Hynion AS: Final Result of the Rights Issue
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Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement by Hynion AS (the "Company") on 30 November 2022 regarding the start of the subscription period in the partially underwritten rights issue of 55,841,000 transferable subscription rights (the "Subscription Rights"), whereby two Subscription Rights gives the right to subscribe for one unit ("Unit") consisting of (i) three new shares in the Company, each with a nominal value of NOK 0.005 (the "New Shares"), at a subscription price of NOK 0.70 per New Share, i.e. NOK 2.10 for all three shares, and (ii) a warrant (the "Warrant") which gives the right to subscribe for one share in the Company at a subscription price of NOK 0.75 in the period commencing on 1 May 2023 and ending on 12 May 2023, raising gross proceeds of up to NOK 58,633,060 (the "Rights Issue").
The subscription period in the Rights Issue ended today, 14 December 2022 and the final allocation of the New Shares in the Rights Issue has now been completed based on the allocation criteria set out in the Company's prospectus dated 29 November 2022 (the "Prospectus").
The board of directors of the Company has allocated a total of 50,256,900 New Shares in the Rights Issue, of which 32,295,108 New Shares were allocated based on valid subscriptions and the remaining New Shares were allocated to the underwriters. The total gross proceeds from the Rights issue is approximately NOK 35.2 million.
Payment for the allocated New Shares falls due on 19 December 2022 in accordance with the payment procedures described in the Prospectus.
The New Shares may not be transferred or traded before they have been fully paid and the share capital increase pertaining to the Rights Issue has been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises (Nw. Foretaksregisteret). It is expected that the share capital increase will be registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises on or about 21 December 2022 and that the New Shares will be delivered to the VPS accounts of the subscribers to whom they are allocated on or about the next day. The New Shares are expected to be tradable on the Euronext Growth Oslo from and including 22 December 2022.
This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
For further information, please contact:
Slavica Djuric, Managing Director Hynion Sverige AB, Tel: +46 73-072 60 76, E-mail: [email protected]
Ulf Hafseld, CEO Hynion AS, Tel: +47 908 94 153, E-mail: [email protected]
About Hynion:
Hynion builds and operates hydrogen stations in and around the largest cities in Scandinavia. The company builds on experiences from the last 20 years, including world-leading projects such as HyNor, CUTE, Utsira wind/hydrogen, CEP Berlin, SHHP, NewBusFuel and H2ME, to name a few. The company's management also has extensive experience in establishing and operating start-up companies and years of experience in the automotive industry. For more information, go to https://www.hynion.com.
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This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities of the Company. The information contained in this announcement is for informational purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or other measures. Any offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by means of a prospectus approved by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway and published by the Company. Investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information contained in the aforementioned prospectus.
The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with applicable U.S. state securities laws. The Company does not intend to register any part of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States. Any sale in the United States of the securities mentioned in this announcement will be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
This announcement has been prepared on the basis that any offer of securities in any Member State of the European Economic Area, other than Norway, which has implemented the Prospectus Regulation (EU) (2017/1129, as amended, the "Prospectus Regulation") (each, a "Relevant Member State") will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Regulation, as implemented in that Relevant Member State, from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of securities. Accordingly any person making or intending to make any offer in that Relevant Member State of securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated in this announcement, may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Company or the Manager to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Regulation, in each case, in relation to such offer. Neither the Company nor the Manager have authorised, nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of the securities through any financial intermediary, other than offers made by the Manager which constitute the final placement of the securities contemplated in this announcement. Neither the Company nor the Manager have authorised, nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of securities in circumstances in which an obligation arises for the Company or the Manager to publish or supplement a prospectus for such offer.
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