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April 24, 2015
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Stockholm April 24, 2015—Tobii AB (publ) (“Tobii” or the “Company”) announces the outcome of the initial public offering (the “Offering”) of the Company’s shares and the listing on Nasdaq Stockholm. The Offering, consisting of newly issued shares and sale of existing shares, attracted strong interest both among Swedish and international institutional investors as well as among the general public in Sweden. The Offering was over-subscribed multiple times.
The Offering in brief
Henrik Eskilsson, CEO and co-founder, comments:
“We are proud and pleased over the large interest in subscribing for shares in Tobii among the general public and institutional investors. We see the strong demand as a good mark on our established business units and as a sign of strong confidence in Tobii’s ability to take our world-leading eye-tracking technology to exciting new application areas. Now we look forward to accomplishing this as a listed company on Nasdaq Stockholm.”
Kent Sander, Chairman of the Board, comments:
“This is an important milestone for Tobii and we believe that a presence on the public market will create favorable conditions for Tobii to continue to evolve. Our strong market positions and potential for continued growth is reflected in the large investor interest in the company. We now have a solid and diversified base of reputable institutional investors in Sweden and internationally, as well as a wide base of private investors. The Board and I look forward to continue to work with Tobii as a listed company.”
For more information, please contact:
Sara Hyléen,
Corporate Communications Director of Tobii,
tel: +46 70 9161641,
email: sara.hyleen@tobii.com
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer for sale of securities.
Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or any other jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or other measures. The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with applicable U.S. state securities laws. The Company does not intend to register any offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.
Any offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by means of a prospectus. This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State, the “Prospectus Directive”). Investors should not invest in any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information contained in the aforementioned prospectus.
In any EEA Member State other than Sweden that has implemented the Prospectus Directive, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State.
This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons in the United Kingdom 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) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom this announcement may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”). This communication must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this communication 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.
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 “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intends,” “estimate,” “will,” “may,” "continue," “should” 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 Tobii 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.
[1] Among selling shareholders are John Elvesjö, Board Member and member of the Company’s management team, offering 150,000 shares, and Board member Nils Bernhard, offering 275,000 shares.
[2] Before dilution effects from existing employee stock options and warrants.
Tobii is the global leader in eye tracking and pioneer of attention computing. Creating tech for a better future, our technologies and solutions apply to areas such as behavioral studies and research, healthcare, education and training, gaming, extended reality, automotive, and many more. Headquartered in Sweden, Tobii is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (TOBII). For more information: www.tobii.com.
April 24, 2015
Tobii is the global leader in eye tracking and pioneer of attention computing. Creating tech for a better future, our technologies and solutions apply to areas such as behavioral studies and research, healthcare, education and training, gaming, extended reality, automotive, and many more. Headquartered in Sweden, Tobii is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (TOBII). For more information: www.tobii.com.