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Salmon Evolution ASA — Share Issue/Capital Change 2023
May 9, 2023
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Share Issue/Capital Change
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Salmon Evolution ASA: Cancellation of the potential subsequent offering
Salmon Evolution ASA: Cancellation of the potential subsequent offering
Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement published by Salmon
Evolution ASA ("Company") on 19 April 2023 regarding the successful placing of a
private placement of 68,181,818 shares at a subscription price of NOK 7.7 (the
"Subscription Price") in the Company to raise gross proceeds of NOK 525 million
(the "Private Placement") and a potential subsequent share offering of up to
6,500,000 new shares at the Subscription Price (the "Subsequent Offering"). The
Company expressed that any such potential Subsequent Offering was conditional
on, inter alia, prevailing market price of the Company's shares being higher
than the Subscription Price.
The Company's shares have for an extended period traded below the Subscription
Price, which is also currently the case. Since the placing of the Private
Placement, the total traded volume at prices at or below the Subscription Price
is higher than the maximum size of the potential Subsequent Offering. As a
result, existing shareholders who did not participate in the Private Placement
have had the opportunity to reduce the dilutive effect of the Private Placement
at trading prices at or below what would have been the subscription price in the
potential Subsequent Offering. The board of directors of the Company has
therefore decided not to proceed with the Subsequent Offering.
As a result, the board of directors has withdrawn the agenda item 5 "Board
authorization for subsequent offering" on the extraordinary general meeting to
be held on 11 May 2023 regarding approval of a board authorization to issue new
shares for the purposes of the Subsequent Offering.
For more information, please contact:
Trond Håkon Schaug-Pettersen, CEO: +47 911 91 327
About Salmon Evolution
Salmon Evolution is a Norwegian land-based salmon farming company targeting a
production capacity of 100,000 tonnes HOG by 2032. The Company's core focus is
on extending the ocean's potential by transferring the best preconditions
offered by the sea to farm fish on land through its chosen hybrid flow-through
system technology (HFS). This secures a truly sustainable production process
with controlled and optimal growth conditions and limiting operational and
biological risk.
The Company's first production facility is strategically located at Indre Harøy
on the Norwegian west coast with unlimited access to fresh seawater, renewable
energy, established infrastructure, and an educated and experienced work force.
Phase 1 is already in operation and will have an annual capacity of 7,900 tonnes
HOG at steady state. Fully developed, the Indre Harøy facility will have an
annual capacity of 31,500 tonnes HOG.
The Company has also entered into a joint venture with Dongwon Industries where
the parties will develop, construct and operate a land-based salmon farming
facility in South Korea with an annual production capacity of 16,800 tonnes HOG,
using Salmon Evolution's chosen HFS technology.
Furthermore, Salmon Evolution has initiated a process with the aim of
establishing a land-based salmon farming operation in North America.
Salmon Evolution ASA is listed on Oslo Børs under the ticker SALME.
To learn more, please visit www.salmonevolution.no.