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Avantium Successfully Raises €11 Million Through an Accelerated Bookbuild Offering, Increasing Total Financing Package to €46 Million
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AMSTERDAM, 5 December 2024, 07:00 hrs CET – Avantium N.V. (hereinafter the “Company” or “Avantium”), a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, announces that it has successfully raised €11.2 million through an accelerated bookbuild offering (the “Offering”) of 6,380,223 new ordinary shares in the Company (the “Offer Shares”) representing approximately 8% of the Company’s issued share capital. The Offer Shares have been placed at a discount of 14.5% to the closing price of €2.05, representing €1.75 per new ordinary share (the “Offer Price”).
The Offering raised gross proceeds of €11.2 million. The Offer Shares being issued represent approximately 8% of the existing issued ordinary share capital of Avantium. The net proceeds of the Offering, together with Avantium’s current cash resources and the proceeds from the up to €35.1 million financing package, are expected to fund working capital requirements and start-up costs in 2025 related to the FDCA Flagship Plant. The remaining part of the net proceeds (if any) will be used by Avantium for general corporate purposes.
Settlement of the Offer Shares and admission to listing and trading of the Offer Shares on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels is expected to take place on 9 December 2024 (the “Settlement”).
In relation to the Offering, the Company and members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board agreed to a lock-up period ending 180 days calendar days after the Settlement, subject to customary exceptions and waiver by Banks.
No prospectus has been or will be published in connection with the Offering.
The Offer Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (in cooperation with ODDO BHF SCA) and Bryan, Garnier & Co acted as Joint Global Coordinators and as Joint Bookrunners in relation to the Offering (together the “Joint Global Coordinators”).
Boudewijn van Schaïk, Chief Financial Officer of Avantium: “We are very pleased with this successful capital increase, which is part of the broader financing package we announced yesterday. This financing package of €46 million in total will support the funding of our FDCA Flagship Plant's start-up phase. We would like to thank our shareholders as well as new investors joining us today for their trust and continued belief in our ambition and strategy.”