Intercap to sell $51M worth of Docebo shares in secondary offering

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By CPE News

CPE News (8/11/2020) – Docebo Inc. (TSX: DCBO) has entered an agreement with an underwriting syndicate led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., TD Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Canada Inc. for a bought deal of 1,500,000 common shares at a purchase price of C$50.00 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds of $75 million.

500,000 common shares will be issued from the treasury by Docebo for aggregate gross proceeds of C$25 million.

1,000,000 common shares will be offered by the selling shareholders for aggregate gross proceeds of C$50 million. 800,126 common shares will be offered by Intercap Equity Inc. and Intercap Financial Inc., 109,874 common shares will be offered by Claudio Erba and Gresilent Holding Srl (Erba), and 90,000 common shares will be offered by Alessio Artuffo (Artuffo).

Docebo and Intercap have also granted the underwriters an over-allotment option, exercisable for a period of 30 days from the date of the closing of the offering, to purchase up to an additional 15% of the aggregate common shares to be sold pursuant to the offering. The over-allotment option is comprised of 225,000 common shares solely from Intercap.

Intercap currently holds 17,733,800 Docebo common shares, representing approximately 62.18% of the issued and outstanding common shares. Erba currently holds an aggregate of 1,593,164 common shares (5.59%). Artuffo currently holds 464,100 vested options and 49,724 unvested options exercisable for common shares. Artuffo will exercise 90,000 of his 464,100 vested options for common shares which will be offered as part of the offering.

Following the closing of the offering (assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option), Intercap will hold an aggregate of 16,933,674 common shares (58.35%) and Erba will hold 1,483,290 common shares (5.11%). Artuffo will hold 374,100 vested options and 49,724 unvested options exercisable for common shares.

Assuming the full exercise of the over-allotment option, Intercap entities will receive gross proceeds of $51.256 million.

Docebo went public on TSX by way of an initial public offering (IPO) priced at $16 per share in October 2019.

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News Release

Docebo Launches Bought Deal Offering of Common Shares

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TORONTO, Aug. 11, 2020 /CNW/ – Docebo Inc. (“Docebo” or the “Company”) (TSX: DCBO) today announced that it and certain of its shareholders, namely Claudio Erba (“Claudio”), Gresilent Holding Srl, an entity which Claudio controls or directs, (“Gresilent” and together with Claudio, “Erba”), Intercap Equity Inc. (“Intercap Equity”), Intercap Financial Inc. (“Intercap Financial” and together with Intercap Equity, “Intercap”) and Alessio Artuffo (“Artuffo” and together with Erba and Intercap, the “Selling Shareholders”) have entered into an agreement with an underwriting syndicate led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., TD Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Canada Inc. (collectively, the “Underwriters”) to complete a new issue and secondary offering (the “Offering”), on a bought deal basis, of an aggregate of 1,500,000 common shares at a purchase price of C$50.00 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds of C$75 million to the Company and the Selling Shareholders.

Under the agreement, 500,000 common shares will be issued from treasury and offered by Docebo for aggregate gross proceeds of C$25 million and an aggregate of 1,000,000 common shares will be offered by the Selling Shareholders for aggregate gross proceeds of C$50 million. 800,126 common shares will be offered by Intercap, 109,874 common shares will be offered by Erba and 90,000 common shares will be offered by Artuffo.

The Company and Intercap have also granted the Underwriters an over-allotment option, exercisable for a period of 30 days from the date of the closing of the Offering, to purchase up to an additional 15% of the aggregate common shares to be sold pursuant to the Offering. The over-allotment option is comprised of 225,000 common shares from Intercap. The over-allotment option will not include any common shares from treasury, Erba or Artuffo.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the sale of common shares by it under the Offering primarily to strengthen the Company’s financial position and allow it to pursue its growth strategies, which include: expanding its customer base; supporting the growth of existing customers; expanding its solutions; and selectively pursuing acquisitions. Docebo will not receive any of the proceeds of the sale of common shares by the Selling Shareholders.

Intercap currently holds an aggregate of 17,733,800 common shares of the Company, representing approximately 62.18% of the issued and outstanding common shares. Following the closing of the Offering (assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option), Intercap will hold an aggregate of 16,933,674 common shares, representing approximately 58.35% of the issued and outstanding common shares. Erba currently holds an aggregate of 1,593,164 common shares representing approximately 5.59% of the issued and outstanding common shares. Following the closing of the Offering (assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option), Erba will hold an aggregate of 1,483,290 common shares, representing approximately 5.11% of the issued and outstanding common shares. Artuffo currently holds 464,100 vested options and 49,724 unvested options exercisable for common shares. In connection with the Offering, Artuffo will exercise 90,000 of his 464,100 vested options for common shares which will be offered as part of the Offering. Following the closing of the Offering (assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option), Artuffo will hold 374,100 vested options and 49,724 unvested options exercisable for common shares.

Each of the Selling Shareholders has agreed to a lock-up period of 90 days following closing of the Offering, during which time they will be restricted from disposing of any further securities of Docebo without the prior consent of Canaccord Genuity Corp. All of the existing lock-up arrangements entered into at the time of Company’s initial public offering will continue to remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms set forth therein, except that Erba has been released from their lock-up restrictions in respect of 109,874 number of common shares, which are subject to the Offering. Additionally, in connection with the Offering, (1) Erba has agreed to extend the lock up on their remaining securities, which represent approximately 93.37% of Erba’s current securityholdings for an additional 12-months until October 8, 2023 and (2) Artuffo has agreed to extend the lock up on his remaining securities, which represents approximately 82.48% of Artuffo’s current securityholdings, for an additional 6-months until October 8, 2021.

The common shares will be offered (i) in Canada by way of a short-form prospectus and (ii) in the United States by way of private placement to Qualified Institutional Buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) and corresponding exemptions from registration under state securities laws.

Closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about August 27, 2020, or such other date as may be agreed upon by the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters, subject to customary closing conditions, including required approvals of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved the contents of this press release. The common shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act, or any state securities laws. Accordingly, the common shares may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the common shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Docebo

Docebo is redefining the way enterprises learn by applying new technologies to the traditional corporate learning management system market. Docebo provides an easy-to-use, highly configurable learning platform with the end-to-end capabilities designed to make customers, partners, and employees love their learning experience.

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