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Digia Plc Stock Exchange Release 22 June 2017 at 1:00 pm
Preliminary result of Digia Plc's successful rights issue
The subscription period of Digia Plc's ("Digia") rights issue (the "Offering") of approximately EUR 12.5 million ended yesterday, on 21 June 2017. According to the preliminary results of the Offering, a total of 6,812,484 shares were subscribed for in the Offering, representing approximately 114.5 percent of the 5,948,078 new shares offered (the "Offer Shares").
According to the preliminary result, approximately 94.4 percent of the Offer Shares were subscribed for pursuant to the subscription rights in the primary subscription and the remaining shares in the secondary subscription. The subscriptions made by shareholders and other investors by virtue of the secondary subscription will be approved in accordance with the terms and conditions of the rights offering. The shareholders and other investors that have used their right in the secondary subscription will be sent a confirmation letter on or about 29 June 2017 stating the number of shares to be distributed to them on the basis of the secondary subscription.
Trading in the interim shares representing the Offer Shares subscribed for based on primary subscription rights has commenced on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (the "Helsinki Stock Exchange") today, on 22 June 2017. The interim shares will be combined with Digia's existing class of shares when the Offer Shares have been registered with the Finnish Trade Register on or about 28 June 2017. Trading in the Offer Shares on the official list of Helsinki Stock Exchange together with Digia's existing shares will commence on or about 29 June 2017.
Digia will announce the final results of the Offering on or about 28 June 2017 when the Company's Board of Directors has accepted the share subscriptions.
Helsinki, 22 June 2017
Digia Plc
Board of Directors
Additional information: Timo Levoranta, President and CEO, Digia Plc, +358 (0)10 313 3000 (exchange)
Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki Key media www.digia.com
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The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa or the United States. The issue, exercise or sales of securities in the Offering are subject to specific legal or regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions. The Company assumes no responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such restrictions.
The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Investors must neither accept any offer for, nor acquire, any securities to which this document refers, unless they do so on the basis of the information contained in the applicable prospectus published by the Company.
These written materials do not constitute an offer for sale of securities in the United States, nor may the securities be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. There is no intention to register any portion of the Offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.
The Company has not authorised any offer to the public of securities in any member state of the European Economic Area other than Finland. With respect to each member state of the European Economic Area other than Finland which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a "Relevant Member State"), no action has been undertaken or will be undertaken to make an offer to the public of securities requiring publication of a prospectus in any Relevant Member State. As a result, the securities may only be offered in Relevant Member States (a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; or (b) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this paragraph, the expression "an offer of securities to the public" means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to exercise, purchase or subscribe the securities, as the same may be varied by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State, and the expression "Prospectus Directive" means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State and the expression "2010 PD Amending Directive" means Directive 2010/73/EU.
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This document contains certain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results and are based on certain key assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward-looking statements. Due to these uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as at the date of this document. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document, except as required pursuant to applicable law.
