ELKO Group’s Bonds Listed on the Nasdaq Baltic First North Market

14.06.2021 RIG, TLN, VLN

Riga/Tallinn/Vilnius, Nasdaq Baltic Market, June 14, 2021 – Nasdaq (NDAQ) announces that bonds issued by ELKO Group (ELKO Grupa AS), a Latvia-based wholesaler of IT and consumer electronics products and solutions, have been admitted to trading on the Nasdaq Baltic First North bond market by Nasdaq Riga as of June 14, 2021.

The size of the bond issue is EUR 20 million. The bonds have a coupon rate of 6% and a maturity of 5 years. The nominal value of one bond is EUR 1,000.

The issue is the largest ever for ELKO. More than 80 investors from the Baltic States, Germany, and Malta subscribed to the bonds – including banks, pension plans, investment funds, insurance companies, and private investors. The Altum Capital Fund, for which this was the first investment, also participated in the transaction as an investor.

“Demand for IT and consumer electronics has grown rapidly as a result of the pandemic and ELKO ended last year with record-high financial indicators. The bond issue has given us the working capital to respond adequately to market demand while dealing with supply-chain disruption and rising logistics costs,” says Svens Dinsdorfs, the CEO of ELKO Group. “We are pleased with the success of the issue. It showed that there is a lot of private capital in the region and funds are ready to invest in stable companies with prospects for growth. Interest in bonds to diversify the funding structure has deservedly grown. It is a great alternative to bank financing products,” adds Dinsdorfs.

“ELKO started its growth story on the stock exchange in 2008. With this new listing of bonds, ELKO demonstrates that even during a pandemic companies can attract investments. I hope this example will inspire other Latvian companies to make use of the Baltic capital market to accelerate their development, increase their competitiveness and promote their export capacity,” says Daiga Auziņa-Melalksne, the CEO of Nasdaq Riga and Head of the Nasdaq Baltic Market.

The ELKO bond issue was jointly managed by the financial and investment company Callidus Capital (as a financial consultant) and Signet Bank (as the issue organizer).

Signet Bank serves as the Certified Adviser for ELKO on the Nasdaq Baltic First North market. First North is a multilateral trading facility (MTF) tailored to support growing ambitious companies that want to raise capital and get the visibility and credibility of being a public company.

About ELKO
ELKO Group is one of the Baltic region’s largest distributors of IT and consumer electronics products and solutions. It represents 400 IT manufacturers and provides a wide range of products and services to more than 10,000 retailers, local computer manufacturers, system integrators and enterprises in various sectors in 11 countries in Europe. ELKO is headquartered in Riga, Latvia. The Group’s turnover in 2020 amounted to USD 2.2 billion (EUR 1.9 billion). For more information, please visit: www.elkogroup.com.

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