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Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria : Viscaria completes a directed share issue of approximately 144 million shares, raising cash proceeds of approximately SEK 1.7 billion
Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria : Viscaria completes a directed share issue of approximately 144 million shares, raising cash proceeds of approximately SEK 1.7
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[{"type":"text","content":"English Swedish Published: 2026-06-17 01:55:00 CEST Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria - Inside information \n \n Viscaria completes a directed share issue of approximately 144 million shares, raising cash proceeds of approximately SEK 1.7 billion\n \n \n NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, BELARUS, CANADA, HONG KONG, NEW ZEELAND, RUSSIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY BE UNLAWFUL, WOULD REQUIRE REGISTRATION OR ANY OTHER MEASURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. PLEASE SEE \"IMPORTANT INFORMATION\" AT THE END OF THIS PRESS RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION.\n The Board of Directors of Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria (\"Viscaria\" or the \"Company\") has resolved to carry out a directed share issue of approximately SEK 1.7 billion in cash proceeds through an accelerated bookbuilding procedure (the \"Share Issue\"). The Share Issue is carried out partly based on the authorisation granted at the Annual General Meeting held on 7 May 2026, representing up to 20 per cent of the current number of outstanding shares (\"Tranche 1\"), and partly subject to the subsequent approval by an Extraordinary General Meeting (\"Tranche 2\"). InfraVia CMF Invest S.À R.L (\"InfraVia\"), managed by the independent European private equity firm InfraVia Capital Partners, has participated in the Share Issue with an amount of approximately SEK 420 million, resulting in an ownership of approximately 6.6 per cent of the capital and votes subsequent to the Share Issue. In addition, existing shareholders of the Company, including two of the largest shareholders, Thomas von Koch via TomEnterprise Public Capital AB (\"TvK\") and Jan Ståhlberg, have participated in the Share Issue with a total amount of approximately SEK 307 million. In connection with the Share Issue, outstanding shareholder loans will be fully set off and converted into equity at the same terms as in the Share Issue, implying a total transaction size of approximately SEK 2.4 billion. The proceeds from the Share Issue are intended to support the continued funding of operations, including the ongoing reopening of the Viscaria mine (the \"Viscaria Project\").\n The bookbuilding procedure that was a...