Regulatory Filings • Mar 22, 2018
Regulatory Filings
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Parrot (the "Company" or "Parrot") reminds that in the context of its share capital increase of an aggregate amount of €298,779,726, the prospectus of which was approved by the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marches financiers) under visa number 15-590 on November 19, 2015, the Company issued in particular 17,575,278 Class 1 Warrants and 17,575,278 Class 2 Warrants (the "Share Capital Increase").
As of the date hereof, the holding of the Class 1 and Class 2 Warrants is the following (on the basis of the available information for the Company):
| Number of Class 1 Warrants |
% of Class 1 Warrants |
Number of Class 2 Warrants |
% of Class 2 Warrants |
Total number of Class 1 and Class 2 Warrants |
% of the total number of Class 1 and Class 2 Warrants |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon(1) | 13,637,943 | 77.60% | 13,637,943 | 77.60% | 27,275,886 | 77.60% |
| Bpifrance(2) | 798,964 | 4.55% | 798,964 | 4.55% | 1,597,928 | 4.55% |
| Eligible Managers |
55,000 | 0.31% | 5,000 | 0.03% | 60,000 | 0.17% |
| Public | 3,083,371 | 17.54% | 3,133,371 | 17.83% | 6,216,742 | 17.69% |
| TOTAL | 17,575,278 | 100% | 17,575,278 | 100% | 35,150,556 | 100% |
(1) Horizon, a company controlled by Mr. Henri Seydoux (Chairman and CEO of Parrot), holds approximately 35.1% of the capital of Parrot.
(2) Bpifrance holds approximately 5.1% of the capital of Parrot.
(3) Managers having purchased Class 1 and/or Class 2 Warrants during the previous windows of transferability.
The Warrants are non-transferable and therefore non-tradable until December 15, 2020 (inclusive), subject to certain exceptions set out in the prospectus relating to the Share Capital Increase, including a window of transferability established twice a year after the publication by the Company of its press release relating to its annual results or, as the case may be, its half-year results, and during which any holder of Warrants is given the right, subject to certain conditions, to transfer, during a period of 60 calendar days (the "Window of Transferability"), all or part of its Class 1 and/or Class 2 Warrants to employees or executive officers of the Company and/or its current or future subsidiaries designated (prior to the opening of each window) by the Board of Directors (the "Eligible Managers").
The Company published a press release on March 15, 2018 relating to its yearly results for the 2017 financial year, and the Board of Directors designated on March 14, 2018 certain members of the Company's Executive Committee and executive officers of the French and foreign subsidiaries held at more than 50% by Parrot, i.e. 10 persons, as Eligible Managers for the fifth Window of Transferability, with the right for each of them to purchase up to 50,000 Warrants (1 and/or 2) for the duration of this window.
The Window of Transferability to the Eligible Managers will be open from March 23, 2018 for a period of 60 calendar days, according to the timetable below:
| March 14, 2018: | Meeting of the Board of Directors in order to approve the annual financial statements of 2017 and designate the Eligible Managers |
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|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2018: | Publication by the Company of the press release regarding its 2017 yearly results | |
| March 22, 2018: | Delivery by Accuracy, as independent expert, of its report on the Reference Value of the Class 1 Warrants and the Reference Value of the Class 2 Warrants. |
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| March 22, 2018: | Publication by the Company of a press release announcing the opening of the Window of Transferability and its practical terms, as well as the Reference Value of the Class 1 Warrants (i.e. €0.03) and the Reference Value of the Class 2 Warrants (i.e. €0.02) |
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| From March 23 to May 21, 2018 (inclusive): |
Period during which the transfer orders (by holders of Warrants) and purchase orders (by Eligible Managers) of Class 1 and/or Class 2 Warrants may be sent pursuant to the proceeding described below |
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| No later than May 31, 2018: |
Publication by the Company of a press release announcing the results of the Window of Transferability and expected date of the settlement and delivery of the Warrants |
The Window of Transferability will run from March 23, 2018 to May 21, 2018 (inclusive).
During the Window of Transferability:
Accuracy, as independent expert, has delivered a report to the Company in order to confirm the fairness of the Reference Value of the Class 1 Warrants and the Reference Value of the Class 2 Warrants; said report is available on Parrot's website (https://www.parrot.com/fr/espace-finance);
Following the end of the Window of Transferability:
$$
A = \frac{B}{C} \times D
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Where:
1 In accordance with the decision of the Board of Directors dated March 14, 2018, the total maximum number of Class 1 and Class 2 Warrants specified in the purchase orders of the Eligible Managers may not exceed 500,000 Class 1 and/or Class 2 Warrants under this Window of Transferability.
Investors (including holders of Warrants) are invited to carefully examine the prospectus relating to the Share Capital Increase. In particular, it is reminded that:
The prospectus relating to the Share Capital Increase of the company Parrot, approved by the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers) (the "AMF") under visa number 15-590 on November 19, 2015 (the "Prospectus"), consists of (i) Parrot's reference document filed with the AMF on April 30, 2015 under number D.15- 0468 (the "2014 Reference Document"), (ii) its update filed with the AMF on November 13, 2015 under number D.15- 0468-A01 (the "Update"), (iii) a securities note (the "Securities Note") and, (iv) a summary of the Prospectus (included in the Securities Note).
The company Parrot has also filed its 2016 reference document with the AMF on May 11, 2017 under number D.17- 0511 (the "2016 Reference Document").
Copies of the Prospectus and of the 2016 Reference Document are available free of charge at the registered office of Parrot, located at 174-178 quai de Jemmapes – 75010 Paris, on the website of the company Parrot (http://www.parrot.com/usa/aboutparrot/investorrelations/), as well as on the AMF's website (www.amf-france.org).
Before making any investment decision, investors (including any holder of Warrants) are invited to carefully review the risk factors described in Section IV (Risk Factors) of the 2016 Reference Document and Section II (Risk Factors) of the Securities Note. The occurrence of any or all of these risks may have an adverse effect on the business, position or financial results of the Parrot group or on its ability to meet its objectives, as well as on the value or market price of the Company's shares or other securities (including the Warrants). In addition, other risks not yet identified, or not currently considered as material by the Parrot group, could have the same adverse effect.
Founded in 1994 by Henri Seydoux, Parrot is today the leading European group in the fast-growing industry of drones. Visionary, at the forefront of innovation, Parrot is a real 'End to End' drone group from hardware and software to services.
The Parrot Group designs and engineers its products in Europe, mainly in France and Switzerland. It currently employs 600 people worldwide and makes the majority of its sales outside of France. Parrot, headquartered in Paris, has been listed since 2006 on Euronext Paris (FR0004038263 - PARRO). For more information: www.parrot.com
Investors, analysts, financial media Marie Calleux - T. : +33(0) 1 48 03 60 60 [email protected]
Tech and consumer media Vanessa Loury / Fabien Laxague - T. : +33(0) 1 48 03 60 60 [email protected] / [email protected]
This press release shall not be published, distributed or circulated, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America, Australia, Canada or Japan or any other country in which such publication, distribution or circulation would be unlawful.
This press release and the information contained herein do not constitute either an offer to sell or purchase or the solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase Warrants shares of the Company.
The offer described in the Prospectus was opened to the public in France exclusively.
With respect to Member States of the European Economic Area other than France (the "Member State") which have implemented the Prospectus Directive, no action has been undertaken or will be undertaken to make an offer to the public of Warrants requiring a publication of a prospectus in any Member State.
For the purposes of this paragraph, (i) the expression an "offer to the public of Warrants" in any Member State means the communication to persons, in any form and by any means, of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and Warrants to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase Warrants, as the same, as the case may be, may have been varied in that Member State, (ii) the expression "Prospectus Directive" means Directive 2003/71/EC of November 4, 2003, to the extent implemented in the Member State (as amended, including by the Amending Prospectus Directive, and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Member State) and (iii) the expression "Amending Prospectus Directive" means Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and the Counsel of November 24, 2010.
These selling restrictions concerning the Member States apply in addition to any other selling restrictions which may be applicable in the Member States who have implemented the Prospectus Directive.
This press release does not contain or constitute an invitation, inducement or solicitation to invest. This press release is directed only at and is for distribution only to persons who (i) are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) are "investment professionals" falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Order"), (iii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.") of the Order or (iv) are other persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons in (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) together being referred to as "Relevant Persons").
This press release is directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this press release relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons.
This press release does not constitute a prospectus approved by the Financial Services Authority or any other regulatory authority in the United Kingdom under Section 85 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
This press release is not an offer of securities for sale or purchase or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell securities in the United States of America or any other jurisdiction. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The company Parrot does not intend to register these securities, in whole or in part, in the United States of America or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States of America.
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