Intellego Technologies carries out a directed issue of units of approximately SEK 15.2 million
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The Board of Directors of Intellego Technologies AB (publ) (“Intellego” or the “Company”) has today resolved on a directed issue of so-called units, consisting of shares and warrants, (the “Directed Issue”), at a subscription price of SEK 24.64 per unit. The subscription price corresponds to a premium of 10 percent in relation to the closing price of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq First North Growth Market today, 19 September 2024. Each unit consists of one (1) share and one (1) warrant of series 2024/2026 (the “Warrants”). Through the Directed Issue, the Company receives approximately SEK 15.2 million before issue costs. Upon full exercise of all Warrants within the framework of issued units, the Company may receive an additional maximum of approximately SEK 22.8 million. The subscription price in the Directed Issue has been determined through a negotiation procedure at arm’s length between the Company and the subscribers. The proceeds from the Directed Issue will be used to strengthen the Company’s capital structure which is a requirement from a partner that the Company is in late-stage negotiations with. Participants in the Directed Issue consist of Eden Funds, Curam Holding AB, Tommy Ure, Henric Blomsterberg and Advokatfirma Arido Degavro AB.
The Directed Issue
The Board of Directors of Intellego has today resolved to carry out the Directed Issue of 616,572 units, meaning that 616,572 shares and 616,572 Warrants are issued. The subscription price in the Directed Issue has been set at SEK 24.64 per unit, which corresponds to a subscription price of SEK 24.64 per share. The Warrants are issued free of charge. Through the Directed Issue, Intellego receives approximately SEK 15.2 million before issue costs which amounts to approximately SEK 0.4 million. Upon full exercise of all Warrants the Company may receive an additional maximum of approximately SEK 22.8 million. The proceeds from the Directed Issue will be used to strengthen the Company’s capital structure which is a requirement from a partner that the Company is in late-stage negotiations with. The Directed Issue was resolved by the Board of Directors with support of the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on 24 May 2024.
The Directed Issue has been directed to Eden Funds, Curam Holding AB, Tommy Ure and the existing shareholders Henric Blomsterberg and Advokatfirma Arido Degavro AB. The existing shareholders’ participation in the Directed Issue has been deemed to be of great importance for the successful completion of the Directed Issue and their participation has also enabled the Directed Issue to be carried out on favorable terms. The presence of existing shareholders among those entitled to subscribe has thus been in the best interest of all shareholders. None of the Company’s major shareholders participate in the Directed Issue and none of the subscribers are related parties to the Company.
The subscription price per unit, which has been determined through a negotiation procedure at arm’s length between the Company and the subscribers, corresponds to a premium of 10 percent in relation to the closing price of the Company's share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market today, 19 September 2024.
Each Warrant entitles the holder to subscribe for one (1) share at a subscription price of SEK 36.96, corresponding to 150 percent of the subscription price per unit in the Directed Issue, during the period from and including 19 September 2025 up to and including 29 September 2026. The Warrants will be subject to customary recalculation conditions.
Motives and considerations
The Company’s Board of Directors has made an overall assessment and carefully considered the possibility of raising capital through a rights issue, but has concluded that a rights issue compared to a directed share issue (i) would take significantly longer to complete and thus entail a risk for the execution of the capital raise and an increased general market risk exposure, (ii) would require significant underwriting undertakings from an underwriting syndicate given the prevailing volatility in the market, which would entail additional costs and/or further dilution depending on the type of compensation paid for such underwriting undertakings, (iii) would likely need to be made at a lower subscription price given the discount levels for rights issues carried out in the market recently, and (iv) unlike a rights issue, the Share Issue is expected to broaden the shareholder base to some extent and provide the Company with new capital-strong and strategic owners. In view of the above, the Company’s Board of Directors has made the assessment that a directed share issue with deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights is the most favorable alternative for Intellego and is in the best interest of all shareholders. The Board of Directors therefore makes the assessment that the above reasons for deviating from the shareholders’ preferential rights outweigh the main rule that share issues shall be carried out with preferential rights for the shareholders.
As the subscription price in the Directed Issue has been determined through a negotiation procedure at arm’s length between the subscribers and the Company and corresponds to a premium of 10 percent in relation to the closing price of the Company’s share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market today, 19 September 2024, it is the assessment of the Board of Directors that the subscription price reflects current demand and market conditions and is thus to be considered to be market conformant.
The new shares are expected to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market as soon as possible after the persons entitled to subscribe in the Directed Issue have paid for the units and the Directed Issue has been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. Intellego does not intend for the Warrants to be admitted to trading.
Shares and share capital
The Directed Issue entails that the total number of shares and votes in Intellego increases by 616,572, from 27,822,614 to 28,439,186, and that the share capital increases by approximately SEK 22,020.43, from approximately SEK 993,664.80 to approximately SEK 1,015,685.23, which entails a dilution effect for existing shareholders of approximately 2.17 percent based on the total number of shares and votes in the Company after the Directed Issue. Upon full exercise of all Warrants, the share capital will increase by an additional approximately SEK 22,020.43, from approximately SEK 1,015,685.23 to approximately SEK 1,037,705.65, through the issuance of 616,572 shares. The number of shares thereby increases from 28,439,186 to 29,055,758 shares, corresponding to an additional dilution effect of approximately 2.12 percent.
Advisors
Fredersen Advokatbyrå is acting as the Company’s legal advisor in connection with the Directed Issue. Mangold Fondkommission AB is the issuing agent in the Directed Issue.
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