential rights is to secure financing in a time- and cost-effective manner, and to diversify the shareholder base. According to the assessment of the board of directors, this speaks together, and with sufficient strength, that it is in the Company's and the shareholders’ interest to make an issue deviating from the shareholders preferential rights.
The proceeds from the Directed Issue will be used for the continued commercialization and further development of the Company's CNF-MIM technology for use in capacitors, in the semiconductor industry, as well as for further development of the Company's technology platform in more promising application areas. The Company is currently evaluating applications in energy storage and energy conversion (batteries, fuel cells and electrolyzes are examples of areas where current materials limit efficiency, life span and safety), as well as applications for the MedTech industry (where efficiency and/or performance of electrodes for different types of electrotherapy as well as other applications are limited by current materials and solutions).
The subscription price of the new shares in the Directed issue will be determined by the accelerated book-building procedure. The book building-procedure will commence after the publishing of this press release. The board of directors’ assessment is that the subscription price in the Directed Issue will be in accordance with market conditions, since it will be determined through an accelerated book-building procedure. The book-building procedure will begin no earlier than publication of this press release.
The board of directors in the Company will decide on the Directed Issue and the allotment of units and publish it to the market before the opening of Spotlight Stock Market on October 21, 2020.
Payment for units in the Directed Issue will be made in cash.
The Directed Issue is subject to a resolution by the board of directors of Smoltek and may be cancelled at any time or be carried out on other terms than what is described above.
If the Directed Issue is completed, the board of directors of Smoltek simultaneously intends to issue warrants of series TO4 (same series as in the Directed Issue) to finally be allotted to current shareholders in the Company. The warrants of series TO4 are intended to be admitted to trading on Spotlight Stock Market.
Advisor
Mangold Fondkommission AB is the sole bookrunner and financial advisor and MAQS Advokatbyrå is the legal advisor in connection with the Directed Issue.
This disclosure contains information that Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 20-10-2020 17:34 CET.
For further information:
Anders Johansson, CEO of Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB,
E-Mail: anders@smoltek.com
Telephone: +46 708-39 36 93
Smoltek is developing process technology and concepts for applications based on carbon nanotechnology, primarily for the global semiconductor industry. Smoltek’s unique technology enables the production of semiconductor components with smaller form factors, higher performance and lower energy consumption.
The company protects its unique technology through an extensive and growing IP-portfolio, consisting of about 100 applied patents, of which 62 are currently granted.
Smoltek's applications are today mainly focused on the market segment for ”advanced packaging”, which is expected to grow at an average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0 percent during the period 2018-2024 and achieve a market value of USD 43.6 billion in 2024 (source: Yole Développement Market research).Smoltek's share is listed on the Spotlight Stock Market in Stockholm, Sweden with the ticker symbol: SMOL.
This press release is an English version of the previously published Swedish version, which has interpretative preference.
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This announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the Company. The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes 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. Mangold Fondkommission AB is acting for Smoltek in connection with the Directed Issue and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Smoltek for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for giving advice in relation to the Directed Share Issue or any other matter referred to herein.
This press release does not constitute or form part of an offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offering of the securities in the United States. The information in this press release may not be announced, published, copied, reproduced or distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, within or into the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea or in any other jurisdiction where such announcement, publication or distribution of the information would not comply with applicable laws and regulations or where such actions are subject to legal restrictions or would require additional registration or other measures than what is required under Swedish law. Actions taken in violation of this instruction may constitute a crime against applicable securities laws and regulations.
This press release is not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) and has not been approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. Smoltek has not authorized any offer to the public of shares or rights in any member state of the EEA and no prospectus has been or will be prepared in connection with the Directed Issue. In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation.
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