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UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF ANY OF THE
SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN
NEXT BIOMETRICS GROUP ASA ? FINAL RESULTS OF THE SUBSEQUENT OFFERING
Oslo, 12 March 2019: Reference is made to the previous stock exchange
announcements from NEXT Biometrics Group ASA (“NEXT” or the “Company”) regarding
the subsequent offering and listing of up to 3,500,000 new shares, each with a
nominal value of NOK 1.00 (the “Offer Shares”) at a subscription price of NOK
8.00 per Offer Share (the “Subscription Price”) to be carried out by NEXT (the
“Subsequent Offering”).
The subscription period in the Subsequent Offering expired on 11 March 2019 at
16:30 hours (CET). By the end of the subscription period, the Company had
received 3,842,660 valid subscriptions and the Subsequent Offering has
accordingly been oversubscribed. A total of 2,232,530 Offer Shares will be
allocated based on subscription rights and a total of 1,267,470 Offer Shares
will be allocated based on over-subscription in accordance with the allocation
criteria set out in the prospectus dated 1 March 2019.
Notifications of allocated Offer Shares in the Subsequent Offering and the
corresponding amount to be paid by each subscriber will be sent out in a
separate letter to each subscriber. Allocation letters will be sent out on 12
March 2019.
The share capital increase relating to the Subsequent Offering is expected to be
registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises on or about 19
March 2019 and the shares will be delivered to the VPS accounts of the
subscribers to whom they are allocated on or about 20 March 2019.
Carnegie AS and DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA, are acting as Managers in
the Subsequent Offering. Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS is acting as legal advisor
to the Company.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
About NEXT Biometrics:
NEXT provides advanced fingerprint sensor technology that delivers uncompromised
security and accuracy for the best possible user experience in the smart card,
government ID, access control and notebook markets. The Company’s patented NEXT
Active Thermal principle allows the development of large, high quality
fingerprint sensors in both rigid and flexible formats. NEXT Biometrics Group
ASA (www.nextbiometrics.com) is headquartered in Oslo, with sales, support and
development operations in Seattle, Silicon Valley, Taipei, Prague, Bengaluru and
Shanghai.
Media contact:
Tanja Moehler, tanja.moehler@nextbiometrics.com
Investor contacts for NEXT Biometrics:
Ritu Favre (CEO), Ritu.Favre@NEXTbiometrics.com
Knut Stålen (CFO), Knut.Stalen@NEXTbiometrics.com
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer for sale of
securities.
Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or
sent into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or any other jurisdiction
in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or
other measures.
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 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
offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by
means of a prospectus.
This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC
(together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State, the
“Prospectus Directive”). Investors should not subscribe for any securities
referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information contained in
the aforementioned prospectus. In any EEA Member State other than Norway that
has implemented the Prospectus Directive, this communication is only addressed
to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the
meaning of the Prospectus Directive, i.e., only to investors who can receive the
offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State.
This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons
in the United Kingdom that are (i) investment professionals falling within
Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”) or (ii) high net worth entities,
and other persons to whom this announcement may lawfully be communicated,
falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together
being referred to as “relevant persons”). This communication must not be acted
on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or
investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to
relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Persons
distributing this communication must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do
so.
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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