This announcement is not an offer, whether directly or indirectly, in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand,
South Africa or the United States or in any other jurisdictions where such offer pursuant to legislation and regulations in
such relevant jurisdictions would be prohibited by applicable law. Shareholders not resident in Sweden who wish to accept
the Offer (as defined below) must make inquiries concerning applicable legislation and possible tax consequences.
Shareholders should refer to the offer restrictions included in the section titled “Important notice” at the end of this
announcement and in the tender offer document which has been published on Danske Bank’s website for the Offer
(www.danskebank.se/prospekt).
1A SMART START, LLC HOLDS 96.30 PER CENT OF THE SHARES AND VOTES IN DIGNITA
SYSTEMS AB FOLLOWING THE EXPIRY OF THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE PERIOD
1A Smart Start, LLC (“Smart Start”) announced on 10 May 2017, by way of a press release, a
recommended offer to the shareholders of Dignita Systems AB (“Dignita”) to tender all shares in
Dignita to Smart Start for a consideration of SEK 11.30 in cash per share (the “Offer”).
As announced on 12 June 2017, by way of a press release, Smart Start controlled, by the expiry of the
initial acceptance period and after completion of the Offer, in total 3,432,548 shares in Dignita,
corresponding to approximately 94.04 per cent of the shares and votes in Dignita. The acceptance
period was extended until 21 June 2017 at 15.00.
The extended acceptance period has expired and the acceptance period will not be further extended.
During the extended acceptance period an additional 82,469 shares were tendered in the Offer,
corresponding to approximately 2.26 per cent of the shares and votes in Dignita. Smart Start has not
acquired any shares in Dignita outside the Offer and holds after the expiry of the extended
acceptance period 3,515,017 shares, corresponding to approximately 96.30 per cent of the shares
and votes in Dignita.
Settlement for shares tendered during the extended acceptance period, i.e. after 7 June 2017, is
expected to take place on or around 3 July 2017.
As previously communicated, Smart Start has prior to and outside the Offer acquired all convertibles
previously held by Stiftelsen Norrlandsfonden. The convertibles may be converted into a maximum of
200,000 shares in Dignita. Other than the shares acquired through the Offer and the abovementioned convertibles, Smart Start does not own or control any shares or other financial
instruments that provide a financial exposure equivalent to a holding of shares in Dignita.
Smart Start will initiate compulsory redemption of the remaining shares in Dignita as well as promote
a delisting of Dignita’s shares from AktieTorget.
Kirkland & Ellis (as to U.S. law) and Hamilton Advokatbyrå (as to Swedish law) are legal advisors and
Danske Bank is transaction advisor to Smart Start in connection with the Offer.
1A Smart Start, LLC
For additional information, please contact:
Ian R Marples, Vice President, International Operations, 1A Smart Start, LLC, tel. +1 972 621 0252 / +1
780 291 0359
For information and documentation regarding the Offer, please visit: www.danskebank.se/prospekt.
This press release was submitted for publication on 28 June 2017 at 08.45 CET.
Important notice
The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South
Africa or the United States by use of mail or any other means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile
transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone and the Internet) of interstate or foreign commerce, or of any facility of
national security exchange, of Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States, and
the Offer cannot be accepted by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility of, or from within, Australia, Canada,
Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States. Accordingly, this press release and any
documentation relating to the Offer are not being and should not be sent, mailed or otherwise distributed or forwarded
in or into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States.
This press release is not being, and must not be, sent to shareholders with registered addresses in Australia, Canada,
Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland or the United States. Banks, brokers, dealers and other
nominees holding shares for persons in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, or the United
States must not forward this press release or any other document received in connection with the Offer to such persons.
Statements in this press release relating to future status or circumstances, including statements regarding future
performance, growth and other trend projections and the other benefits of the Offer, are forward-looking statements.
These statements may generally, but not always, be identified by the use of words such as “anticipates”, “intends”,
“expects”, “believes”, or similar expressions. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty
because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. There can be no assurance that
actual results will not differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements due to many
factors, many of which are outside the control of 1A Smart Start, LLC. Any such forward-looking statements speak only as
of the date on which they are made and 1A Smart Start, LLC has no obligation (and undertakes no such obligation) to
update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except for in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations.