Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement published by Salmon Evolution ASA (the “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 in the Company to raise gross proceeds of NOK 525 million (the “Private Placement”).
The Private Placement consists of one tranche of 51,863,220 Offer Shares (“Tranche 1”) and a second tranche of 16,318,598 Offer Shares (“Tranche 2”). New shares in Tranche 1 were issued on 20 April 2023 pursuant to the board authorization to issue new shares granted by the Company’s annual general meeting held on 14 June 2022. The issue of new shares in Tranche 2 was subject to approval by the Company’s extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”).
The EGM was held today and all resolutions on the agenda were approved, including the share capital increase pertaining to the issue of new shares in Tranche 2.
Minutes from the EGM are attached to this notice and will be made available on the Company’s website: www.salmonevolution.no.
It is expected that the share capital increase relating to the issuance of the new shares in Tranche 2 will be registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises (the “NRBE”) on or about 12 May 2023, and where the new shares shall be re-delivered to Ronja Capital II AS as share-lender in relation to Tranche 2.
Following registration with the NRBE, the issued share capital of the Company is expected to be NOK 20,696,832 comprising 413,936,640 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 0.05.
The Company has appointed DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA, and Nordea Bank Abp. filial i Norge as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, and Arctic Securities AS and Pareto Securities AS as Joint Bookrunners. Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS is acting as legal advisor to the Company.