Ferroamp publishes prospectus in connection with the company's fully guaranteed rights issue of approximately SEK 220 million
The Board of Directors of Ferroamp AB (publ) ("Ferroamp" or the "Company") resolved, on 15 May 2023, pursuant to the authorization granted by the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 10 May 2023, on a fully guaranteed issue of a maximum of 16,171,047 shares with preferential rights for the Company's shareholders, corresponding to approximately SEK 220 million before deductions of costs attributable to the transaction (the "Rights Issue"). By reason of the Rights Issue, the Company publishes a prospectus which today has been approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen). The subscription period in the Rights Issue will commence on 29 May 2023.
FERROAMP PUBLISHES PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMPANY'S FULLY GUARANTEED RIGHTS ISSUE OF APPROXIMATELY SEK 220 MILLION
The Board of Directors of Ferroamp AB (publ) ("Ferroamp" or the "Company") resolved, on 15 May 2023, pursuant to the authorization granted by the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 10 May 2023, on a fully guaranteed issue of a maximum of 16,171,047 shares with preferential rights for the Company's shareholders, corresponding to approximately SEK 220 million before deductions of costs attributable to the transaction (the "Rights Issue"). By reason of the Rights Issue, the Company publishes a prospectus which today has been approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen). The subscription period in the Rights Issue will commence on 29 May 2023.
The prospectus
For complete information, including the terms and conditions, pertaining to the Rights Issue, please refer to the prospectus which is available on Ferroamp's website, www.ferroamp.com. The prospectus will also, within short, be made available on the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority's (Sw. Finansinspektionen) (the "SFSA") website, www.fi.se/sv/vara-register/prospektregistret/.
The prospectus has been prepared as an EU-Growth prospectus in accordance with article 15 in the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the "Prospectus Regulation"). The prospectus has been approved by the SFSA as meeting the standards of completeness, comprehensibility and consistency imposed by the Prospectus Regulation. The approval should not be considered as an endorsement of Ferroamp or as an endorsement of the quality of the shares that are the subject of the prospectus and does not indicate that the SFSA guarantees that the facts in the prospectus are correct or complete. Investors should make their own assessment as to the suitability of investing in the Rights Issue. Complete information regarding the Rights Issue is disclosed in the prospectus.
Subscription period and subscription
The subscription period for the Rights Issue will commence on Monday, 29 May and will end on 13 June 2023. Link to the application form is available on the Company's website and Carnegie Investment Bank AB's (publ) website, www.carnegie.se.
Timetable for the Rights Issue
Subscription period | 29 May - 13 June 2023 |
Trading in subscription rights | 29 May - 8 June 2023 |
Trading in BTAs | 29 May - 19 June 2023 |
Announcement of outcome in the Rights Issue | Around 14 June 2023 |
Delivery of and trading in new shares | Around 26 June 2023 |
Advisers
In connection with the Rights Issue, the Company has engaged Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) as Sole Global Coordinator and Bookrunner, and Baker McKenzie as legal advisor.
For further information, please contact:
Ylwa Karlgren, Chairman of the Board
Phone: +46 76-140 85 00
Email: ylwa.karlgren@ferroamp.se
Kent Jonsson, CEO
Phone: +46 73-810 00 01
Email: kent.jonsson@ferroamp.se
Fredrik Breitung, CFO
Phone: +46 70-340 76 79
Email: fredrik.breitung@ferroamp.se
The following documents can be retrieved from beQuoted
Ferroamp Pressrelease 2023-05-26.pdf
About Ferroamp
Ferroamp is an innovative technology Company within Greentech that provides a combined hardware and software platform for power and energy optimization in properties. The Ferroamp system integrates renewable energy, energy storage and electric vehicle charging into a local direct current (DC) network, with a connection to the power grid. The Ferroamp system gives the property owner control over the electricity grid connection and makes the property an active resource in the energy landscape.
The technology is used within everything from single family homes to apartment buildings and larger commercial properties, but also has applications outside real estate installations, such as depot charging of electric cars. With the PowerShare technology, several buildings can be connected and share local energy.
The demand for Ferroamp's products is high and has grown significantly in recent years, between 2019 and 2022, net sales increased from SEK 46 million to SEK 205 million, which corresponds to a compound annual growth rate of 65 percent. At the beginning of 2023, Ferroamp communicated that the Company enters 2023 with a record order book of SEK 350 million. During the period 2019 to 2022, the number of employees in the Company has increased from 28 to 68. Ferroamp is an established actor and had, as of 31 March 2023, 6,355 systems installed.
Ferroamp's head office is located in Spånga outside Stockholm. As a result of the continued growth, the Company will move to new premises in Sundbyberg in September 2023. The Company has been listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Stockholm since March 2019.
Visit www.ferroamp.com for more information about the Company's activities or Ferroamp's investor website for more financial information: https://investor.ferroamp.com/.
Ferroamp is listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market. G&W Fondkommission is the Company's Certified Adviser.
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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, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zeeland, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland 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 according to the definition in Regulation (EU) 2017/2019 (the "Prospectus Regulation"). A prospectus has been prepared by the Company in connection with the Rights Issue, which has been reviewed and approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority as the national competent authority in Sweden with regard to the Prospectus Regulation. In order for investors to fully understand the potential risks and benefits associated with a decision to participate in the Rights Issue, any investment decision should only be made based on the information in the prospectus. Thus, investors are encouraged to review the prospectus in its entirety.
In the United Kingdom, this document and any other materials in relation to the securities described herein is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, and any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, "qualified investors" (within the meaning of the United Kingdom version of the EU Prospectus Regulation (2017/1129/ EU) which is part of United Kingdom law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) who are (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"); or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action on the basis of this press release and should not act or rely on it.
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 new shares. Any investment decision in connection with the Rights Issue must be made on the basis of all publicly available information relating to the Company and the Company's shares. Such information has not been independently verified by Carnegie. 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. Carnegie is acting for the Company in connection with the transaction and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for giving advice in relation to the transaction or any other matter referred to herein.
This press release does not constitute an invitation to warrant, subscribe, or otherwise acquire or transfer any securities in any jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute a recommendation for any investors' decisions regarding the Rights Issue. Each investor or potential investor should conduct a self-examination, analysis and evaluation of the business and information described in this press release and any publicly available information. The price and value of the securities can decrease as well as increase. Achieved results do not provide guidance for future results. Neither the contents of the Company's website nor any other website accessible through hyperlinks on the Company's website are incorporated into or form part of this press release.
Forward-looking statements
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Information to distributors
Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the shares in the Company have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that such shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "EU Target Market Assessment"). Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process in the United Kingdom, the target market assessment in respect of the shares in the Company has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for such shares is only eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook, and professional clients, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MiFIR"); and (ii) all channels for distribution of such shares to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate (the "UK Target Market Assessment" and, together with the EU Target Market Assessment, the "Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Distributors should note that: the price of the shares in the Company may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the shares in the Company offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the shares in the Company is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Rights Issue. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Carnegie will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties.
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