Norsk Titanium AS: Private Placement Successfully Completed

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10 November 2022. Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement by Norsk Titanium AS (“Norsk Titanium” or the “Company”) on 10 November 2022 regarding a contemplated private placement of new shares in the Company through an accelerated book-building process (the “Private Placement”).

Norsk Titanium is pleased to announce that the Private Placement has been successfully completed, raising approximately NOK 75 million, equivalent to USD 7.4 million, in gross proceeds through the allocation of 27,777,780 new shares (the "New Shares") at a subscription price of NOK 2.7 per share (the "Subscription Price") which represents a 10% discount to the last closing price on Euronext Growth Oslo.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the New Shares to;

  • Strengthen the balance sheet to transition development efforts into long term serial production contracts for deliveries to the semiconductor, commercial aerospace, and defence industries
  • To give the company a runway to continue to evaluate either investment by strategics or other opportunities that make strategic sense and secures funding

The book-building period for the Private Placement closed after close of trading on Euronext Growth Oslo today. The New Shares will be settled through a delivery versus payment transaction on a regular T+2 basis with existing and unencumbered shares in the Company that are already traded on Euronext Growth Oslo pursuant to a share lending arrangement between the Company, the Managers and Scatec Innovation AS as lender (the "Share Loan"). The Share Loan will be settled by the Managers with new shares in the Company, which were resolved by the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") at a Board meeting held on 10 November 2022, based on the authorisation granted to the Board at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 20 April 2022

Existing shareholders were allocated New Shares in accordance with their pre-commitments, distributed as follows: i) USD 3.5 million from Norsk Titanium Cayman Ltd., (ii) USD 2.3 million from Scatec Innovation AS, and (iii) USD 0.2 million from Disruptive Innovation Fund, L.P. (Rose Park Advisors).

Notification of allotment of the New Shares and payment instructions is expected to be sent to the applicants through a notification from the Managers on 11 November 2022. Settlement of the New Shares towards investors will be made on a delivery versus payment basis on 15 November 2022 (T+2 settlement).

Following registration of the share capital increase pertaining to the Private Placement with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises, the Company will have a share capital of NOK 19,173,933.20 divided into 239,674,165 shares, each with a par value of NOK 0.08.

Completion of the Private Placement implies a deviation from the existing shareholders' pre-emptive rights to subscribe for and be allocated new shares. The Board has carefully considered such deviation and has resolved that the Private Placement is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. In reaching this conclusion, the Board has among other things considered the limited discount of the New Shares compared to the market price of the Company's shares, the availability of capital markets financing in a timely manner and the necessity for the Company to realize its communicated targets in line with its approved strategy. The Board has also taken into account that the Subscription Price in the Private Placement is based on the investor interest obtained following a pre-sounding of the Private Placement with wall-crossed investors and a publicly announced accelerated book -building process.

Carnegie AS and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) are acting as Joint Bookrunners in connection with the Private Placement. Advokatfirmaet Selmer AS is acting as legal advisor to Norsk Titanium, while Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm AS is acting as legal advisor to the Managers.

About Norsk Titanium:

Norsk Titanium is a global leader in metal 3D printing, innovating the future of metal manufacturing by enabling a paradigm shift to a clean and sustainable manufacturing process. With its proprietary Rapid Plasma Deposition® (RPD®) technology and 700 MT of production capacity, Norsk Titanium offers cost-efficient 3D printing of value-added metal parts to a large addressable market. RPD® technology uses significantly less raw material, energy, and time than traditional energy-intensive forming methods, presenting customers with an opportunity to better manage input costs, logistics, and environmental impact. RPD® printed parts are already flying on commercial aircraft, and Norsk Titanium has gained significant traction with large defense and industrial customers.

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For more information, please contact:

John Andersen, Chairman of Norsk Titanium AS

Email: John.Andersen@scatec.no Tel: +47 90 17 40 80


Mike Canario, President and CEO of Norsk Titanium

Email: Michael.Canario@norsktitanium.com Tel: +1 518 324 4010


Ashar Ashary, VP Finance Norsk Titanium AS

Email: Ashar.Ashary@norsktitanium.com Tel: +1 518 556 8966

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This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. The stock exchange announcement was published by Anne Lene Gullen Bråten, Director Finance of Norsk Titanium AS, at the time and date stated above in this announcement.

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About Norsk Titanium AS

Norsk Titanium is a global leader in metal 3D printing, innovating the future of metal manufacturing by enabling a paradigm shift to a clean and sustainable manufacturing process. With its proprietary Rapid Plasma Deposition® (RPD®) technology and 700 MT of production capacity, Norsk Titanium offers cost-efficient 3D printing of value-added metal parts to a large addressable market. RPD® technology uses significantly less raw material, energy, and time than traditional energy-intensive forming methods, presenting customers with an opportunity to better manage input costs, logistics, and environmental impact. RPD® printed parts are already flying on commercial aircraft, and Norsk Titanium has gained significant traction with large defense and industrial customers