Fingerprint Cards

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Fingerprint Cards AB’s (publ) (“Fingerprints” or the “Company”) announces the outcome of the exercise of warrants of series 2022:1 and 2022:2 (the “Warrants”), which were issued in connection with the Company's rights issue of units during November/December 2022. In total, 2,708,761 warrants of series 2022:2 were exercised, corresponding to approximately 13.7 percent of the total number of outstanding warrants of series 2022:2, at a subscription price of SEK 1.30 each entitling to 1.03 B-shares. In total, 2,787,699 B-shares were subscribed for. None of the warrants of series 2022:1 were exercised.

Fingerprints will receive approximately SEK 3.5 million before transaction costs through the exercise of the warrants of series 2022:2.

The subscription period for exercise of the Warrants took place during the period 18 August 2023 – 21 September 2023. The warrants of series 2022:2 were traded during the period 18 August 2023 - 19 September 2023. Recalculation, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Warrants have taken place, and the recalculated number of B-shares per exercised Warrant was 1.03 (previously 1.00).

In total, 2,787,699 B-shares will be issued. Following registration of the B-shares with the Swedish Companies Registration Office, the Company’s share capital will increase by approximately SEK 121,383 to approximately SEK 25,201,435. The number of B-shares in the Company will increase with 2,787,699 to 570,902,770. The number of votes will increase with 2,787,699 to 649,652,770. For existing shareholders who did not exercise any Warrants, the dilution amounts to approximately 0.5 percent of the number of shares in the Company and 0.4 percent of the votes in the Company.

Advisers

Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) is financial advisor and Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå KB is legal adviser to the Company.

About Fingerprints

Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) – the world’s leading biometrics company, with its roots in Sweden. We believe in a secure and seamless universe, where you are the key to everything. Our solutions are found in hundreds of millions of devices and applications, and are used billions of times every day, providing safe and convenient identification and authentication with a human touch. For more information visit our website, read our blog, and follow us on Twitter. Fingerprints is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (FING B).

For information, please contact:
Adam Philpott, CEO

Per Sundqvist, CFO

Investor Relations:
+46(0)10-172 00 10
investrel@fingerprints.com

Press:
+46(0)10-172 00 20
press@fingerprints.com

The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, on 22 September 2023 at 7:00 pm CEST.        

Important information

This press release does not contain and does not constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe or otherwise trade in shares, subscription rights, BTAs, convertibles or other securities in Fingerprints. Invitation to the persons concerned to subscribe for shares in Fingerprints will only be made through a prospectus that Fingerprints will publish on its website after approval and registration with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen).

The information in this press release may not be disclosed, published or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions), Australia, Japan, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore or South Africa or any other jurisdiction where distribution or publication would be illegal or require registration or other measures than those that follow from Swedish law. Actions that violate these restrictions may constitute a violation of applicable securities laws.

No shares, subscription rights, BTAs, convertibles or other securities have been registered, and no shares, subscription rights, BTAs, convertibles or other securities will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 as amended (“Securities Act”) or the securities legislation of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and no shares, subscription rights, BTAs, convertibles or other securities may be offered, sold, or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, within or into the United States, except under an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements under the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities legislation in the relevant state or any other jurisdiction of the United States.

In any Member State of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), other than Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, this press release is intended for and is directed only to qualified investors in the relevant Member State as defined in the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (together with associated delegated regulations and implementing regulations, the “Prospectus Regulation”), i.e. only to those investors who can receive the offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State.

In the United Kingdom, this press release is only being directed and communicated to persons who are qualified investors as defined in Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation (as incorporated into domestic law in the United Kingdom) who are (i) persons who fall within the definition of “professional investors” in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (“the Regulation”), or (ii) persons covered by Article 49(2)(a) - (d) in the Regulation, or (iii) persons to whom the information may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons referred to in (i), (ii) and (iii) above are collectively referred to as “Relevant Persons”). Securities in the Company are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will only be processed in respect of Relevant Persons. Persons who are not Relevant Persons should not act based on or rely on the information contained in this press release.

Matters discussed in this press release may contain forward-looking statements. Such statements are all statements that are not historical facts and contain expressions such as “believes”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “estimates”, “will”, “may”, “continues”, “should” and other similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on various assumptions, which in several cases are based on additional assumptions. Although Fingerprints believes these assumptions were reasonable when made, such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other material factors that are difficult or impossible to predict and beyond its control. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and material factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in this communication through the forward-looking statements. The information, perceptions and forward-looking statements contained in press release speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without notice.

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• 230922 - Final outcome warrants