Drone Volt terminates the convertible bond financing contract – 2023-03-02 at 18:30


(AOF) – Drone Volt, expert in embedded artificial intelligence and manufacturer of professional civilian drones, announces the end of its convertible bond financing contract signed with Atlas Special Opportunities in September 2020, with the drawing of the last 3 tranches. This latest printout comes at a time when the group anticipates taking significant new orders and wishes to strengthen its stocks to respond quickly to demand.

As such, Drone Volt announced on February 22 that it had signed the largest order in its history, worth more than 20 million euros. This order must be delivered and invoiced during the first half of 2023. This order alone represents more than the turnover achieved by Drone Volt for the whole of 2022 (13.3 million euros).

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