NEW YORK & VIENNA, Virginia – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE American: KLR) (KLR WS) (“Kaleyra” or the “Company”) a growing cloud communications software provider offering a secure system of application programming interfaces (API) and connectivity solutions in the API / Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS), today announced that its subsidiary, Kaleyra SpA, has entered into a general unsecured loan agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo, SpA of Italy in the amount of $ 9.0 million (the loan was disbursed in euros for an amount of 7.9 million euros with an exchange rate equal to 0.87602 on the date of signature on July 16, 2020) . Profits are intended to help accelerate the growth of Kaleyra.

The Loan Agreement has a maturity of 72 months from the date of disbursement and bears interest at a variable rate equal to the 3-month Euribor plus a spread of 1.65%. The loan must be repaid in 16 quarterly installments with a grace period of 24 months. The loan is guaranteed by SACE SpA, the Italian state-owned export credit finance agency, and is granted under a program to combat COVID-19 and support from the Italian government to Italian companies.

Additional funding of $ 6 million from the same bank but with a guarantee from a second government agency is expected to be received by Kaleyra SpA in the coming weeks.

“We are delighted to have the support of such a respected lender as Intesa Sanpaolo,” commented Dario Calogero, Founder and CEO of Kaleyra. “As we continue to implement our strategy of building our communications platform / API, adding complementary products, technologies and customers, especially in the United States, we believe this influx of capital, combined with the $ 32.75 million we obtained in June, will be instrumental in the implementation of our value creation initiatives.

The Company has also agreed to complete the repurchase of the remaining 539,548 shares of its shares currently held by Greenhaven Road Capital Fund 1, LP and Greenhaven Road Capital Fund 2, LP under the Company’s forward share purchase agreement. , for a total purchase price of $ 6,212,711.60, which is $ 100,000 less than what the forward share purchase agreement would require the Company to pay in August for these shares. Following the settlement of the buyback, substantially all of the debts that the Company had at the close of the business combination of the Company with Kaleyra SpA to make future payments in accordance with the forward share purchase agreements have been either prepaid (as is primarily the case with the agreement with Nomura Global Financial Products, Inc., which remains in place) or entered into, or otherwise paid for as a result of sales of shares in the market by counterparties to forward share purchase agreements.

Calogero added, “In a world that has had to become increasingly reliant on digital transactions, Kaleyra is well positioned, both strategically and financially, to further develop our platform, support businesses and enable transactions in such a way. secure and compliant, promoting the future. growth.”

About Kaleyra

Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE American: KLR) (KLR WS), is a global group providing mobile communications services to financial institutions and businesses of all sizes around the world. Through its proprietary platform, Kaleyra operates multi-channel integrated communications services globally, including messaging, push notifications, emails, instant messengers, voice services and chatbots. Kaleyra’s technology today enables the safe and secure handling of billions of messages per month with reach to hundreds of MNOs and over 190 countries. For more information: https://www.kaleyra.com/.

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