EvoNext Holdings SA / CH1262055788

PRESS RELEASE | AD HOC ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO ART. 53 LR
  Reinach, Switzerland, 21 August 2025 — EvoNext Holdings SA, renamed from Evolva Holding SA following shareholder approval at the Extraordinary Shareholder Meeting of 25 July 2025, (SIX: EVE) (“EvoNext”) today published the half-year report 2025 in accordance with applicable stock exchange regulations. As regards the half-year 2025 financial report, (i) during 1H 2025, The operating expenses incurred resulted in a loss of CHF 0.361 million; An award rendered in a legal proceeding led to a positive compensation of approx. CHF 0.09 million to recoup legal and court fees; As communicated before, under the earn-out agreement with Danstar Ferment AG, the agreed sales floor for the second earn-out period (January – June 2025) of
CHF 10.29 million was not reached. As a result, no earn-out payment can be expected for 1H 2025. (ii) on 30 June 2025, EvoNext Holdings SA had a cash balance of CHF 6.3 million and short-term receivables of CHF 0.8 million, mainly consisting of CHF 0.6 million in an escrow account which will be released depending on the outcome of a legal case that was transferred as part of the sale of Evolva AG to Danstar Ferment AG; Accrued and other current and non-current liabilities of CHF 0.8 million include a reserve taken for the above-mentioned legal case in the amount of CHF 0.6 million; The equity balance stands at CHF 6.2 million. Since the last AGM, at which the shareholders resolved the continuation of M&A activities, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of EvoNext Holdings SA has been exploring potential market opportunities in the area of public mergers and acquisitions, in particular so-called "reverse takeovers”. In this process, the Board is evaluating candidates in order to identify a target for a potential transaction that would create the most value for the company’s shareholders. Following the expiration of the offer period for GZO AG on 4 July 2025, the Board is currently evaluating other opportunities.
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The half-year 2025 report is available under this link.


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This announcement is not an offer of securities into the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered, pledged, sold, delivered or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. No public offering of securities is being made in the United States. Further, the securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the applicable securities laws of Canada, Australia or Japan or under the applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of such laws.             

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