Circio Holding ASA: Registration of share capital increase following private placement of approximately NOK 200 million

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made by Circio Holding ASA (the "Company") on 15 September 2026, whereby the Company announced the allocation of 16,865,000 new shares in the Company, raising gross proceeds of approximately NOK 200 million (the "Private Placement").

The share capital increase pertaining to the issuance of the new shares in the Private Placement has been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises today, 22 September 2026. The Company's new share capital is now NOK 174,895,746.00 divided into 291,492,910 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 0.60.

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Erik Digman Wiklund, CEO
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Lubor Gaal, CFO
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About Circio
Building circular RNA expression systems for enhanced gene and cell therapies

Circio Holding ASA is a biotechnology company developing novel circular RNA expression technology for gene and cell therapy.

Circio has established a unique circular RNA (circRNA) vector expression technology for next generation RNA, DNA and viral therapeutics. The proprietary circVec platform is based on a modular genetic construct designed for efficient biogenesis of multifunctional circRNA inside target cells. The circVec platform has applications in multiple therapeutic settings, including genetic medicine, cell therapy and chronic disease. It has demonstrated 75-fold increased RNA half-life and up to 60-fold enhanced protein expression vs. conventional mRNA-based viral and non-viral vector systems, with the potential to become a new gold-standard gene expression technology. The circVec R&D activities are being conducted by the wholly owned subsidiary Circio AB in Stockholm, Sweden.