Sitowise Group Plc: Exercise of over-allotment option and discontinuation of the stabilisation period

Sitowise Group Plc            Stock Exchange Release      23 April 2021 at 8:00 p.m. EET

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Sitowise Group Plc: Exercise of over-allotment option and discontinuation of the stabilisation period

With reference to the offering circular published by Sitowise Group Plc (“Sitowise”, the “Company”) on 12 March 2021 and the stock exchange release published on 24 March 2021 regarding the result of the initial public offering of Sitowise (the “Offering”), Sitowise has received notification that Danske Bank A/S, Finland Branch (“Danske Bank”), acting as stabilising manager in the Offering, has decided to partially exercise the over-allotment option granted by Intera Fund III Ky (“Intera”). The stabilisation period has been discontinued today and no further stabilisation measures will be carried out.

Intera has, in connection with the Offering, granted Danske Bank an option to purchase up to 2,558,750 shares in the Company at the subscription price of the Offering, in order to cover any over-allotments. Danske Bank purchases 1,970,557 shares in Sitowise from Intera in accordance with the over-allotment option and redelivers simultaneously to Intera the shares borrowed by Danske Bank according to the Share Lending Agreement related to the Offering. After exercising the over-allotment option, Intera’s ownership in the Company will be 5,121,573 shares, representing 14.6 percent of all shares in the Company.

Sitowise announced on 6 April 2021 that Danske Bank has carried out stabilisation measures on Nasdaq Helsinki on 25 March 2021 at a price corresponding to the price in the Offering, i.e. EUR 8.20 per share. After this, Danske Bank has not carried out stabilisation measures.

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Minttu Vilander, Chief Communications and Corporate Responsibility Officer, Sitowise Group Plc, tel. +358 40 575 6660

Information about Sitowise

Sitowise is a Nordic expert in the built environment that offers sustainable design and consulting services. Sitowise operates in various size projects to enable more responsible and smarter urban development as well as smooth transportation. Sitowise offers its services in the following areas: Buildings, Infrastructure and Digital Solutions. Sitowise’s operations are primarily in Finland and Sweden, and it also has competence centers in Estonia and Latvia mainly serving Sitowise’s projects in Finland and Sweden. The group’s net sales was approximately EUR 160 million in 2020 and the company employs over 1,900 experts.

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Information to Distributors

For the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended (“MiFID II”); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) Chapter 5 of the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority’s regulations regarding investment services and activities, FFFS 2017:2, (together the “MiFID II Product Governance Requirements”), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any “manufacturer” (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the shares have been subject to a product approval process, where the target market for shares in the Company are: (i) retail investors and (ii) investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II (the “target market”). Notwithstanding the assessment of the target market, distributors should note that: the price of the shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The target market assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the IPO. For the avoidance of doubt, the target market assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the shares in the Company. Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the shares in the Company and determining appropriate distribution channels.