Arrival Announces Closing of Public Follow-on Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares

LUXEMBOURG, Nov. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arrival (NASDAQ: ARVL), announced today the closing of its underwritten public follow-on offering (the “Follow-on Offering”) of 37,229,736 ordinary shares, including the full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 4,856,052 ordinary shares. The Follow-on Offering was made pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). All shares were offered by Arrival. The net proceeds to Arrival from the Follow-on Offering are approximately US$337.8 million, after estimated underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting estimated offering expenses.

Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Cowen and Company, LLC acted as underwriters of the Follow-on Offering.

The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from: Goldman Sachs International by telephone: +44 20 7774 1000; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone: (866) 803 9204, or by email: prospectus-eq_fi@jpmorgan.com; Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone: (888) 603 5847 or by email: Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; or Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by telephone: (833) 297 2926 or by email: PostSaleManualRequests@broadridge.com.

A registration statement on Form F-1 relating to the ordinary shares has been filed with, and declared effective by, the SEC. Copies of the registration statement can be accessed through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. 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 these ordinary shares in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Arrival
Arrival was founded in 2015 with a mission to make air clean by replacing all vehicles with affordable electric solutions - produced by local Microfactories. Six years and over 2,000 people later, we are driving the transition to electric vehicles globally by creating products that are zero-emission, more desirable, more sustainable and more equitable than ever before. Our in-house technologies enable our radical new method of design and production using rapidly-scalable, local Microfactories around the world. This method facilitates cities and governments in achieving their sustainability goals whilst also supercharging their communities. We are a technology company, a product company, a supply chain company, an automotive company, a mobility company, a fintech company and a service company - all rolled into one with a shared goal of true sustainability. This vertically integrated business model is how we can have the radical impact our world needs today. Arrival (NASDAQ: ARVL) is a joint stock company governed by Luxembourg law.

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