The board of directors of Midsummer AB ("Midsummer" or the "Company") has today, in accordance with the guarantee commitments entered into in connection with the rights issue of shares that the Company carried out in December 2023 (the "Rights Issue"), resolved on a directed issue of no more than 2,646,190 shares as guarantee compensation to the guarantors who chose renumeration in shares for their provided bottom and top guarantee commitments. The shares are issued at a subscription price of SEK 0.85 per share, corresponding to the subscription price in the Rights Issue, and payment is made by offsetting the guarantor's claims on the Company amounting to approximately SEK 2.1 million.

As previously communicated in connection with the Rights Issue, the guarantors who guaranteed the Rights Issue had the possibility to choose to receive the remuneration paid out in cash or in the form of newly issued shares in the Company. The guarantors that chose to receive renumeration in the form of newly issued shares are Susanne Advisory, H. Waldaeus AB, Alex Witt, Jan Lombach and Eric Jaremalm. Due to this, the Company's board of directors has today, based on the authorization granted at the extraordinary general meeting on 1 December 2023, resolved to carry out a directed issue of 2,646,190 shares as remuneration for the guarantee commitments provided by these guarantors in connection with the Rights Issue. The directed share issue will increase the Company's share capital by SEK 105,847.60. The reasons for the deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights are to fulfil the Company’s commitments to the guarantors as a result of the guarantee commitments entered into in connection with the Rights Issue, according to the guarantors are entitled to receive the guarantee fee in the form of shares. The board of directors also believes that it is beneficial for the Company’s financial position and in the interest of the shareholders to take advantage of the opportunity to pay the guarantee fee in the form of shares instead of cash payment as it frees up funds that strengthen the Company’s working capital and it allows the Company to use a larger part of the issue proceeds in the manner described in the prospectus published on December 7, 2023.

The shares are issued at a price of SEK 0.85 per share. The subscription price corresponds to the subscription price in the Rights Issue and has been determined in connection with the procurement of the guarantee commitments with the guarantors, which was done in consultation with the financial advisor and after an analysis of the market situation. The board of directors’ assessment is that, in light of this, the subscription price may be considered to be in accordance with market conditions.

Payment should be made by offsetting the guarantor’s claims on the Company amounting to approximately SEK 2.1 million. When these 2,646,190 shares, together with the 77,639,967 shares issued in the Rights Issue, have been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office (Sw. Bolagsverket), the number of shares in the Company will amount to 209,713,621 shares, and the Company's share capital to SEK 8,388,544.84. The additional dilution, as the result of the directed issue to the guarantors, amounts to approximately 1.26 percent based on the number of shares in the Company after registration of all shares to be issued in the Right Issue. The Company has not had any specific costs related to the directed issue as it is conducted as part of the work with the Rights Issue. However, the cash remuneration to guarantors that the Company must pay decreases to approximately SEK 4.6 million, from the previous maximum of approximately SEK 6.7 million.

Advisors

Penser by Carnegie, Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) acts as financial advisor and Advokatfirman Lindahl KB acts as legal advisor to Midsummer in connection with the Rights Issue.

For more information, please contact
Peter Karaszi
Head of Communications, Midsummer
Email: peter.karaszi@midsummer.se
Tel: + 46 70 341 46 53

About Midsummer
Midsummer is a Swedish solar energy company that develops, manufactures and sells solar cells to construction, roofing and solar cell installation companies and also manufactures, sells and installs solar roofs directly to end customers. The company also develops and sells equipment for the production of flexible thin film solar cells to strategically selected partners and machinery for research. The solar cells are of CIGS technology (consist of copper, indium, gallium and selenide) and are thin, light, flexible, discreet and with a minimal carbon footprint compared with other solar panels.

The solar roofs are produced in Sweden using the company’s own unique DUO system which has taken the position as the most widespread manufacturing tool for flexible CIGS solar cells in the world. The Company’s shares (MIDS) are traded on Nasdaq First North Growth Market with G&W Fondkommission as Certified Adviser. For more information, please visit: midsummer.se

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