Anoto completes a directed share issue in the amou

Lund, November 6, 2015 – Anoto Group AB (publ) (“Anoto” or the “Company”) has completed a directed share issue pursuant to the placing agreement with Carnegie Investment Bank AB ("Carnegie") of approximately SEK 74 million to finance the acquisition of Livescribe.

Pursuant to the placing agreement, Carnegie has today placed and sold 56.5 million shares in Anoto at an average volume-weighted price of approximately SEK 1.31. With the authorization from the Extraordinary General Meeting held on September 28, 2015, the Board of Directors of Anoto has resolved on a directed share issue to Carnegie of 56.5 million shares at a subscription price of approximately SEK 1.31. The total value of the share issue amounts to approximately SEK 74 million before costs associated with the share issue. The share issue represents approximately 5.9 per cent of the share capital and votes after dilution.

The share issue means that the number of shares in the Company increases by 56,500,000 shares. The total number of outstanding shares in the Company increases from 895,193,826 shares to a total of 951,693,826 shares and the share capital will increase by SEK 1,130,000, from SEK 17,903,876.52 to SEK 19,033,876.52.

For further information, please contact: 

Stein Revelsby, CEO Anoto Group AB, tel. +46 733 45 12 05

Anoto Group AB (publ) Reg.No. 556532-3929, Mobilvägen 10, SE- 223 62 Lund

Tel.: +46 46 540 12 00

The information in this press release is published pursuant to the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on 6th November, 2015, 12:45

About Anoto Group: Anoto Group AB is a global leader in digital writing solutions, which enables fast and reliable transmission of handwriting into a digital format. Anoto operates worldwide through a global partner network that delivers user-friendly digital writing solutions for efficient capture, transmission, distribution and storage of data. Anoto is currently in use across multiple business segments, e.g. consumer, healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics and education. Anoto Group har ca 100 anställda och har sitt huvudkontor i Lund. Bolaget har även kontor i Norrköping, Basingstoke samt Wetherby (Storbritannien), Boston samt Los Angeles (USA) och Tokyo (Japan). Anoto Group AB:s aktie är noterad på NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Small Cap-lista under tickern ANOT.

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