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Prolight Diagnostics AB (publ) (“Prolight” or “the Company”) announces that the rights issue of units, which the Board of Directors decided on October 26, 2023, and approved by the extraordinary general meeting on November 27, 2023 (“Rights Issue”), has been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. Trading in paid subscribed units (“BTU”) will therefore cease, and BTU will be replaced with shares and warrants of series TO6 and TO7. The last day of trading in BTU is on January 12, 2024, and warrants of series TO6 and TO7 will be listed for trading on NGM Nordic SME on January 18, 2024.
In connection with the registration with the Swedish Companies Registration Office, BTU will be converted into newly issued shares and warrants of series TO6 with the ticker PRLD TO6, as well as warrants of series TO7 with the ticker PRLD TO7. The first day of trading in warrants of series TO6 and TO7 on NGM Nordic SME is on January 18, 2024. The last day of trading in warrants of series TO6 is on May 28, 2024, and the last day of trading in warrants of series TO7 is on October 15, 2024.
Warrants of series TO6
Each warrant of series TO6 entitles the holder to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company. The subscription price for subscription of shares by virtue of the warrants of series TO6 amounts to seventy (70) percent of the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s share during the period from and including May 2, 2024, to and including May 16, 2024, however, not less than the quota value of the share (currently SEK 0.10) and not more than SEK 0.4375. Subscription of new shares through warrants of series TO6 shall be carried out according to the terms of the warrants during the period from and including May 20, 2024, up to and including May 31, 2024.
Warrants of series TO7
Each warrant of series TO7 entitles the holder to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company. The subscription price for subscription of shares by virtue of the warrants of series TO7 amounts to seventy (70) percent of the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s share during the period from and including September 20, 2024, to and including October 3, 2024, however, not less than the quota value of the share (currently SEK 0.10) and not more than SEK 0.70. Subscription of new shares through warrants of series TO7 shall be carried out according to the terms of the warrants during the period from and including October 7, 2024, up to and including October 18, 2024.
The complete terms and conditions for warrants of series TO6 and TO7 are available on the Company’s website, www.prolightdx.com.
Advisors
Mangold Fondkommission AB is financial advisor and Advokatfirman Lindahl KB is legal advisor to the Company in connection with the Rights Issue.
For more information, please contact:
Ulf Bladin, CEO
E-mail: ub@prolightdx.com
Company website: www.prolightdx.com
About Prolight
Prolight Diagnostics AB develops innovative Point-of-Care (POC) systems. These are small, portable instruments and disposable cartridges for performing in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests from a drop of blood. We want to offer the foremost POC systems on the market for quick, reliable diagnosis of acute events. Our launch product will be for the measurement of troponin, to aid in the rule-in and rule-out of myocardial infarction.
The Company’s share is traded on the NGM Nordic SME marketplace, under the ticker PRLD.
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The information in this press release neither contains nor constitutes an offer to acquire, subscribe for or otherwise trade shares, warrants or other securities in Prolight. No action has been taken and no action will be taken to allow an offer to the public in any jurisdiction other than Sweden. The invitation for relevant individuals to subscribe to units in the Company will only take place through the Prospectus, which is available on the Company’s website, www.prolightdx.com. The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s approval of the Prospectus shall not be construed as an approval of the Company’s shares, warrants or other securities. However, this press release is not a prospectus within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (“Prospectus Regulation”), and this press release neither identifies nor purports to identify risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in shares, warrants or other securities in Prolight. The information in this press release is only intended to describe the background to the Rights Issue and does not claim to be complete or exhaustive. No assurance shall be given with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information in this press release. Any investment decision should, in order for an investor to fully understand the potential risks and benefits associated with the decision to participate in the Rights Issue, be based solely on the information in the Prospectus. Therefore, an investor is recommended to read the entire Prospectus. This press release constitutes marketing in accordance with Article 2(k) of the Prospectus Regulation.
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Forward-looking statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s intentions, beliefs, or current expectations about and targets for the Company’s future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects, anticipated growth, strategies and opportunities and the markets in which the Company operates. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “estimate”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “aim” or “might”, or, in each case, their negative, or similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurances that they will materialize or prove to be correct. Because these statements are based on assumptions or estimates and are subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results or outcome could differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this release by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this press release are free from errors and readers of this press release should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this press release. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements that are expressly or implicitly contained herein speak only as of its date and are subject to change without notice. Neither the Company nor anyone else undertake to review, update, confirm or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this press release, unless it is required by law or the regulations of the Spotlight Stock Market for issuers.