The board of directors of
The shares in the new issue have been subscribed for by AMF and
- We are pleased that two well-reputed investors are increasing their ownership in Balder. We look forward to managing their trust in the best possible way, says
The purpose of the new issue and the reason for the deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights is to let reputable investors increase their ownership in Balder. Further, the new issue enables Balder to repurchase parts of the outstanding hybrid capital. Due to the extended time period required to carry out a rights issue and the current market sentiment, it is the board of directors' assessment that a new issue with deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights is in Balder's and all shareholders' interest and therefore also justifies deviation from the main rule that new issues shall be carried out with preferential rights for the shareholders. The board of directors' assessment is that the terms of the new issue is in accordance with market conditions, since they have been determined through a negotiation at arm's length between Balder and the investors where the subscription price essentially corresponds to the volume weighted average price of the company's Class B share on Nasdaq Stockholm on
The new issue entails a dilution effect of approximately 1.5 per cent in relation to the total number of shares and approximately 1.0 per cent in relation to the total number of votes in Balder by increasing the number of outstanding shares from 1,154,000,000 to 1,172,000,000 (divided into 67,376,592 Class A shares and 1,104,623,408 Class B shares) and the number of votes increases from 176,038,932.8 to 177,838,932.8.
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