Prosafe SE: Successful completion of private placement
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Prosafe SE is pleased to announce the successful completion of a private
placement of 13,000,000 new shares.
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INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG OR JAPAN,
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WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF ANY OF THE
SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Prosafe SE ("Prosafe" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the successful
completion of a private placement of 13,000,000 new shares (the "Private
Placement") directed towards Norwegian and international institutional investors
after close of the Oslo Stock Exchange on 14 March 2013. The over-subscribed
placement was made at a subscription price of NOK 58 per share, and the share
capital increase represents approximately 5.7 per cent of the outstanding shares
in the Company. Gross proceeds from the Private Placement amount to NOK 754
million.
The proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to fund value enhancing
growth investments. The prospects and fundamentals of the accommodation market
remain attractive. The long-term demand for accommodation vessels is being
supported by high exploration and production activity, oil companies' continued
strong focus on increased oil recovery from existing fields and recent new
discoveries leading to hook-up and commissioning projects.
The issuance of the new shares was resolved by the Company's board of directors
pursuant to an authorisation granted at the Company's annual general meeting on
23 May 2012. Following the completion of the Private Placement, Prosafe's share
capital will be increased by EUR 3,250,000 to EUR 60,734,197.5 divided on
242,936,790 shares with a nominal value of EUR 0.25 per share each.
Payment and delivery of allocated new shares to the investors is expected to be
on or about 20 March 2013. The new shares will be tradable on the Oslo Stock
Exchange as soon as the new shares have been registered in VPS, which is
expected to take place on or about 18 March 2013.
ABG Sundal Collier Norge ASA and SEB acted as Joint Managers and Joint
Bookrunners for the Private Placement.
Prosafe is the world's leading owner and operator of semi-submersible
accommodation vessels. Operating profit reached USD 222.4 million in 2012 and
net profit was USD 177.5 million. The company operates globally, employs 550
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.
Larnaca, 15 March 2013
Georgina Georgiou, General Manager
Prosafe SE
For further information, please contact:
Media, analysts and investors
Karl Ronny Klungtvedt, Chief Executive Officer
Prosafe Management AS
Phone: +47 908 81 657
Sven Børre Larsen, Chief Financial Officer
Prosafe Management AS
Phone: +47 909 43 673
Analysts and investors
Cecilie Helland Ouff, Finance and IR Manager
Prosafe AS
Phone: +47 51 64 25 20 / +47 991 09 467
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be construed as an offer to buy, sell, issue, or subscribe for, or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, sell, issue, or subscribe for any securities,
nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Copies of this
announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into the
Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States or any other jurisdiction
in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or
other measures.
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 of the disclosure requirements set out in Section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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