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Summary
Hilbert Group AB (publ) (“Hilbert Group” or the “Company”) has carried out a directed issue of in total 4,166,667 B-shares at a subscription price of SEK 4.80 (the “Directed Issue”), equalling the close price as of May 2, 2025. Hilbert Group will receive proceeds of SEK 20 million before related transaction costs.
The main part of the Directed Issue (approx. SEK 14 million) has been resolved by the Board of Directors based on an authorization by the Annual General Meeting. The remaining part of the Directed Issue (approx. SEK 6 million) has been subscribed by the Board member and co-founder Niclas Sandström and other employees. This part will be resolved by the Board of Directors subject to approval by the Annual General Meeting which will take place on June 13, 2025.
Background
The Directed Issue delivers on two strategic priorities. First, it fortifies Hilbert Group’s balance sheet following the completion and integration of the Liberty Road acquisition at the end of Q1, ensuring Hilbert Group maintains ample liquidity as the Company transitions into full operational synergy; and second, it provides targeted growth capital to accelerate development and go‑to‑market efforts for the Syntetika platform ecosystem, positioning Hilbert Group for a successful launch and sustained long‑term value creation. Hilbert Group is now on a path to be profitable from Q3 2025 onwards with profitability being one quarter delayed due to the Liberty Road integration.
The Directed Issue
The Directed Issue consists of in total 4,166,667 new B-shares at a subscription price of SEK 4.80 per share. The Company will receive proceeds of SEK 20 million before related transaction costs.
The subscription price SEK 4.80 represents a premium of approx. 1 per cent in relation to the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of the Company's B-shares on Nasdaq First North Growth Market during the period April 15 – May 2 and equals the closing price on Nasdaq First North on May 2, 2025.
The Directed Issue has been subscribed primarily by existing shareholders. The largest subscriptions was made by Molcap (SEK 4 million) and Hilbert Group’s co-founder and board member Niclas Sandström (SEK 5 million).
Niclas Sandström’s and other employees subscription is governed by the so called Lex Leo (Chapter 16 of the Swedish Companies Act) which means that this part of the Directed Issue will be resolved separately at the AGM on 13 June, 2025. Pursuant to the Swedish Companies Act a majority of at least 90 per cent of the shares and votes represented at the AGM must support the resolution.
The Directed Issue entails an increase in the number of shares in the Company by 4,166,667 B-shares to in total 76,633,950 shares, including the pending new issue of 7,012,963 B-shares to Liberty Road Capital. The total number of shares are divided into 8,500,000 A-shares and 68,133,950 B-shares. The share capital increases with SEK 208,333,35, from SEK 3,623,364.15 to SEK 3,831,697,50. The Directed Issue thereby entails a dilution effect for current shareholders of approximately 5.4 percent of the share capital and 2.7 percent of the votes in the Company, calculated as the number of new shares in the Directed Issue divided by the total number of shares after the Directed Issue and the new issue to Liberty Capital.
The Board of Director’s deliberations on the Directed Issue
The Board has considered various financing structures. Although a rights issue is the preferred alternative, the Board has concluded that in the current financial environment a directed share issue meets the company's financing needs in a more efficient way. The Board assesses that existing major shareholders, primarily the founders, would not be able to subscribe for their full pro rata share in a rights issue. This would entail the need to purchase an underwriting guarantee for a significant part of the issue amount. If it were even possible to buy such guarantee, the terms would – to the detriment of all shareholders – include a significant discount in relation to the current share price combined with higher transaction costs. After an overall assessment of the alternatives, the Board has concluded that the best financing alternative for the shareholders is to carry out the Directed issue on the current terms. The issue price has been determined through a bookbuilding-procedure. The Board of Directors concludes that the issue price SEK 4.80 – which equals the closing price on the last trading day prior to the Directed Issue and represents a premium in relation to the VWAP for the last ten trading days prior to the Directed Issue – reflects current market conditions.
For additional information, please contact:
For additional information, please contact:
Barnali Biswal, CEO Hilbert Group AB or
Niclas Sandström, Co-founder and board member in Hilbert Group AB
Phone: +46 8 502 353 00
Email: ir@hilbert.group
Important information
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Any investment decision in connection with the Directed Issue must be made on the basis of all publicly available information relating to the Company and the Company’s shares. The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness.
This press release does not constitute or form part of an offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offering of the securities in the United States. The information in this press release may not be announced, published, copied, reproduced or distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, within or into Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the United States of America (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia) or in any other jurisdiction where such announcement, publication or distribution of the information would not comply with applicable laws and regulations or where such actions are subject to legal restrictions or would require additional registration or other measures than what is required under Swedish law. Actions taken in violation of this instruction may constitute a crime against applicable securities laws and regulations.
This press release is not a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) and has not been approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. Hilbert Group has not authorized any offer to the public of shares or rights in any member state of the EEA and no prospectus has been or will be prepared in connection with the Directed Issue. In any member state of the EEA, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed to qualified investors in that member state within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation.
Forward-looking statements
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