Company Announcement, Insider information May 9th 2022 21:05 (CEST)

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With reference to the company announcement on 6 May 2022, the Board of Directors of BBS-Bioactive Bone Substitutes Plc ("BBS" or the "Company") has on 6 May 2022 decided to arrange a rights issue totaling approximately EUR 4.5 million (the "Offering") with two series of additional warrants (the "Warrants") based on authorization granted by the Extraordinary General Meeting on 17 March 2022. The Offering consists of a maximum of approximately 3,490,762 new shares (the "Offer Shares"). In addition, maximum of 872,690 new shares can be subscribed based on the Warrants.

BBS has prepared an EU growth prospectus relating to the Offering approved by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority on 9 May 2022. The official Finnish language version of the EU growth prospectus as well as its unofficial English language translation, including a Swedish summary, are available on BBS’s website https://www.bbs-artebone.fi/investors/share-issue-2022/

BBS-BIOACTIVE BONE SUBSTITUTES PLC

For more information:

Ilkka Kangasniemi, CEO,
tel. +35840 7080307, e-mail: ilkka.kangasniemi@bbs-artebone.fi

Liisa Hukka, CFO,
tel. +35840 0611038, e-mail: liisa.hukka@bbs-artebone.fi

Certified Advisor:
Nordic Certified Adviser AB, tel. +46 70 551 67 29, info@certifiedadviser.se 

BBS-Bioactive Bone Substitutes is a health technology company that started operations in 2003. We have developed a new product for the treatment of severe bone fractures and lumber problems. Our goal is to provide a new generation of medical products for the treatment of bone damage in orthopaedic surgery. In the pharmaceutical sector, development and research requires perseverance and courage to develop new things. We have evidence of this for over 20 years. Our activities are characterised by top expertise, innovation and employees who are enthusiastic and committed to their work. The ARTEBONE ® in the final stages of product development, and we are looking for a CE marking that enables commercialisation in the EU. We are a company in Oulu with a pharmaceutical factory permit in Reisjärvi.

BBS-Bioactive Bone Substitutes Oyj:n shares have been listed in Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland and Nasdaq First North Growth Market Sweden.

More information: www.bbs-artebone.fi 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

This release or the information contained therein shall not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa or the United States. The information contained in this release do not constitute an offer of, or invitation to purchase any securities in any area, where offering, procurement of or selling such securities would be unlawful prior to registration or exemption from registration or any other approval required by the securities regulation in such area. This release is not an offer for sale of securities in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations issued by virtue of it. BBS has not registered, and does not intend to register, any offering of securities in the United States. No actions have been taken to register the shares or the offering anywhere else than in Finland and Sweden.

The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer of, or invitation to purchase any securities in any jurisdiction. This release is not a prospectus and does not constitute any offer, invitation or investment advice to subscribe for or purchase securities. Investors should not subscribe for or purchase any securities or make any investment decisions referred to herein except on the basis of information contained in a prospectus issued by BBS.