Hexagon Purus ASA: Private placement successfully placed

Hexagon Purus ASA
Hexagon Purus ASA

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Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made by Hexagon Purus ASA ("Hexagon Purus" or the "Company") on 30 October 2024 regarding a contemplated private placement of new shares (the "Private Placement"). The Company hereby announces that it has allocated 145,000,000 new shares (the "New Shares") in the Private Placement at a price of NOK 6.90 per New Share, raising approximately NOK 1 billion in gross proceeds. The Private Placement, which was significantly oversubscribed, took place through an accelerated bookbuilding process after close of markets on 30 October 2024, conducted by ABG Sundal Collier ASA as Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner and Arctic Securities AS and Danske Bank, Norwegian Branch as Joint Bookrunners (together, the "Managers").

The net proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to finance the Company's business plan and are intended to fully fund the company well past the point of cash flow break-even. With the multi-year capacity expansion program close to completion, the Company now has sufficient capacity to cover the expected growth over the next few years. The Company’s focus for the coming years will be to optimize the utilization of existing capacity, drive operational improvements and profitability, and minimize further capital spend.

The New Shares in the Private Placement were allocated in two tranches as follows: (i) one tranche with 55,541,400 New Shares ("Tranche 1"); and (ii) a second tranche with 89,458,600 New Shares. The New Shares in Tranche 1 have been resolved issued by the Board pursuant to the board authorization granted by the annual general meeting of the Company held on 16 April 2024 (the "Board Authorization"). The issuance of Offer Shares in Tranche 2 is subject to approval by an extraordinary general meeting of the Company expected to be held on or about 22 November 2024 (the "EGM").

The pre-committing investors, Hexagon Composites ASA and Mitsui & Co., Ltd., were allocated the following number of New Shares:

  • Hexagon Composites ASA: 55,507,246 New Shares

  • Mitsui & Co., Ltd.:                36,231,884 New Shares