Techstep ASA - Notice on last day of trading in subscription rights
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Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published on 16 October 2026 by Techstep ASA ("TECH" or the "Company") regarding commencement of the subscription period in the partly underwritten rights issue of up to 100,000,000 new shares in the Company (the "Offer Shares"), each to be subscribed for at a price of 1 NOK per Offer Share, generating gross proceeds of minimum NOK 83,300,000 and maximum NOK 100,000,000 (the "Rights Issue").
The period for trading in the subscription rights expires at 16:30 (CET) today, 26 October 2026.
Holders who do not intend to exercise their subscription rights are therefore encouraged to sell them before the end of the trading period (16:30 hours (CET), today, 26 October 2026). Subscription rights that are not exercised to subscribe for Offer Shares will have no value and will lapse without any compensation to the holder.
For more information and the complete terms and conditions of the Rights Issue, please refer to the Prospectus, which, subject to regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions, is available at: http://www.danskebank.com/techstep.
For further information, please contact:
Håvard Haukdal, CFO
+47 48106569
havard.haukdal@techstep.io
This information is published in accordance with the requirements of the Continuing Obligations for companies listed on Euronext Oslo Børs, and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities of the Company in the United States or any other jurisdiction. Copies of this document may not be sent to jurisdictions, or distributed in or sent from jurisdictions, in which such action is barred or prohibited by law. The securities of the Company may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"). The securities of the Company have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act. Any sale in the United States of the securities mentioned in this communication will be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act. No public offering of the securities will be made in the United States.
Any offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by means of the Prospectus. This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on prospectuses to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended) as implemented in any EEA Member State (the "Prospectus Regulation"). Investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information contained in the Prospectus. Copies of the Prospectus will, following publication, be available from the Company's registered office and, subject to certain exceptions, on the websites of the Manager. In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State. In the United Kingdom, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at Qualified Investors as defined in paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024, and that are (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Order") or (ii) persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). These materials are directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. Persons distributing this communication must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do so.
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The Manager is acting for the Company in connection with the Rights Issue and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its respective clients or for providing advice in relation to the Rights Issue or any other transaction or arrangement referred to in this announcement. Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "intends", "may", "should", "will" and similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although the Company believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this release by such forward-looking statements. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date and are subject to change without notice.
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