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Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) (“Carnegie”) has today notified Pierce Group AB (publ) (“Pierce”), Procuritas Capital Investors V[1], PCI V Co Investment AB, Fairy Glen Holdings Ltd and DIMELA Ltd (together the “Principal Shareholders”) that the over-allotment option is exercised in full and that the stabilisation period consequently has ended.
In connection with the offering to acquire shares in Pierce and the admission to trading of Pierce’s shares on Nasdaq Stockholm on 26 March 2021 (the “Offering”), the Principal Shareholders entered into an undertaking to within 30 days, upon Carnegie’s request, sell up to 2,450,984 additional existing shares in Pierce to cover over-allotment in connection with the Offering (the “Over-Allotment Option”). The Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full.
No stabilisation transactions have been carried out and due to Pierce’s share price performance, Carnegie has decided to end the stabilisation period.
For further information please contact:
Henrik Zadig, CEO
Tel: +46 (0)73 146 14 60
Email: Henrik.Zadig@piercegroup.com
Tomas Ljunglöf, CFO
Tel: +46 (0)73 378 01 54
Email: Tomas.Ljunglof@piercegroup.com
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This announcement is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy any securities of the Company. The contents of this announcement have been prepared by and are the sole responsibility of the Company. The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed by any person for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy, fairness or completeness. Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into the United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa or any other jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or other measures.
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The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with applicable U.S. state securities laws. The Company does not intend to register any offering in the United States or to conduct an offering of securities in the United States.
Copies of this announcement are not being, and should not be, distributed in or sent into the United States. The securities described herein have also not been and will not be registered under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa and, subject to certain exemptions, may not be offered or sold in or into or for the account or benefit of any person having a registered address in, or located or resident in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa. There will be no offering of the securities described herein in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, or South Africa.
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[1] “Procuritas Capital Investors V” refers to Procuritas Capital Investors V LP with its General Partner Procuritas Capital Investors V GP Limited.