26.10.2020
Commencement of subscription period for Subsequent Offering
Reference is made to the stock exchange notices by Solstad Offshore ASA (“Solstad” or “the Company”) on 19 and 20 October 2020, respectively, regarding the approval of prospectus (the “Prospectus”) and key information relating to a subsequent offering of 1,336,973 new shares in the Company, each with a par value of NOK 1.00 (the “Subsequent Offering”), at a subscription price of NOK 2.80 per share (the “Subscription Price”). The subscription period will commence today, 26 October 2020, at 09:00 CET and expire on 9 November 2020 at 16:30 CET (the “Subscription Period”).
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, PUBLICATION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ARE APPLICABLE. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THE PRESS RELEASE.
Eligible shareholders, being shareholders of the Company as of 20 October 2020 (and registered as such in the VPS on 22 October 2020, pursuant to the two days’ settlement procedure in the VPS; the “Record Date”), who did not participate in the Private Placements (other than Vard Group AS) and who do not reside in a jurisdiction where such offering would be unlawful, or would (in other jurisdictions than Norway) require any prospectus filing, registration or similar action (“Eligible Shareholders”), will be granted non-transferable subscription rights (“Subscription Rights”) that, subject to applicable law, give a right to subscribe for, and be allocated, Offer Shares in the Subsequent Offering at the Subscription Price.
Eligible Shareholders will be granted 8.2285 non-transferable Subscription Rights for each share registered as held by such Eligible Shareholder on the Record Date (on a consolidated basis), rounded down to 0 or to the nearest whole Subscription Right. Each Subscription Right will, subject to applicable securities laws, give the right to subscribe for and be allocated one share in the Subsequent Offering. Over-subscription is allowed for Eligible Shareholders. Subscription without Subscription Rights will not be allowed.
The Subscription Rights are expected to have an economic value if the Company’s shares trade above the Subscription Price during the Subscription Period. Eligible Shareholders who do not use their Subscription Rights will experience a dilution of their shareholding in the Company. The Subscription Rights must be used to subscribe for Offer Shares before the expiry of the Subscription Period. Subscription Rights that are not used to subscribe for Offer Shares before such deadline will have no value and will lapse without compensation to the holder.
The Company has engaged Arctic Securities AS as manager (the “Manager”) and Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma as legal advisor in connection with the Private Placements and the Subsequent Offering.
The Prospectus, including the subscription form for the Subsequent Offering, is available at https://www.solstad.com/ and https://www.arctic.com/ and is also available free of charge at the business offices of the Company at Nesavegen 39, 4280 Skudeneshavn, Karmøy, Norway and may be obtained by contacting the Manager.
Subscriptions may be made by duly completing and delivering the subscription form, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Prospectus, to the Manager. Subscribers who are Norwegian citizens may also subscribe for Offer Shares by following the link on https://www.arctic.com/, which will redirect the subscriber to the VPS online subscription system. In order to use the online subscription system, the subscriber must have, or obtain, a VPS account number. All online subscribers must verify that they are Norwegian citizens by entering their national identity number (Norwegian: “personnummer”).
Skudeneshavn, 26 October 2020
Contacts
Lars Peder Solstad CEO, at +47 91 31 85 85
Kjetil Ramstad CFO, at +47 90 75 94 89
Solstad Offshore ASA
www.solstad.com
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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Important Notice:
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