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Zwipe AS — Share Issue/Capital Change 2020
Oct 28, 2020
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Share Issue/Capital Change
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Zwipe AS: Final Results of the Subsequent Offering
Zwipe AS: Final Results of the Subsequent Offering
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INDIRECTLY, IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER
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UNLAWFUL.
OSLO, NORWAY - 28 October 2020 -
Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement from Zwipe AS ("Zwipe" or
the "Company") dated 27 October 2020 with the preliminary results of the
subsequent offering of up to one million new shares (the "Subsequent Offering"),
each with a nominal value of NOK 0.10 and at a subscription price of NOK 15.00
(the "Offer Shares").
The subscription period for the Subsequent Offering expired on 27 October 2020
at 16:30 hours (CET). By the end of the subscription period, the Company had
received valid subscriptions for 4,073,802 Offer Shares.
The board of directors of Zwipe has today resolved the allocation related to the
Subsequent Offering in accordance with the allocation criteria presented in the
prospectus dated 19 October 2020. A total of 740,736 Offer Shares were allocated
based on subscription rights and a total of 259,264 Offer Shares were allocated
based on over-subscriptions of 1,829, 982 new shares made by holders of
subscription rights. No Offer Shares were allocated to subscriptions of
1,503,084 new shares made by investors without subscription rights.
Furthermore and in order to complete the Subsequent Offering, the board of
directors has resolved the capital increase pertaining thereto, and hereunder
resolved to increase the share capital with NOK 100,000 through issuing
1,000,000 new shares each with a nominal value of NOK 0.10 and at a subscription
price of NOK 15 per share, giving gross proceeds of NOK 15 million. The
resolution was made by the board of directors on basis of the authorization
granted by the general meeting on 29 September 2020.
The following primary insiders or close associates of primary insiders have been
allocated Offer Shares in the Share Issue.
· Primary Insider Concito AS, owned by Pål Eivind Vegard, board member of
Zwipe, was allocated 32,477 Offer Shares in the Subsequent Offering. Following
this transaction, Pål Eivind Vegard owns 568,087 shares in the Company through
Concito AS
· Primary Insider Feat Invest AB, a company where board member of Zwipe, Johan
Biehl, is a board member, was allocated 18,280 Offer Shares in the Subsequent
Offering. Following this transaction, Feat Invest AB owns 319,780 shares in the
Company
· Primary Insider Johan Biehl, board member of Zwipe, was allocated 12,169
Offer Shares in the Subsequent Offering. Following this transaction, Johan Biehl
owns 212,883 shares in the Company
· Primary Insider Dennis Jones, board member of Zwipe, was allocated 2,728
Offer Shares in the Subsequent Offering. Following this transaction, Dennis
Jones owns 65,228 shares in the Company
· Primary Insider Diderik Schonheyder, board member of Zwipe, was allocated
302 Offer Shares in the Subsequent Offering. Following this transaction, Diderik
Schonheyder owns 5,302 shares in the Company
The Company will on 29 October distribute allocation letters with payment
information to all subscribers who have been allocated Offer Shares. The due
date for payment is on or about 30 October 2020. Delivery of the Offer Shares is
expected to take place on or about 6 November 2020, through the facilities of
VPS and Euroclear. Trading in the Offer Shares on Merkur Market or Nasdaq First
North Growth Market (as the case may be) is expected to commence on or about 6
November 2020. Arctic Securities AS acts as manager in the Subsequent Offering.
Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS acts as Norwegian legal counsel to Zwipe and White & Case
acts as Swedish legal counsel to Zwipe.
Zwipe AS is obliged to make this information public pursuant to the Continuing
obligations of companies admitted to trading on Merkur Market and Nasdaq First
North Growth Market. Certified Adviser on Nasdaq First North is FNCA Sweden AB,
[email protected], +46 (0) 8 528 00 399. The information was submitted for
publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 16:50
CET on 28 October 2020.
This release is issued for information purposes only, and this document is not
an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to purchase or subscribe for
shares. Copies of this document may not be sent to jurisdictions, or distributed
in or sent from jurisdictions, in which this is barred or prohibited by law. The
information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, in any jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation would be unlawful absent registration, or an exemption from
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any jurisdiction.
This document is not for publication or distribution in, directly or indirectly,
Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States or any other jurisdiction in which
such release, publication or distribution would be unlawful, and it does not
constitute an offer or invitation to subscribe for or purchase any securities in
such countries or in any other jurisdiction. In particular, the document and the
information contained herein should not be distributed or otherwise transmitted
into the United States or to publications with a general circulation in the
United States of America. This document is not an offer for sale of securities
in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or
an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"). The Company does not intend to register any part of the
offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering in the United
States of the shares to which this document relates. The Managers are acting for
the Company in connection with the Private Placement and no one else and will
not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the
protections afforded to their respective clients or for providing advice in
relation to the Private Placement or any transaction or arrangement referred to
in this press release. This announcement and any materials distributed in
connection with this announcement may contain certain forward-looking
statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and
uncertainty because they reflect Zwipe's current expectations and assumptions as
to future events and circumstances that may not prove accurate. A number of
material factors could cause actual results and developments to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
This information is subject to a duty of disclosure pursuant to Section 5-12 of
the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
About Zwipe
Zwipe is pioneering the next generation contactless payments experience,
providing biometric payment cards and wearables that enable consumers to
authorize transactions with their fingerprints without compromising their
privacy. Together with an ecosystem of partners including global brands within
digital security and financial services, Zwipe is "Making Convenience Safe &
Secure" for banks, merchants and consumers. Zwipe's solutions address the
hygiene and data theft pitfalls inherent in traditional authentication methods.
Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with a global presence, Zwipe is leading the next
great shift in payments from contactless to contact free. To learn more, visit
www.zwipe.com
For further information please contact: Lars Kristian Solheim, CFO, +47 991 66