IDEX Biometrics ASA - Private Placement successfully placed
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Oslo, Norway, 5 December 2025.
Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement published on 4 December 2025 by IDEX Biometrics ASA ("IDEX" or the "Company") regarding a contemplated private placement (the "Private Placement") of new shares in the Company (the "Offer Shares").
The Private Placement has been successfully completed, raising gross proceeds to the Company of NOK 22 million, through the issuance of 7,333,333 Offer Shares at a subscription price per Offer Share of NOK 3 (the "Offer Price"). The Private Placement was substantially oversubscribed.
The net proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to accelerate time to profitability, working capital needs, as well as capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes.
Anders Storbråten (privately and through Altea AS), Robert Keith, Morten Opstad and Kjell-Arne Besseberg have, as pre-indicated, subscribed for NOK 6,6 million, NOK 6,4 million, NOK 0.5 million and NOK 0.15 million, respectively, in the Private Placement.
The Private Placement was divided into two tranches. Tranche 1 ("Tranche 1") consisted of 5,690,970 Offer Shares, and the share capital increase related to Tranche 1 have been resolved by the board of directors (the "Board") pursuant to an authorization granted by the Company's general meeting held on 14 August 2025 (the "Authorization"). Tranche 2 ("Tranche 2") will consist of 1,642,363 Offer Shares. The issuance of Offer Shares in Tranche 2 remains subject to approval by an extraordinary general meeting, scheduled to be held at the end of December or early January (the "EGM"). Anders Storbråten (privately and through Altea AS) has agreed to be allocated Offer Shares in Tranche 2 of the Private Placement.
The completion of Tranche 1 of the Private Placement is otherwise subject to registration of the share capital increase pertaining to issue of the Offer Shares in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises. The Tranche 2 of the Private Placement is subject to completion of Tranche 1 and approval by the EGM. The conditions described above are jointly referred to as the "Conditions".
Completion of Tranche 1 is not conditional upon completion of Tranche 2, and acquisition of shares in Tranche 1 will remain final and binding and cannot be revoked or terminated by the respective applicants if Tranche 2 is not completed. The Applicant acknowledges that Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 of the Private Placement will be cancelled if the Conditions are not fulfilled and that the Board reserves the right to cancel, and/or modify the terms of the Private Placement, at any time and for any reason prior to delivery of the Offer Shares in Tranche 1, without or on short notice. Neither the Company nor any of its advisors will be liable for any losses if the Private Placement is cancelled or modified, irrespective of the reason for such cancellation or modification.
Following completion of Tranche 1, the Company’s share capital will be NOK 62,600,677 divided into 62,600,677 shares, each with a par value of NOK 1.00. Following completion of Tranche 2 of the Private Placement, and subject to EGM approval, the Company's share capital will be NOK 64,243,040 divided into 64,243,040 shares, each with a par value of NOK 1.00.
The payment date for the Offer Shares in Tranche 1 will be 9 December 2025. The Offer Shares will be delivered to investors and become tradable on the Oslo Stock Exchange once the share capital increase has been duly registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises. Such registration will take place following receipt of the full subscription amount from all participating investors. The Offer Shares in Tranche 1 are expected to be delivered on or about 11 December 2025, subject to the timely payment by investors. The settlement of Tranche 2 of the Private Placement is expected to take place in early January 2025.
The Board has considered the contemplated Private Placement in light of the equal treatment obligations under the Norwegian Securities Trading Act and Oslo Børs' Circular no. 2/2014 and deems that the Private Placement is in compliance with these requirements. The Board holds the view that it will be in the common interest of the Company and its shareholders to raise equity through a private placement, in view of the current market conditions and the growth opportunities currently available to the Company. A private placement enables the Company to raise capital in an efficient manner, and the Private Placement is structured to ensure that a market-based subscription price is achieved.
Taking into consideration that the Private Placement was carried out through a publicly announced application period, and a market based subscription price was achieved, the Board has concluded that a subsequent offering towards existing shareholders is not necessary.
This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to MAR article 17 and section 5 -12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. This stock exchange release was published by Kjell-Arne Besseberg, Chief Operating Officer, at the time and date stated above.
About IDEX Biometrics ASA
IDEX Biometrics ASA (OSE: IDEX) is a global technology leader in fingerprint biometrics, offering authentication solutions across payments, access control, and digital identity. Our solutions bring convenience, security, peace of mind and seamless user experiences to the world. Built on patented and proprietary sensor technologies, integrated circuit designs, and software, our biometric solutions target card-based applications for payments and digital authentication. As an industry-enabler we partner with leading card manufacturers and technology companies to bring our solutions to market.
Important information:
This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities of the Company. The distribution of this announcement and other information may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or other measures. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
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 applicable 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 part of the offering or its securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States. Any sale in the United States of the securities mentioned in this announcement will be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
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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", "strategy", "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 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.
Actual events may differ significantly from any anticipated development due to a number of factors, including without limitation, changes in investment levels and need for the Company's services, changes in the general economic, political and market conditions in the markets in which the Company operate, the Company's ability to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel, changes in the Company's ability to engage in commercially acceptable acquisitions and strategic investments, and changes in laws and regulation and the potential impact of legal proceedings and actions. 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 Company does not provide any guarantees that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this announcement are free from errors nor does it accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this announcement or any obligation to update or revise the statements in this announcement to reflect subsequent events. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this document.
The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without notice. The Company does not undertake any obligation to review, update, confirm, or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this announcement.
Neither the Company’s advisors nor any of their affiliates make 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 in the Company. Neither the Company’s advisors nor any of its affiliates accept any liability arising from the use of this announcement.
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