Collector AB: Collector Publishes Prospectus and Changes Publication Date for Its Report for the Third Quarter

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The prospectus relating to Collector’s (STO:COLL) issue of shares with preferential rights for the Company’s shareholders has now been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and is now available on the Company’s website www.collector.se/en/rights-issue and SEB’s website www.sebgroup.com/prospectuses.

The prospectus and the application forms can also be obtained from Collector and SEB.

Due to the ongoing rights issue, Collector has decided to change the publication date for its report for the third quarter 2016. New time for publication will be at 08.15 a.m. CET on October 31, 2016.

Financial and legal advisors SEB Corporate Finance is acting as financial advisor and Setterwalls Advokatbyrå as legal advisor to Collector in connection with the rights issue.

Gothenburg September 22, 2016 Collector AB (publ)

This information is information that Collector AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 6.30 p.m. CET on 22 September, 2016.

About Collector

Collector is a niche bank that offers innovative financial solutions to private and corporate customers. Operations are carried out in two segments; Retail and Corporate. Within Retail, Collector offers personal loans, invoicing and instalment solutions to e-commerce and retail customers, credit cards through Collector Easycard and Collector Easyliving, and deposits. The Corporate segment includes factoring and corporate loans primarily to SMEs, junior property financing solutions, third party debt collection services and acquisitions of portfolios of overdue receivables. The Company has offices in Gothenburg (headquarter), Stockholm, Malmö, Helsinki and Oslo.

Important information

The information in this press release does not constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe for or otherwise trade in shares, subscription rights or other securities in Collector. Any invitation to the persons concerned to subscribe for shares in Collector will only be made through the prospectus that Collector has published on 22 September 2016.

This press release may not be released, published or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, or any other jurisdiction where such action is wholly or partially subject to legal restrictions or where such action would require additional prospectuses, registrations or other actions in addition to what follows from Swedish law. Nor may the information in this press release be forwarded, reproduced or disclosed in a manner that contravenes such restrictions or would entail such requirements. Failure to comply with this instruction may result in a violation of applicable securities laws.

No subscription rights, BTAs (interim shares) or new shares have or will be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, ("Securities Act”), or securities legislation in any state or other jurisdiction in the United States and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, except pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States.

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