Norsk Titanium AS: Commencement of the final exercise period for the Warrants
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Oslo, Norway, 18 November 2024: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement by Norsk Titanium AS (the "Company") on 15 November 2024 regarding the exercise price and further information regarding the final exercise period for the remaining 135,796,540 outstanding warrants (the "Warrants") issued to investors in the partially underwritten rights issue of 229,038,7887 new shares in the Company.
Each Warrant gives the holder a right to subscribe for one new share (such new shares jointly the "New Shares") in the Company at an exercise price of NOK 1.06892 (the "Exercise Price").
The first exercise period ended on 21 June 2024. Reference in that regard is made to stock exchange announcements published by the Company in connection with the first exercise period.
The second and final exercise period for the Warrants will commence today, on 18 November 2024 at 09:00 hours (CET), and expire on 29 November 2024 at 16:30 hours (CET) (the "Final Exercise Period"). The Warrants in the Final Exercise Period are tradeable until 25 November 2024 at 16:30 hours (CET).
Carnegie is acting as manager in connection with exercise of the Warrants (the "Manager").
Exercise periods
Any Warrants to be exercised in the Final Exercise Period will have to be registered on the VPS account of the subscriber on 29 November 2024. Provided that a purchase of Warrants is made with ordinary T+2 settlement, any Warrants acquired up to 25 November 2024 at 16:30 hours (CET), i.e. the last day of the trading period in the Final Exercise Period, may be exercised in the Final Exercise Period.
Warrants that are not exercised before the expiry of the Final Exercise Period on 29 November 2024 at 16:30 hours (CET) or not sold before 16:30 hours (CET) on 25 November 2024 will have no value and will lapse without compensation to the holder.
Holders of Warrants who do not exercise their Warrants will experience a dilution of their shareholding in the Company.
Exercise price per New Share
Each Warrant gives the holder a right to subscribe for one New Share at an exercise price per New Share equal to the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of the Company's shares on Euronext Growth Oslo in the three last trading days prior to the first date on which the holder can exercise the Warrant in each exercise period less 30%, but in any event (i) not lower than the nominal value (NOK 0.08) and (ii) not exceeding the subscription price in the Rights Issue plus 30% (i.e. NOK 1.06892).
Based on the criteria above, the Exercise Price per New Share in the Final Exercise Period is NOK 1.06892.
Exercise procedure
The Warrants are exercised through the submission of a duly completed exercise form for the Warrants (the "Exercise Form") to the Manager at the address or email address set out in the Exercise Form during the Final Exercise Period or electronically through the VPS online subscription system during the Final Exercise Period for the Warrants, at the latest within 29 November 2024 at 16:30 CET. The Exercise Form is available at the websites of the Company (www.norsktitanium.com/investors) and the Manager (www.carnegie.no/ongoing-prospectuses-and-offerings/). By completing and submitting an Exercise Form, the holder of the relevant Warrants irrevocably undertakes to acquire a number New Shares equal to the number of Warrants exercised at the Exercise Price.
Payment for and delivery of New Shares
Notifications of allocated New Shares and the corresponding aggregate exercise price to be paid by each subscriber are expected to be distributed in a letter from the VPS after the end of the Final Exercise Period, on or about 3 December 2024. Payment for the New Shares issued to the subscriber following the Final Exercise Period falls due on 6 December 2024 in accordance with the payment procedures described in the Exercise Form.
Subject to timely payment of the aggregate exercise price for the New Shares on 6 December 2024, the Company expects that the share capital increase pertaining to the Final Exercise Period will be registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises on or about 10 December 2024 and that the New Shares will be delivered to the VPS accounts of the subscribers to whom they are allocated on or about 11 December 2024. A subscriber's default in timely payment of the aggregate exercise price for the New Shares subscribed by such subscriber may, at the Company's and the Manager's sole discretion, result in the subscribed New Shares not being issued. In such an event, the exercised Warrants may be considered forfeited and will not give a right to subscribe New Shares.
Financial intermediaries
If Warrants are registered through a financial intermediary, the financial intermediary will customarily give the holder details of the aggregate number of Warrants which it is entitled to exercise. The relevant financial intermediary will customarily supply each holder with this information in accordance with its usual customer relations procedures. Holders of Warrants through a financial intermediary should contact the financial intermediary if they have received no information with respect to the Warrants.
Listing and commencement of trading in the New Shares
The New Shares issued upon exercise of Warrants will be listed on Euronext Growth Oslo under ISIN NO 001 0969108 and ticker code "NTI". The New Shares will be listed as soon as the New Shares are fully paid, the share capital increase pertaining to the Final Exercise Period has been registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises, and the New Shares have been issued in the VPS.
The New Shares may not be transferred or traded before (i) they have been fully paid, (ii) the share capital increase pertaining to the New Shares has been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises, and (iii) the New Shares have been issued in the VPS.
For more information, please contact:
Ashar Ashary, CFO Norsk Titanium AS
Email: Ashar.Ashary@norsktitanium.com
Tel: +1 518 556 8966
For more information about the exercise of Warrants, please contact the Manager:
Carnegie AS, tel: +47 22 00 93 40.
This information is published in accordance with the requirements of the Continuing Obligations for companies listed on Euronext Growth Oslo and section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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