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Precise Biometrics AB (”Precise” or the ”Company”) has prepared a prospectus by reason of the directed issue of up to 3,959,639 ordinary shares to Egis Technology Inc., the rights issue of up to 6,599,399 ordinary shares, and the over-allotment option of up to 2,339,787 ordinary shares, which were announced by the Company on 10 August 2022.
The prospectus has today on 6 September 2022 been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (“SFSA”), and is available on the Company’s website, www.precisebiometrics.com. The prospectus is also available on Vator Securities' website, www.vatorsecurities.se, and will within a couple of days also be published on the SFSA's prospectus register, https://fi.se/sv/vara-register/prospektregistret/.
The subscription period for the rights issue will run during the period from and including 12 September 2022 up to and including 26 September 2022. The last day for trading in the Company's share including the right to participate in the rights issue is today, 6 September 2022.
Advisors
Vator Securities AB acts as financial advisor and issuing agent to Precise Biometrics in connection with the share issues and Advokatfirman Lindahl KB is the Company’s legal advisor in connection with the share issues.
For more information, please contact:
Patrick Höijer, CEO
E-mail: patrik.hoijer@precisebiometrics.com
This information was submitted for publication at 11:45 CEST on 6 September 2022.
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Any offer of securities in the Company mentioned in this press release will be made through a prospectus or with an applicable exemption in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation. This press release is not a prospectus according to Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and Directive 2003/71 / EC (together with relevant implementations and delegated regulations "Prospectus Regulation").
No securities described herein have been, nor will they be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the securities laws in any other state or jurisdiction in the USA and no securities may be offered or transferred (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act), directly or indirectly, in or into the USA other than pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the USA. This press release does not constitute an offer or invitation to acquire or subscribe for shares or other securities in the USA. No securities will be offered to the public in the United States.
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Within the European Economic Area (“EEA”), no public offering of securities is made in other countries than Sweden. In other member states of the EU, such an offering of securities may only be made in accordance with an applicable exemption in the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.