BBS announces a share issue of approximately 12.7-16.8 MSEK to expand the owner base in Sweden

                                                       
The Board of Directors of BBS – Bioactive Bone Substitutes Oyj (“BBS” or “Company”), an innovator in orthobiologics, has today decided to conduct a share issue based on the authorization granted at the Annual General Meeting on 05 April 2019 (the “Offering”). The Offering comprises up to 509,000 new shares (the “Offer Shares”), circa 10% of present number of shares in the company, for subscription to investors in Sweden.

The Offering in short

• The Offering comprises at the most 509,000 new Offer Shares offered for subscription to public in Sweden. The reason for the Offering is primarily to expand the Company’s Swedish shareholder base and increase trading volumes. These are aligned with the Company’s aim to continue its expansion through the build-up and strengthening of the organization, in order to further commence commercialization and prepare for the start of the sale of the Company's first ARTEBONE® product.  
• The subscription price of the Offer Shares (the “Subscription Price”) will be determined based on the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s share on Nasdaq First North Sweden during the time period between 17 June 2019 and 28 June 2019 with a discount of 10%. However, the Subscription Price may not be lower than SEK 25.00 or higher than SEK 33.00. The Subscription Price will be communicated through a company release and be available on the Company’s website at www.bbs-artebone.fi and on the website of Offering’s subscription venue Nordnet AB at www.nordnet.se on or about 28 June 2019. The Subscription Price will be recorded in the reserve for invested unrestricted equity.
• The Offering amounts approximately to a maximum of 1.5 million Euro (based on the exchange rate for SEK/EUR as of 14 June 2019) and will, therefore, not require a prospectus. The Company has prepared a basic information document in accordance with Chapter 3, section 2 of the Securities Markets Act (14.12.2012/746, as amended) in relation to the Offering.
• The subscription period for Offer Shares begins on 17 June 2019 at 9.00 Swedish time, and ends on 30 June 2019 at 23.59 Swedish time (the “Subscription Period”). The Board of Directors may amend the Subscription Period. Subscription venue of the Offering is Nordnet AB’s online service at www.nordnet.se.
• BBS’ Board of Directors resolves on allocation of the Offer Shares on or about 1 July 2019. In case of an oversubscription of the Offering, the Offer Shares will primarily be allocated so that each subscriber receives at least 200 Offer Shares.
• The minimum subscription per subscriber in the Offering is 200 Offer Shares. The number of Offer Shares to be subscribed shall be always divisible by 100. The subscriptions are binding.

Background and rationale

BBS-Bioactive Bone Substitutes Oyj is a biotech company that designs, develops and manufactures innovative next generation bioactive bone graft substitute medical devices with medicinal properties. The Company was founded in 2003 and was listed on both Nasdaq First North Sweden and Nasdaq First North Finland in February 2018.

The reason for the Offering is primarily to expand the Company’s Swedish shareholder base and increase trading volumes. These are aligned with the Company’s aim to continue its expansion through the build-up and strengthening of the organization, in order to further commence commercialization and prepare for the start of the sale of the Company's first ARTEBONE^® product.

Further details about the Offering

The Offering comprises a maximum of 509,000 Offer Shares. The Subscription Price per Offer Share will correspond to the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s share on Nasdaq First North Sweden during the time period between 17 June 2019 and 28 June 2019 with a discount of 10 %. However, the Subscription Price may not be lower than SEK 25.00 or higher than SEK 33.00. The Subscription Price will be communicated through a company release and be available on the Company’s website at www.bbs-artebone.fi and on the website of Offering’s subscription venue Nordnet AB at www.nordnet.se on or about 28 June 2019. The Offering amounts approximately to a maximum of 1.5 million Euro (based on the exchange rate for SEK / EUR as of 14 June 2019).

BBS’ Board of Directors resolves on allocation of the Offer shares on or about 1 July 2019. In case of an oversubscription of the Offering, the Offer Shares will be allocated so that each subscriber receives at least 200 Offer Shares. In case there is not enough Offer Shares to be allocated as described above, the subscribers to whom 200 Offer Shares are allocated are resolved by drawing lots. In other respects, the Offer Shares are allocated in proportion of the subscriptions made by the subscribers.

The subscribers will receive the decision on the allotment of Offer Shares approximately on 1 July 2019. Payment for the allotted Offer Shares will be charged simultaneously from the account designated by the subscriber. This is estimated to occur approximately the 1^st July 2019.

Should payment not be made when due, the Company may at its sole discretion decline the subscription and, if the Offering is oversubscribed, re-allot the unpaid Offer Shares to subscribers.

The Offer Shares will be registered with the Trade Register without undue delay after the Offer Shares have been paid. The Offer Shares will be issued and registered in the book-entry system of Euroclear Finland Oy without undue delay after having been registered with the Trade Register. The Offer Shares will be delivered to investors through the book-entry systems of Euroclear Finland Oy and Euroclear Sweden AB.

The Company may, at its sole discretion and for any reason, withdraw the Offering. If the Offering is withdrawn, any subscriptions given by investors will be automatically cancelled.

The Company will apply for listing of the Offer Shares on First North Finland multilateral trading facility maintained by Nasdaq Helsinki Oy and on First North Sweden multilateral trading facility maintained by Nasdaq Stockholm AB together with the other shares of the Company. The trading symbol of the Company’s shares on First North Finland is BONEH and on First North Sweden BONES and ISIN-code FI4000260583.

The Offer Shares will entitle their holders to dividends and other shareholder’s rights belonging to Company’s shares after the Offer Shares have been registered with the Trade Register and delivered to the investors. The Offering is subject to the Finnish law. Any disputes arising from the Offering will be resolved by a competent Finnish court.

During the subscription period, complete information about the Offering will be available on the following websites:

BBS: http://www.bbs-artebone.fi/

Nordnet: www.nordnet.se

Timetable

This time table is preliminary and may change.

Financial and legal advisers

Regin Corporate Finance AB acts as financial advisers in this share issue, and Smartius Oy is the legal adviser.

Contact
Pekka Jalovaara, CEO
Phone: +358 505 52 92 75
E-mail: pekka.jalovaara@bbs-artebone.fi

This contains such information that BBS-Bioactive Bone Substitutes Oyj is required to make public under the EU’s Market Abuse Regulation. The information was provided under the auspices of the above contact person for publication on June 17, 2019 at 08:30 CEST.

Important information
This announcement is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for any securities issued by BBS-Bioactive Bone Substitutes Oyj (the "Company") in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale would be unlawful. In any EEA Member State that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC as amended (together with any applicable implementing measures in any member State, the “Prospectus Directive”), the securities referred to in this release may only be offered in a member state (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.

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This announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the new shares. Any investment decision to buy or subscribe for new shares in the share issue must be made solely on the basis of publicly available information.

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About BBS – Bioactive Bone Substitutes
BBS-Bioactive Bone Substitutes Plc is a leading orthobiologic biotech company with origins in Finland. The company’s technology, Artebone^®, is a next generation bone substitute that targets treatment of bone defects and healing problems in extremities such as hands and ankles, scapula and pelvis. Its superior properties stem from the natural growth factors extracted from reindeer bone combined with scaffold-providing TCP (tricalciumphosphate) granules and has the potential of transforming orthopedic surgery. The first product, Artebone^® ready-to-use paste, is complete and the application process for the CE-marking enabling commercialization is in progress. BBS’ Certified Adviser at Nasdaq First North Stockholm and Helsinki is Stockholm Certified Advisers AB, +46 70 5516 729, info@certifiedadviser.se. More information: www.bbs-artebone.fi.