FREYR Battery Provides Update on U.S. Redomiciling
November 06 2023 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY) (“FREYR” or the “Company”), a
developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production
capacity, has announced that it will be holding an extraordinary
general meeting of shareholders on December 15, 2023 (the “EGM”),
in connection with its previously announced process to redomicile
from Luxembourg to the U.S.
As a result proxy materials are now being mailed to the
Company’s shareholders of record as of the record date of October
25, 2023.
Shareholders as of the record date are invited to participate in
the EGM which will be held on December 15, 2023 at the Company’s
registered office at 22-24, Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg,
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. More information about the redomicile,
EGM, and associated filings from FREYR’s wholly-owned subsidiary,
FREYR Battery, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FREYR Delaware”), is
available on the home page and investor relations sections of
FREYR’s website at www.freyrbattery.com. Additionally, shareholders
as of the record date are welcome to contact FREYR’s proxy
solicitation firm, Okapi Partners, using the following contact
information:
Okapi Partners LLC 1212 Avenue of the Americas,
17th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 297-0720 Toll-Free: (888)
785-6709 info@okapipartners.com
After considering various factors, FREYR’s board of directors
believes that redomiciling to the United States will enhance
shareholder value over the long-term by providing potential
strategic opportunities and benefits, including:
- Simplifying FREYR’s corporate structure and streamlining
reporting requirements, which will (i) facilitate efforts incurred
by FREYR to assess, implement and remain compliant with multiple
regulatory and reporting requirements for FREYR on a consolidated
basis, and (ii) provide opportunities for FREYR to improve
operational efficiencies and financial flexibility in the corporate
treasury, cash management, risk management and tax functions;
- Enhancing FREYR’s eligibility for inclusion in equity indexes
and trigger associated benchmarking from actively managed funds,
thereby delivering a significant uplift in fund flows to its
ordinary shares;
- Benefiting from well-established principles of corporate
governance under Delaware law, which are more closely aligned with
the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) governance requirements;
and
- Positioning FREYR to better respond to global tax developments
and U.S. incentive programs for battery manufacturers, considering
recent changes in U.S. tax laws and federal incentive
programs.
Pending a successful shareholder vote, closing of the planned
redomicile to the United States is expected to be completed by
December 31, 2023.
About FREYR Battery
FREYR Battery aims to provide industrial scale clean battery
solutions to reduce global emissions. Listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, FREYR’s mission is to produce clean battery cells to
accelerate the decarbonization of energy and transportation systems
globally. FREYR has commenced building the first of its planned
factories in Mo i Rana, Norway and announced potential development
of industrial scale battery cell production in the United States.
To learn more about FREYR, please visit www.freyrbattery.com
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking
Statements
All statements, other than statements of present or historical
fact included in this press release, including the success of the
shareholder vote, the expected completion of the redomicile and the
potential strategic opportunities and benefits of the redomicile
are forward looking statements.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside
FREYR’s control and are difficult to predict. Additional
information about factors that could materially affect FREYR is set
forth under the “Risk Factors” section in (i) FREYR Delaware’s
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on September
8, 2023 and subsequent amendments thereto filed by FREYR Delaware
on October 13, 2023, October 19, 2023 and October 31, 2023 with the
SEC, (ii) FREYR's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2022 that was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2023
and (iii) FREYR’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023, available on the SEC’s
website at www.sec.gov.
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Investor contact: Jeffrey Spittel Vice President,
Investor Relations jeffrey.spittel@freyrbattery.com Tel: (+1)
281-222-0161
Media contact: Katrin Berntsen Vice President,
Communication, FREYR katrin.berntsen@freyrbattery.com Tel: (+47)
920 54 570
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