NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG OR JAPAN, OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Reference is made to announcement earlier today regarding the completion of a private placement of 23,597,300 new shares by Prosafe SE ("Prosafe" or the "Company").
The new shares allocated in the private placement have today been registered and issued in the VPS, and the Company's share capital now consists of 259,570,359 ordinary shares, each with a par value of EUR 0.25. The new shares are thus now tradable on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Notification of allotment and payment instructions for the Private Placement has been sent to the applicants through a notification issued by the Joint Bookrunners. As previously announced, the new shares are expected to be delivered to investors on 8 December 2015, subject to timely payment.
The private placement was managed by ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Nordea Markets, Pareto Securities AS, Danske Bank and DNB Markets as Joint Bookrunners.
Larnaca, 4 December 2015
Georgina Georgiou, General Manager
Prosafe SE
For further information, please contact:
Karl Ronny Klungtvedt, Chief Executive Officer
Prosafe Management AS
Phone: + 47 51 64 25 00
Stig Harry Christiansen, Chief Financial Officer
Prosafe Management AS
Phone: +47 51 64 25 00 / +47 478 07 813
Cecilie Helland Ouff, Senior Manager Finance and Investor Relations
Prosafe AS
Phone: +47 51 64 25 20 / +47 991 09 467
About Prosafe:
Prosafe is the world's leading owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation vessels. Operating profit reached USD 248 million in 2014 and net profit was USD 179 million. The company operates globally, employs 800 people and is headquartered in Larnaca, Cyprus. Prosafe is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange with ticker code PRS. For more information, please refer to www.prosafe.com
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The shares referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and will be sold within the United States only to qualified institutional buyers ("QIB"), as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), through affiliates of the managers, in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements provided by section 4(2) of the U.S. Securities Act Rule 144A, and to certain non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act. The shares to be offered will be subject to certain restrictions on transfer.
Certain statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact, may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward -looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results or events concerning the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. None of the Company, the managers or any of their affiliates or advisors provide any assurance that the assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements are free from errors nor do any of them accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this press release or the actual occurrence of the forecasted developments. Except as may be required by applicable law or stock exchange regulation, neither the Company nor the managers, or any of their affiliates or advisors, assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or to confirm these forward-looking statements to actual results.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.