Malta — February 2016 — Catena Media plc (”Catena Media” or the ”Company”) announces the outcome of the offering of new issued shares and sale of existing shares in the Company (the “Offering”) and listing on Nasdaq First North Premier. The Offering attracted strong interest both among Swedish and international institutional investors. The Offering was substantially over-subscribed.
The offering in brief
• The final price of the Offering has been set at SEK 33 per share, corresponding to a market capitalisation of SEK 1,698 million based on all outstanding shares in Catena Media .
• The initial Offering size was increased with 5,144,450 shares in accordance with the terms of the Offering.
• The Offering is comprised of a total 25,722,640 shares in Catena Media, corresponding to 50% of the shares in the Company1, of which 7,273,000 shares relate to newly issued and 18,449,640 relate to existing shares offered by the Selling shareholders .
• Furthermore, Optimizer Invest Ltd, LJFK Ltd and Pixel Wizard Ltd have granted an Overallotment option (“the Overallotment option”) of up to 3,858,350 existing shares. If the Overallotment option is fully utilised, the Offering will comprise 29,580,990 shares in total, corresponding to 58% of the total number of shares in Catena Media1.
• The total value of the Offering, assuming that the Overallotment option is exercised in full amounts to approximately SEK 976 million, of which gross proceeds to the Company amounts to approximately SEK 240 million, before costs related to the Offering. The Overallotment option is exercisable, in whole or in part, during a period of 30 days starting from the first day of trading of Catena Media’s shares on Nasdaq First North Premier.
• The cornerstone investors have in aggregate acquired shares in the Offering corresponding to SEK 450 million. Their respective shareholdings as percentage of the total number of shares in the Company will after the Offering amount to the following: Investment AB Öresund 5.9%, Swedbank Robur AB 5.9%, Niclas Eriksson 3.5%, Ram One AB 3.5%, Knutsson Holdings AB 2.9%, Skandrenting AB (fully-owned by Erik Selin) 2.9%, and AMF Fonder 1.8%.
• Following completion of the Offering, Optimizer Invest Ltd, Aveny Ltd, Pixel Wizard Ltd will remain the largest shareholders in Catena Media and will hold approximately 16.0%, 9.9% and
8.0%, respectively, of the total number of shares in Catena Media1, assuming that the Overallotment option is exercised in full.
• Approximately 3,200 investors have been allotted shares in Catena Media.
• Trading of Catena Medias shares on Nasdaq First North Premier commences today 11 February 2016 under the short name “CTM”.
Robert Andersson, CEO of Catena Media comments:
“We are very proud of what we have achieved so far but we are always looking ahead and have a very positive view of the future. We have strong growth with high profitability, but more importantly, we have an amazing team. A team that is ready to keep our focus on organic growth, large acquisitions, new market entrances and further product development. We are happy about the strong interest the Company has received from investors, we welcome our new shareholders and look forward to continue develop the Company in a public environment”
Advisors
Carnegie Investment Bank is acting as Global Coordinator and Sole Bookrunner in the Offering. Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå KB is legal advisor to Catena Media and the Selling Shareholders. Baker McKenzie is legal adviser to the Global Coordinator and Sole Bookrunner. Avanza is Certified Advisor.
About Catena Media
Catena Media was founded in 2012 and is engaged in online performance marketing and lead generation and is almost exclusively active within the iGaming industry. The group thereby attracts users from multiple online and mobile channels and directs them to the group’s B2B customers mainly consisting of iGaming operators. The group focuses on the iGaming industry, and primarily on iGaming operators who operates online casinos on their own websites. iGaming operators typically use a network of marketing partners, known as affiliates, to promote their products and services and thus attract more end users to their websites. iGaming operators remunerate the affiliates for each end-user they refer to them, through such websites as www.johnslots.com/sv/ and www.rightcasino.com. The group’s Core Focus Markets are Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The group has approximately 80 employees and has its registered office in Sliema, Malta.
Catena Media has demonstrated strong financial performance since its inception in 2012 and has increased its revenues from EUR 2.4 million in the nine month period ended 30 September 2014 to EUR 9.0 million in the nine month period ended 30 September 2015, corresponding to a annual growth rate of 271%. For the nine month period ending 30 September 2015, Catena Media reported operating profit of EUR 6.1 million, corresponding to an EBIT margin of approximately 67%. For the fourth quarter 2015, the group estimates revenues to be between EUR 5.8 and EUR 5.9 million with an estimated operating profit between EUR 3.5 and EUR 3.6 million.
For more information
Robert Andersson, CEO, +35677032928
Important notice
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 published, distributed or released into the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Switzerland, South Africa or any other jurisdiction in which the publication, distribution or release would be unlawful.
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, and may not be offered or sold in the United States. The Company does not intend to register any part of the 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 has been made by means of a prospectus available at www.catenamedia.com. 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 subscribe for 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.
Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking statements. Forwardlooking 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 Catena Media 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.
