The board of Smoltek has decided on a directed issue of shares to the underwriters in the completed rights issue
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The board of Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB (publ) ("Smoltek" or the "Company") has today, June 27, 2024, decided, with the support of the authorization from the annual general meeting on May 14, 2024, on a directed issue of shares to the underwriters in the recent completed rights issue of shares, which was decided by the board on May 22 2024 ("Compensation Issue" and the "Rights Issue"). The subscription price in the Compensation Issue amounted to SEK 0.45 per share in accordance with the underwriting agreements, which corresponds to the subscription price in the Rights Issue. Payment for the shares in the Compensation Issue took place by offsetting the underwriters claims for the underwriting compensation.
The Company announced on May 22, 2024, in connection with the board's decision to carry out the Rights Issue, that the Company entered into underwriting agreements with certain external investors. Underwriting commitments in the Rights Issue totaled approximately SEK 7.9 million. As previously communicated in connection with the Rights Issue, the underwriters shall, in accordance with the underwriting agreements, receive underwriting compensation of twenty-two (22) percent of the underwritten amount in the form of new shares in the Company.
Due to this, the board today, on June 27, 2024, with support from the authorization from the annual general meeting held on May 14, 2024, decided on the Compensation Issue, which includes a total of 3,886,657 new shares in the Company. Payment in the Compensation Issue took place by offsetting the underwriters claims for underwriting compensation. The subscription price amounted to SEK 0.45 per share in accordance with the underwriting agreements, corresponding to the subscription price in the Rights Issue. Against the background of i.a. the subscription price in the Rights Issue, the board considers that the subscription price is in line with the market.
The reason for the deviation from the shareholders' preferential right in the Compensation Issue is to fulfill the Company's commitments to the underwriters in accordance with the underwriting agreements, which the board considers to be in the interests of the Company and its shareholders. The board also believes that it is beneficial for the Company's financial position that the underwriters claims on the underwriting compensation are off-set against new shares in the Company.
Shares, share capital and dilution
Through the Compensation Issue, the number of shares in the Company increases by 3,886,657 from 72,927,383 shares to 76,814,040 shares, and the share capital increases by approximately SEK 463,010.66, from approximately SEK 8,687,711.69 to approximately SEK 9,150,722.35, corresponding to a dilution effect of approximately 5.06 percent.
Advisors
Mangold Fondkommission AB is the financial advisor and issuing agent to Smoltek in connection with the Rights Issue. MAQS Advokatbyrå AB is the legal advisor to the Company in connection with the Rights Issue.
For further information please contact:
Håkan Persson, CEO Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB
E-mail: hakan.persson@smoltek.com
Phone: +46 317 01 03 05
Website: www.smoltek.com/investors/en
About Smoltek
Smoltek is a Swedish technology company based in Gothenburg, specialized in the development and integration of carbon nanotechnology. The technology is used in the manufacture of vertical carbon nanostructures to create a three-dimensional surface in precision-defined patterns to solve advanced materials engineering problems in the process and semiconductor industry. Today, we focus on capturing the potential of the development of advanced chips and the development of green energy production, which has resulted in the Company's two business areas: semiconductors and hydrogen. In the semiconductor business area, the Company obtains ultra-thin capacitors intended for decoupling capacitors for application processes in mobile phones and other advanced electronic components. In the hydrogen business area, a highly efficient cell material is being developed for use in PEM electrolyzers to drastically reduce investment cost to produce fossil-free hydrogen. Smoltek's technology makes components and materials thinner, more energy efficient, more powerful, and cheaper. This is made possible by the three-dimensional surface structure of the carbon nanostructures, which creates a surface that can be refined multiple times in the same volume for, for example, electrical and chemical processes. Smoltek has a strongly patent-protected technology consisting of roughly 110 patent assets within 20 patent families, of which 79 are currently granted patents. The company's stock is listed on the Spotlight Stock Market. For more information, go to www.smoltek.com/investors/eng.
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