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(Arendal, Norway / Sherbrooke QC, Canada – 13 November 2025)
Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement by Tekna Holding ASA (the "Company") on 22 October 2025 and 12 November 2025 regarding the fully underwritten rights issue of 100,000,000 new shares (the "Offer Shares") in the Company at a subscription price of NOK 3.00 per new share (the "Subscription Price") raising gross proceeds of NOK 300 million (the "Rights Issue"). The Company simultaneously sent notice of an extraordinary general meeting in the Company to be held on 13 November 2025 (the "EGM") to approve the Rights Issue, as well as a proposal to decrease the share capital by reducing the nominal value of the shares.
The EGM has today approved all items as proposed by the board of directors, including the Rights Issue and the share capital reduction. The EGM thereby resolved that the Company' share capital shall be increased by NOK 115,000,000 by issue of 100,000,000 new shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 1.15. The minutes from the EGM are attached to this announcement.
Eligible Shareholders
The Rights Issue will be directed towards shareholders of the Company as of 13 November 2025, as registered in the VPS on 17 November 2025 (the "Record Date"), who are not resident in a jurisdiction where such offering would be unlawful or would (in jurisdictions other than Norway) require any prospectus, filing, registration or similar action (the "Eligible Shareholders"). Each Eligible Shareholder will be granted approximately 0.7845 transferable subscription rights ("Subscription Rights") for every existing share registered as held by such Eligible Shareholder in the VPS as of the Record Date, rounded down to the nearest whole Subscription Right. Each Subscription Right gives, subject to applicable law, the right to subscribe for, and be allocated, one (1) new share in the Offering at the Subscription Price. Over-subscription and subscription without subscription rights will be permitted.
Subscription Period and trading of Subscription Rights
The subscription period in the Rights Issue is expected to commence on 18 November 2025 at 09:00 hours (CET) and expire on 2 December 2025 at 16:30 hours (CET) (the “Subscription Period”), subject to the timely approval and publication of the Prospectus. Further information regarding the Rights Issue, including subscription procedures, will be set out in the Prospectus which will be made available at the Manager's website ahead of the Subscription Period.
Subscription Rights that are not used to subscribe for Offer Shares before the expiry of the Subscription Period on 2 December 2025 at 16:30 (CET) or not sold before 16:30 (CEST) on 26 November 2025, will have no value and will lapse without compensation to the holder upon expiry of the Subscription Period.
The Subscription Rights are expected to have an economic value if the Company's shares trade above the Subscription Price during the Subscription Period.
Underwriter
As previously announced, the Company's largest shareholder Arendals Fossekompani ASA, has agreed to guarantee the subscription of the full amount of Offer Shares to ensure that the Rights Issue is fully subscribed. No underwriting commission will be paid for the underwriting.
Allocation, payment and delivery of Offer Shares
Allocation of the new shares in the Rights Issue is expected to take place on or about 3 December pursuant to the following allocation principles:
a) First, new shares will be allocated in accordance to subscribers who have validly exercised subscription rights during the subscription period;
b) Second, any unallocated new shares after the allocation under item a. above shall be allocated to subscribers who have over-subscribed on a pro rata basis based on the number of subscription rights exercised by each such subscriber;
c) Thirdly, new shares not allocated pursuant to item a. and b. above, will be allocated to subscribers not holding subscription rights. Allocation will be sought made on a pro rata basis on their respective subscription amounts.
d) Finally, any unallocated new shares following the allocation under item c. above shall be allocated to the Underwriter.
The payment date for investors allocated Offer Shares in the Rights Issue is expected to be on or about 5 December 2025.
Subject to timely payment in the Rights Issue, the Company expects that the share capital increase pertaining to the Rights Issue will be registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises on or about 11 December 2025 and that the Offer Shares will be delivered to the VPS accounts of the subscribers to whom they are allocated on or about 11 December 2025. The Offer Shares are expected to be tradable on Euronext Oslo Børs from and including 11 December 2025.
Arctic Securities AS have been engaged as manager for the Right Issue (the "Manager"). Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm AS is acting as legal advisor to the Company.
This information is subject to disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
CONTACTS
* Arina van Oost, Investor Relations | VP Corporate Strategic Development & Innovation, +1 438 885 6330, Investors@tekna.com
* Dag Teigland, Chair of Tekna Holding ASA, +47 950 53 008
ABOUT TEKNA HOLDING ASA
Tekna is a world-leading provider of advanced materials to industry, headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.
Tekna produces high-purity metal powders for applications such as 3D printing in the aerospace, medical and automotive sectors, as well as optimized induction plasma systems for industrial research and production. With its unique, IP-protected plasma technology, the company is well positioned in the growing market for advanced nanomaterials within the electronics and batteries industries.
Building on 30 years of delivering excellence, Tekna is a global player recognized for its quality products and its commitment to its large base of multinational blue-chip customers. Tekna’s powder products increase productivity and enable more efficient use of materials, thereby paving the way towards a more resilient supply chain and circular economy.
www.tekna.com - http://www.tekna.com
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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 this 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 an advertisement and 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 who (i) are 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) are 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 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 forwardlooking 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. This announcement is made by and is the responsibility of, the Company. Neither the Manager nor any of its respective affiliates makes any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this announcement and none of them accepts any responsibility for the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein.
This announcement is for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon in substitution for the exercise of independent judgment. It is not intended as investment advice and under no circumstances is it to be used or considered as an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a recommendation to buy or sell any securities of the Company. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy, fairness or completeness. Neither the Manager nor any of its respective affiliates accepts any liability arising from the use of this announcement.