Kotkamills Group Oyj
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
28 February 2018, at 7:30 p.m. (CET + 1)
The shareholders of Kotkamills Group Oyj have on 20 February 2018 unanimously resolved to offer by a directed issue a maximum of 450,770 new series A shares (the "New A Shares") of the company for subscription to the holders of series A shares pro rata to their holding of series A shares, a maximum of 20,000 new series B shares (the "New Management Incentive Allocation") for subscription to certain directors of the Kotkamills group and a maximum of 49,230 new series B shares (the "New B Shares", together with the New A Shares and the New Management Incentive Allocation, the "New Shares") of the company for subscription to the holders of series B shares pro rata to their holding of series B shares, taking into account the New Management Incentive Allocation offered for subscription.To the extent all New A Shares and New B Shares are not subscribed based on the primary subscription rights, the board of directors is authorised to resolve on the secondary subscription rights of any shares not subscribed.
The subscription period for subscription of the New Shares based on primary subscription rights expired on 26 February 2018. Based on the primary subscription rights and secondary subscription rights allocated by the board of directors, holders of series A shares subscribed the maximum number of 450,770 New A Shares offered for subscription, certain directors of the Kotkamills group subscribed the maximum number of 20,000 series B Shares offered for subscription in the New Management Incentive Allocation and holders of series B shares subscribed 47,493 of the in total 49,230 New B Shares offered for subscription. The subscribed New Shares represent in aggregate approximately 3.81 per cent of the total number of shares in the company.
The subscription price for each New Share is EUR 2.00 and the aggregate subscription price for the New Shares is EUR 1,036,526. Pursuant to the terms of the share issue of the New A Shares, holders of series A shares granted in connection with their participation in the share issue shareholder loans to the company in the aggregate amount of EUR 5 million. The terms of the shareholder loans are in material respects equivalent to the terms of the existing shareholder loans.
The purpose of the share issue and the utilisation of the shareholder loans is to ensure successful commercial launch of new food service board products and to secure the efficient working capital management of Kotkamills Group's further increasing consumer board products delivery volumes. As a result of the share issue and the utilisation of the new shareholder loans, Kotkamills Group Oyj will obtain financing in the aggregate amount of EUR 6 million.
After the share issue has been recorded in the Finnish Trade Register, the total number of shares issued by the company will be 14,121,069, of which 12,732,464 will constitute series A shares, representing approximately 90.17 per cent of the total number of the shares in the company, and 1,388,605 will constitute series B shares, representing approximately 9.83 per cent of the total number of the shares in the company. The entire subscription price of EUR 1,036,526 will be entered in the company's reserve for invested unrestricted equity.
Kotkamills Group Oyj
Board of Directors
For additional information, please contact:
CFO Petri Hirvonen, tel.+358 40 571 0834, petri.hirvonen@kotkamills.com
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Kotkamills Group in brief
Kotkamills is a responsible partner that delivers renewable products and performance to its customers' processes via product innovations created from wood, a renewable raw material. One of the key brands of the company is Absorbex®, an innovative laminating paper product for the laminate, plywood and construction industries. Moreover, Kotkamills offers ecological, technically sound and visually attractive wood products for demanding joinery and construction. In summer 2016, Kotkamills started up a new board machine producing AEGLE(TM) Folding Boxboard and ISLA(TM) Food Service Boards, including the capability to add barriers on-machine. All Consumer Board material solutions are fully recyclable and repulpable.
Kotkamills has two production sites in Finland, located in Kotka and Imatra. The majority shareholder of Kotkamills is MB Funds, a Finnish private equity firm.
Disclaimer
The information contained in this release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities of Kotkamills Group Oyj in any jurisdiction.