Ensurge Micropower Asa: Private Placement Successfully Placed
Ensurge Micropower ASA announces the successful placement of a private placement for new shares, totaling approximately NOK 100 million from two tranches. Tranche 1 includes 125,561,401 shares, while Tranche 2 consists of 41,105,265 shares. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including expanding manufacturing capabilities. The subscription price is NOK 0.60 per share, reflecting favorable market conditions. The company will also issue warrants to subscribers, which will be subject to approval at an upcoming extraordinary general meeting.
- Successful placement of NOK 100 million from two tranches.
- Proceeds will enhance manufacturing capabilities and market presence.
- Subscription price aligns with professional investors' market assessments.
- Deviation from existing shareholders' pre-emptive rights may lead to shareholder dilution.
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Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement published on 2 February 2022 by Ensurge Micropower ASA ("Ensurge" or the "Company") regarding a contemplated private placement (the "Private Placement") of new shares in the Company (the "Offer Shares") at a subscription price of NOK 0.60 per Offer Share.
Ensurge is pleased to announce that the Private Placement has been successfully placed, through an allocation of 125,561,401 Offer Shares in Tranche 1 and an allocation of 41,105,265 Offer Shares in Tranche 2, for total gross proceeds (i.e. both tranches) of approximately NOK 100 million. Pareto Securities AS (the "Manager") acted as sole lead manager and sole bookrunner in the Private Placement.
The net proceeds from the Private Placement will be used for general corporate purposes which include expanding the Company's manufacturing capabilities and its presence in new evolving markets.
Allocation to investors and payment instructions is expected to be communicated on 3 February 2022. The allocated Offer Shares will be settled with existing and unencumbered shares in the Company already admitted to trading on Oslo Børs, borrowed by the existing shareholder Alden AS ("Alden") pursuant to a share lending agreement entered into between Alden, the Company and the Manager, to facilitate settlement on a delivery versus payment basis. The Offer Shares allocated to applicants in Tranche 1 will thus be tradable from notification of allocation (subject to timely payment), on 3 February 2022, while the Offer Shares allocated to applicants in Tranche 2 will be tradeable one trading day after approval by the extraordinary general meeting expected to be held on or about 24 February 2022 (the "EGM").
The settlement date in the Private Placement for Tranche 1 will be 7 February 2022 and the settlement date for Tranche 2 is expected to be on or about 1 March 2022. The Manager will settle the share loan with (i) new shares in the Company to be resolved issued by the Board pursuant to an authorization (the "Board Authorization") granted by the Company’s annual general meeting held on 3 June 2021 (Tranche 1) and (ii) new shares in the Company to be issued following, and subject to, approval by the EGM to be summoned shortly after notification of allocation in the Private Placement (Tranche 2).
Following registration of the share capital increase pertaining to the Offer Shares in Tranche 1 of the Private Placement with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises, the Company will have a registered share capital of NOK 206,042,023.33 divided into 1,873,109,303 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 0.11.
Subject to approval by the EGM, the subscribers in the Private Placement will receive two non-tradeable warrants for every two Offer Shares subscribed for in the Private Placement (the “Private Placement Warrants”), at no additional cost and with an exercise price equal to the subscription price for the Offer Shares.
The Private Placement implies a deviation from the pre-emptive rights of the existing shareholders of the Company. The Board has considered this and is of the view that it would be in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to deviate from the existing shareholders' pre-emptive right to the Offer Shares, and that this would also be in compliance with the requirements in the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act on equal treatment of shareholders and the prohibition against giving anyone an unreasonable advantage at the Company's or the shareholders' expense and the obligation relating to equal treatment of shareholders, cf. the rules on equal treatment under Oslo Rule Book II for companies listed on the Oslo Stock exchange and the Oslo Stock Exchange's Guidelines on the rule of equal treatment.
In reaching this conclusion, the Board inter alia emphasized that:
The total number of Offer Shares represents less than
The subscription price of NOK 0.60 per share represents a nominal deviation from the closing price of the share on 2 February 2022 and is therefore considered to represent professional investors' view of the market price for the shares.
A share issue in the form of a private placement enables the Company to capitalize on current market conditions which are deemed beneficial to the interest of the Company and its shareholders. Alternative transaction structures would imply a longer lead time and potentially significant discounts.
As the Private Placement is structured to ensure that a market-based subscription price is achieved, it is not planned to conduct a subsequent share issue directed towards shareholders not participating in the Private Placement.
Completion of Tranche 1 is not conditional upon completion of Tranche 2. The settlement of Offer Shares under Tranche 1 will remain final and binding and cannot be revoked or terminated by the respective applicants if Tranche 2 is not completed.
Completion of Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 is not conditional upon the approval of the Private Placement Warrants at the EGM. The settlement of Offer Shares under Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 will remain final and binding and cannot be revoked or terminated by the respective applicants if the issuance of Private Placement Warrants is not completed.
By applying for Offer Shares in the Private Placement, the applicants allocated shares in Tranche 1 have undertaken to vote in favor of the approval of Tranche 2 and the Private Placement Warrants at the EGM.
Advisors
Pareto Securities AS acts as sole lead manager and sole bookrunner in the Private Placement. Advokatfirmaet Ræder AS is legal advisor to the Company and Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS is acting as legal advisor to the Manager in connection with the Private Placement.
For further information, please contact:
Ståle Bjørnstad - Investor Relations
E-mail: stale.bjornstad@ensurge.com (mailto:stale.bjornstad@ensurge.com)
Phone: +47 99 16 76 72
Kevin Barber - Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: kevin.barber@ensurge.com (mailto:kevin.barber@ensurge.com)
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
About ENSURGE MICROPOWER
Ensurge is Energizing Innovation (TM) with ultrathin, flexible, and safe energy storage solutions for wearable devices, connected sensors, and beyond. Ensurge's innovative solid-state lithium battery (SSLB) technology is uniquely positioned to enable the production of powerful, lightweight, and cost-effective rechargeable batteries for diverse applications. The company's state-of-the-art flexible electronics manufacturing facility, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, combines patented process technology and materials innovation with the scale of roll-to-roll production methods to bring the advantages of SSLB technology to established and expanding markets. Ensurge Micropower ASA ("Ensurge") is a publicly listed company in Norway with corporate headquarters in Oslo and global headquarters in San Jose, California.
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Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this release by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not make any guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this announcement are free from errors nor does it accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this announcement or any obligation to update or revise the statements in this announcement to reflect subsequent events. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this announcement. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without notice. 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