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Tonner Drones Substantially Lowers Interest Rate On Debt
Schiltigheim, October 25th 2024 8:00, Tonner Drones (’the Company’) is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with it’s debt holders to substantially lower interest rates.
The total debt of around €1,75M in the OS2-product has now been terminated.
The OS2-debt had a 12% interest which is now brought down to a more sustainable 4% per annum.
The new debt consists of a bond, combined with warrants. The characteristics are as follows:
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17.296 bonds of €100 each, totaling an amount of €1.7296.000.
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Interest rate 4%
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Maturity 30-6-2026
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For every €100 in bonds, €100 in BSA will be issued
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Ratio: 3 new shares for every 2 BSA
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BSA exercise price €0,0125
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BSA exercise price contains a 45% premium on the last closing price of the shares
In case all BSA will be exercised, 207.552.200 shares will be issued against the exercise price of €0,0125. This will repay 75% of the debt and will generate €1.297.200 in cash for the Company. CEO and president of the board, Diede van den Ouden, participated in this transaction for about €380.000. All remaining financial debt is in possession with the CEO and president of the board.
“I would like to thank our investors. These investors have noticed the good progress from the Company in the last months. They acknowledge the reduced risks by lowering interest rates and they are confident about the new strategy.” Van den Ouden said. “The reduction of this interest rate will help us to reach our goal to become profitable in 2025.”
The placement of the new bonds will be subject to approval by the auditor.
End of Press-Release
About Tonner Drones: Tonner Drones (formerly Delta Drone) develops technologies for the logistics sector. Tonner Drones holds valuable stakes in some promising French drone manufacturers. Tonner Drones’ strategy is to leverage its shareholdings in these companies through active asset management. Additional revenues can be achieved through royalties from patents held by Tonner Drones. Tonner Drones does not plan on owning a factory; however, it is determined to retain R&D for its products and systems in France.
Tonner Drones’ shares are listed on Euronext Growth Paris (ISIN code: FR001400H2X4).
More information at www.tonnerdrones.com / contact@tonnerdrones.com
Tonner Drones
Diede van den Ouden
Communication financière
investors@tonnerdrones.com
Warning
Regarding the merits of any transaction or the making of any investment decision. It does not constitute or include any confirmation or commitment by Tonner Drones (or any other person) regarding the present or future value of Tonner Drones ' business, its securities, its subsidiaries or any other assets of Tonner Drones .
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TERMES ET CONDITIONS DES OBLIGATIONS ASSOCRTIES DE BONS DE SOUSCRIPTION D’ACTIONS
Company | Tonner Drones |
Securities | Bonds (the “Bonds”) with warrants giving right to shares of the Company (the |
Corporate authorizations | The Bonds with Warrants will be issued under the 9th resolution of the shareholders’ |
Subscription | The Bonds with Warrants will be subscribed and issued on or before October 30, 2024. |
Notification | All communications from the Company to the Investors will be delivered to them by hand or notified to them by hand or by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt (or any equivalent process for international notifications) to their respective addresses as shown on their account opened in the Company's books. Each Investor may request that his address be changed by notifying his new address to the |
Applicable law | The Bonds with Warrants will be governed by French law. |
Characteristics |
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Subscription Price | The Bonds shall be subscribed at 100% of their par value, ie €100 per Bond. |
Form of Bonds | The Bonds will be issued exclusively in registered form. The rights of each Bondholder will be represented by an entry in the accounts opened in their names respectively in |
Maturity | The Bonds will mature on 30 June 2026. |
Transferability | The Bonds will be freely assignable and transferable by a minimum of 100 Bonds (unless the Bondholder holds less Bonds) (i) between each of the Bondholders, (ii) to any entity controlled by them within the meaning of Article L.233-3 of the French Commercial Code and/or (iii) to any third party agreed by the Company. Any proposed transfer must be notified to the Company in advance. Any transfer of the |
Interest Rate | Four percent (4%) per annum paid on 30 June 2025 (on a prorata basis) and 30 June 2026. |
Early Redemption by | The Company shall have the right to request the early redemption of the outstanding Bonds at a price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount (plus any accrued |
Early redemption of the Bonds by the Bondholders | The Bondholders may request the redemption in cash in principal and interest of all of the Bonds, following a bondholders meeting decision if any of the cases below has occurred and could not be cured by the Company during a 30-days period:
(30) days from the anniversary date of signature of the Loan,
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Protection of Bondholders | Each Bondholder shall personally exercise the powers conferred by law on meetings of Bondholders. Its rights will be protected, in accordance with the provisions of the Commercial Code. |
Bondholders' | Each of the Bondholders will have the right to information about the Company's
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Characteristics |
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Ratios | To each Bond will be attached eight-thousands (8,000) Warrants. The Warrants will be immediately detached. |
Form of the | The Warrants will be in registered form. |
Subscription price of the | The warrants will be allocated free of charge. |
Exercise parity of the warrants | Two (2) Warrants will give the right to subscribe for three (3) new shares of the |
Exercise price of | €0.0125 per new share. The subscription price of the Company's shares issued upon |
Exercise period of the Warrants | The Warrants will be exercisable at any time from the date of their grant and up to and including 2 August 2027. The Warrants not exercised on this date will lose all value |
Minimum Exercise Ratio of | Any request to exercise the Warrants must relate to a minimum of 1,000,000 Warrants allowing the subscription to a minimum of 1.500.000 new Tonner Drones shares. |
Use of proceeds | Upon exercise of the Warrants, 50% of the proceeds will be used to reimburse existing ‘bonds with warrants issued by the Company, if any. (so, this new bond will be (partly) reimbursed when warrants are being exercised. |
Release of new shares subscribed upon exercise of the warrants and | The new shares resulting from the exercise of the warrants must be fully paid up when they are subscribed. The new shares must be paid up in cash. |
Lapse of | Warrants that have not been exercised by midnight on 2 August 2027 at the latest will |
Listing of the | The Warrants will not be listed. |
Exercise procedures | To exercise their Warrants, holders must make a request to the intermediary with which their securities are registered in an account. The exercise request must relate to a minimum of 1,000,000 warrants allowing the subscription for a minimum of 1,500,000 new Tonner Drones shares. |
Delivery of new | The new shares of Tonner Drones resulting from the exercise of the warrants will be |
Suspension of the exercise of the Warrants | In the event of the issuance of new equity securities or new transferable securities giving access to the Company's share capital, as well as in the event of a merger or demerger, the Board of Directors reserves the right to suspend the exercise of the Warrants for a period that may not exceed three months, as this option may not in any case cause the holders of the Warrants to lose their rights to subscribe for new shares of the Society. |
Protection of the rights of Warrant holders | As of the issuance of the Warrants and as long as there are valid Warrants, the rights of Warrant holders will be reserved under the conditions provided for by the law and regulations in force and in particular by Articles L. 228-98 et seq. of the French Commercial Code and in particular:
Besides:
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| conditions as if they had been shareholders at the time of the Company's repurchase of its own shares.
The Company must also inform Warrant holders of the completion of the said transactions, as well as the protective measures it has decided to put in place in their favor. |
Masse of warrant holders | In accordance with Article L. 228-103 of the French Commercial Code, the holders of warrants will be grouped into a body with legal personality and subject to provisions identical to those provided for in Articles L. 228-47 to L.228-64, L. 228-66 and L. 228- 90 of the same Code. |
| He/she will exercise his functions until his resignation, his dismissal by the general meeting of the holders of Warrants or the occurrence of an incompatibility. His term of office shall automatically cease at the end of a period of two months from the end of the Exercise Period. This term shall, if necessary, be extended by operation of law, until the final resolution of the ongoing proceedings in which the representative is involved and the execution of the decisions or settlements reached. |
Settlement of fractional shares | Any holder of Warrants exercising their rights under the Warrants may subscribe for a number of new shares of the Company calculated by applying the current exercise parity to the number of Warrants presented.
Company is paid a sum equal to the value of the additional fraction of a share thus requested, valued on the basis provided for in the preceding paragraph. |
Informing warrant holders in the event of an adjustment | In the event of an adjustment, the new conditions of exercise will be brought to the attention of the holders of warrants resulting from this issue by means of a notice published in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires (BALO). |
Purchases by the Company and cancellation of warrants | The Company reserves the right to make purchases of warrants on or off the stock exchange at any time, without limitation of price or quantity, or public offers to purchase or exchange warrants. Warrants purchased on or off the stock exchange or by way of public offers will cease to be considered as outstanding and will be cancelled, |
Other markets | None |
Date of issue of | The new shares will be issued as the warrants are exercised before August 2, 2027. |
Listing and nature of the new shares resulting from the exercise of the Warrants | The new shares resulting from the exercise of the Warrants will be ordinary shares of the Company, of the same class as the existing shares of the Company. As soon as they are admitted to trading on the Euronext Growth Paris market, they will be assimilated to the Company's old shares. |
Publication of results | At the end of the exercise period of the warrants, the Company will issue a press release indicating the number of new shares and the total amount of funds raised by |
Dividend date | The new shares resulting from the exercise of the warrants will carry current dividend |
Form | The new shares may be in registered or bearer form, at the option of the holders. |
Negotiability of new shares | There is no clause in the articles of association limiting the free trading of the shares |
Miscellaneous |
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Representations | The Company has given representations and warranties that are customary for a |
of the Company | transaction of this nature. These representations and warranties relate to the following matters:
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Confidentiality | However, the Company will make a public announcement of the transaction contemplated under this agreement as required by law or regulation. |
Insider List | As from the date hereof, the Company shall register the Investor on a list of occasional insiders up until the earliest of (i) the date of public announcement of the transaction contemplated under this agreement, and (ii) upon this letter becoming null and void in accordance with its terms. |
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