VMP PLC COMPANY RELEASE JUNE 7, 2018, AT 11:30 A.M.
EET
NOT FOR RELEASE,
PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, HONG KONG,
SINGAPORE OR SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE
DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
VMP Plc (the "Company") has today
submitted a listing application to Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd ("Nasdaq
Helsinki") for the listing of the Company's shares on First North
Finland marketplace of Nasdaq Helsinki ("First North") under the
trading code "VMP". Trading in the Company's shares, excluding the
shares issued in the personnel offering, is expected to commence on
First North on or about June 19, 2018.
Subject to the listing application
of the Company being accepted, Danske Bank A/S, Finnish Branch
("Danske Bank") will act as the certified adviser of the Company in
accordance with the Nasdaq First North Nordic Rulebook.
The Finnish language prospectus,
which was approved by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority
on June 6, 2018 is available on the Company's website
www.vmpgroup.fi/listautuminen and on the Danske Bank website
www.danskebank.fi/listautuminen. The English language translation
of the prospectus is available on the Company's website at
www.vmpgroup.fi/IPO. In addition, printed copies of the prospectus
are expected to be available on or about 7 June, 2018 onwards at
the headquarters of the Company at Maariankatu 6 B, FI-20100 Turku,
as well as at the branch offices of Danske Bank in Finland and at
the service point of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd at Fabianinkatu 14,
FI-00100 Helsinki.
Additional
information
Juha Pesola, CEO, tel +358 (0)40 307
5105, juha.pesola@vmp.fi
Jarmo Korhonen, CFO, tel +358 (0)40 510 9336,
jarmo.korhonen@vmp.fi
Liisa Harjula, Chairman of the Board of Directors, tel +358 (0)40
506 2295, liisa.harjula@sentica.fi
Important
information
The information contained herein
is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in
or into the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Japan,
Hong Kong, Singapore or South Africa. The information contained
herein does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the
United States, nor may the securities be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration or an exemption from registration
as provided in the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder. VMP Plc (the "Company") does not
intend to register any portion of the contemplated offering in the
United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the
United States.
The issue, exercise and/or sale of
securities in the initial public offering are subject to specific
legal or regulatory restrictions in certain states. The Company and
Danske Bank A/S, Finland Branch assume no responsibility in the
event there is a violation by any person of such restrictions.
The information contained herein
shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer
to buy, nor shall there be any sale or offer of the securities
referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration,
exemption from registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any such jurisdiction. Investors must neither accept any
offer for, nor acquire, any securities referred to in this release,
unless they do so on the basis of the information contained in the
prospectus published or offering circular distributed by the
Company.
The Company has not authorized any
offer to the public of securities in any Member State of the
European Economic Area. With respect to each Member State of the
European Economic Area other than Finland, and which has
implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a "Relevant Member
State"), no action has been undertaken or will be undertaken to
make an offer to the public of securities requiring publication of
a prospectus in any Relevant Member State. As a result, the
securities may only be offered in Relevant Member States (a) to any
legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the
Prospectus Directive; or (b) in any other circumstances falling
within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes
of this paragraph, the expression an "offer of securities to the
public" means the communication in any form and by any means of
sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the securities
to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to exercise,
purchase or subscribe the securities, as the same may be varied by
any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant
Member State and the expression "Prospectus Directive" means
Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD
Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant
Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in
the Relevant Member State and the expression "2010 PD Amending
Directive" means Directive 2010/73/EU.
This communication is directed
only at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii)
persons who have professional experience in matters relating to
investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order")
and (iii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may
lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2) of the Order
(all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant
Persons"). Any investment activity to which this communication
relates will only be available to and will only be engaged with,
Relevant Persons. Any person who is not a Relevant Person should
not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.
Forward-looking
statements
Certain statements in this
communication are "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking
statements include statements concerning plans, assumptions,
projections, objectives, targets, goals, strategies, future events,
future revenues or performance, capital expenditures, financing
needs, plans or intentions relating to acquisitions, the Company's
competitive strengths and weaknesses, plans or goals relating to
financial position, future operations and development, its business
strategy and the anticipated trends in the industry and the
political and legal environment in which it operates and other
information that is not historical information, such as revenue
growth, EBITDA growth, cost savings, investments, the contemplated
IPO and listing, future cash flow generation, operating profit
margin, operating capital expenditure, ratio of net debt and
EBITDA, revenue, and operating results. In some instances, they can
be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including
the terms "believes", "intends", "may", "will" or "should" or, in
each case, their negative or variations on comparable
terminology.
Forward-looking statements in this
release are based on various assumptions, many of which in turn are
based on assumptions. By their very nature, forward-looking
statements involve inherent risks, uncertainties and assumptions,
both general and specific, and the risk exists that the
predictions, forecasts, projections, plans and other
forward-looking statements will not be achieved. Given these risks,
uncertainties and assumptions, you are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking
statements contained herein speak only as at the date of this
release. Save as required by law, the Company and the Sole Lead
Manager do not intend and do not assume any obligation, to update
or correct any forward-looking statement contained herein.
This
announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf
of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the
information contained therein.
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