TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murchinson Ltd. (collectively with its affiliates and funds it advises and/or sub-advises, “Murchinson” or “we”), the largest shareholder with approximately 5.2% of the outstanding shares of Nano Dimension Ltd. (NASDAQ: NNDM) (“Nano Dimension” or the “Company”), today issued a presentation outlining why it believes change is urgently needed at Nano Dimension. Shareholders have the opportunity to vote at the upcoming Special General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”), in spite of the Company’s efforts to declare the meeting illegal and stop the voices of shareholders from being heard. ADS holders should be mindful that all votes must be received by 12:00 p.m. E.T. on March 13, 2023, and, in any event, should correspond with their bank or broker to ensure their vote is counted.
The presentation is available at www.SaveNanoDimension.com and can be viewed here.
Key takeaways from the presentation include:
- The Company has drastically underperformed during Yoav Stern’s Chairmanship. Nano Dimension shares have declined by more than 77% since Mr. Stern was appointed Chairman in 20211. Further, the Company currently has a negative enterprise value of more than $400 million2 – reflecting investors’ concern regarding the current Board and management team’s continued destruction of value. The bottom line is that the longer the Stern-led Board remains in place, the greater the risk of further value erosion.
- The Stern-led Board has overseen terrible corporate governance and failed to hold management accountable. The Board has apparently rallied behind Mr. Stern by supporting drastic entrenchment measures aimed at preventing the voices of shareholders from being heard. In response to Murchinson’s special meeting request, the Board has: 1) launched a smear campaign against its biggest shareholder to avoid addressing the concerns about the Company's extremely poor governance and track record, 2) adopted a poison pill against the express will of shareholders, 3) filed a dilutive registration statement to issue nearly 52 million new shares and 4) commenced litigation in an attempt to declare the Special Meeting illegal and deprive shareholders of their right to vote at the legally scheduled Special Meeting. Adding insult to injury, most of the Company’s staggered Board, including Mr. Stern, were appointed and have never been put to a vote by shareholders due to apparent manipulations of the director class system.
- Mr. Stern’s Chairmanship has been characterized by a series of damaging capital allocation missteps. The Board has continually failed to hold management accountable for its ill-advised acquisition strategy, poor integration of those acquisitions and significant cash burn. We believe that Mr. Stern has used this string of acquisitions to mask the underperformance of the Company, touting 2022 as a year of tremendous growth in the business when the fact is that almost all of the so-called growth came from expensive acquisitions while the legacy business experienced virtually no growth.
- Murchinson is seeking to establish accountability and transparency and ensure the Board prioritizes protecting value for ALL shareholders. Murchinson is calling a special meeting and has put forward four proposals, including removing four legacy directors and replacing them with two highly-qualified, truly independent nominees – Kenneth H. Traub and Dr. Joshua Rosensweig. These two individuals are corporate governance experts with demonstrated track records of improving company performance to benefit all shareholders, and we believe they can be instrumental in helping right the ship at Nano Dimension.
- Murchinson believes a refreshed board can meaningfully enhance value. There are numerous actions outlined in our presentation that Murchinson believes could be immediately proposed and advocated for by the new directors to benefit Nano Dimension and all of its shareholders. It is also clear that based on its track record, the Board, as currently constructed, should not be the one making future strategy and capital allocation decisions, and that every day that passes without change in the boardroom increases the chance of further value destruction.
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As a reminder, Murchinson previously announced that a Special Meeting will be held at the offices of its outside Israeli counsel, Goldfarb Seligman, Law Offices, at Ampa Tower, 98 Yigal Alon Street, Tel Aviv 6789141, Israel, on Monday, March 20, 2023, at 16:00, Israel time. The record date for the Meeting is February 20, 2023. Murchinson has also filed a Notice of the Meeting and Related Proxy Materials for the Meeting with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). If you have any questions about voting or need assistance, please contact our proxy solicitor, Okapi Partners LLC, at (212) 297-0270 or toll free at (844) 202-7428.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the Meeting, Murchinson will make available to the Company’s shareholders of record a proxy statement describing the various proposals to be voted upon at the Meeting, along with a proxy card or voting instruction form enabling them to indicate their vote on each matter. Murchinson has also furnished copies of the proxy statement, the proxy card and voting instruction form to the SEC as exhibits to the Schedule 13D amendment we filed with the SEC, which may be obtained for free from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, as well as at the following website: www.SaveNanoDimension.com.
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About Murchinson
Founded in 2012 and based in Toronto, Canada, Murchinson is an alternative asset management firm that serves institutional investors, family offices and qualified clients. The firm has extensive experience capturing the best returning opportunities across global markets. Murchinson’s multi-strategy approach allows it to execute investments at all points in the market cycle with fluid allocation between strategies. Our team targets corporate action, distressed investing, private equity and structured finance situations, leveraging its broad market experience with a variety of specialized products and sophisticated hedging techniques to deliver alpha within a risk-averse mandate. Learn more at www.murchinsonltd.com.
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1 From March 11, 2021 to January 22, 2023 when Murchinson sent the Company the special meeting demand.
2 As of March 1, 2023.