Anoto Group announces outcome of the rights issue of 20.5 MSEK
June 09 2023 - 1:15AM
Anoto Group announces outcome of the rights issue of 20.5 MSEK
The subscription period
of the rights issue in
Anoto Group AB
(publ)
(“Anoto” or the
“Company”) ended on 2
June 2023. The subscription ratio
in the rights issue amounted to
69.3
percent. Guarantee
undertakings corresponding to
15,740,288
shares, approximately
30.7 percent of the
shares in the rights issue, will thus be utilized. Through the
rights issue Anoto will receive
approximately SEK 20.5 million
before the deduction of transaction costs.
- The subscription ratio in the rights
issue amounted to 69.3 percent.
- 14.1 percent of the rights issue was
subscribed for by exercise of subscription rights and 55.2 percent
of the rights issue was subscribed for without subscription
rights.
- Guarantee undertakings corresponding
to 15,740,288 shares, approximately 30.7 percent of the shares in
the rights issue, have been utilized.
- The purpose of the rights issue is to
finance, together with the directed issue of SEK 20 million
approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting on 4 May 2023, a fast
delivery of pens for a potential order and to repay outstanding
debt.
Comment from Joonhee
Won, CEO of
Anoto:”During the last month,
Anoto has raised approximately SEK 70 million through a rights
issue, directed issue, and a sale of shares in KAIT. The proceeds
are being used to repay debt, focus on building our business and
enhancing our team. Upon announcement of the rights issue, the
subscription price was determined to a premium to the closing price
of the Company’s ordinary share. The great result in the capital
raises is due to our core technology and innovation in smartpens
where we are the clear market leader. While the world is continuing
to digitize, few of us want to lose our pens. This is particularly
clear in the classroom where handwriting is a core skill linked to
attention and learning. I believe that although we still have a lot
of work in front of us, today marks an important inflection point
for Anoto.”
Through the rights issue, the Company will
receive approximately SEK 20.5 million before deduction of costs
related to the transaction, which amount to approximately SEK 1.5
million. The rights issue consists of 51,247,103 new shares. The
subscription price was SEK 0.40 per new share and the subscription
period ended on 2 June 2023. The rights issue was guaranteed to 50
percent, corresponding to SEK 10 million. 14.1 percent of the
rights issue was subscribed for by exercise of subscription rights
and 55.2 percent of the rights issue was subscribed for without
subscription rights. Guarantee undertakings of 15,740,288 shares
corresponding to approximately 30.7 of the shares in the rights
issue have been utilised.
Through the rights issue, the number of shares
in Anoto will be increased by 51,247,103 ordinary shares, from
230,611,964 shares to 281,859,067 shares. Through the rights issue
and the recently completed directed share issue, the number of
shares in Anoto will be increased in total by 101,247,103 ordinary
shares, from 230,611,964 shares to 331,859,067 shares. The new
shares subscribed for in the rights issue are estimated to be
registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office around
week 25. Allotment of shares subscribed for without subscription
rights will be made in accordance with the principles outlined in
the prospectus. Around 8 June 2023, a settlement note will be sent
to those who have received allotment of shares as confirmation of
the allotment of shares subscribed for without subscription rights.
No confirmation will be sent to subscribers who received no
allotment. Payment for subscribed and allocated shares is to be
made in cash in accordance with the instructions on the settlement
note sent to the subscriber.
The last day of trading in paid subscribed
shares ("BTAs") will take place when the Swedish
Companies Registration Office has registered the rights Issue and
BTAs have been converted to shares, without special notification
from Euroclear, which is expected to occur around week 25.
ADVISORSSetterwalls is legal
adviser to the Company in connection with the rights issue.
For further information, please
contact:Joonhee Won, CEO, Anoto Group AB (publ)
For more information about Anoto, please visit
www.anoto.com or email ir@anoto.com
Anoto Group AB (publ), Reg.No. 556532-3929,
Flaggan 1165, SE-116 74 Stockholm
This information constitutes inside information
as Anoto Group AB (publ) is obliged to disclose under the EU Market
Abuse Regulation 596/2014. The information was provided by the
contact person above for publication 9 June 2023 at 08:15 CEST.
About Anoto GroupAnoto is a
publicly held Swedish technology company known globally for
innovation in the area of information-rich patterns and the optical
recognition of those patterns. It is a leader in digital writing
and drawing solutions, having historically used its proprietary
technology to develop smartpens and related software. These
smartpens enrich the daily lives of millions of people around the
world. Anoto currently has three main business lines: Livescribe
retail, Enterprise Forms and OEM. Anoto also owns 47.8 per cent of
the shares in Knowledge AI, a leading AI based education solution
company. Anoto is traded on the Small Cap list of Nasdaq Stockholm
under ANOT.
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