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Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (the “Company” or “NAS”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) dated 26 March 2021 wherein the judge of the High Court approved the scheme of arrangement (the “Scheme”) for an exit of the examinership process (the “Examinership”).
The Examiner reported that the restructuring proposals were approved by the shareholders of NAS and by a majority of meetings of Creditors of NAS and by a majority of the meetings of the creditors of the Examinership Companies.
Following the ruling by the Irish High Court the Norwegian Reconstructor, Håvard Wiker at Ro Sommernes advokatfirma DA, has conducted a voting process in Norway on the NAS reconstruction proposal (the “Reconstruction”, and together with the Examinership, the “Restructuring Proposal”). On 10 April the Reconstructor reported that the Reconstruction proposals were approved by a majority of the creditors of the Company. Today the judge of the Oslo Byfogdembete has approved the scheme for an exit of the Reconstruction of the Company.
For more information, please contact:
Geir Karlsen, CFO, phone +47 916 08 332
Press contact:
Esben Tuman, SVP External Communications, phone +47 905 08 400
Fornebu, 12 April 2021
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA
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The release is not for publication or distribution, in whole or in part directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Of The People’s Republic Of China, South Africa, New Zealand, Japan or the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia). This release is an announcement issued pursuant to legal information obligations, and is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Article 17 no. 1, and was prepared by Tore Østby, tel +47 995 46 400. It is issued for information purposes only, and does not constitute or form part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities, in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. The securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “US Securities Act”). The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act.
The Company does not intend to register any portion of the offering of the securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering of the securities in the United States. Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into Australia, Canada, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, South Africa, New Zealand, Japan or the United States.
Any offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by means of a prospectus.
This announcement is an advertisement and is not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on prospectuses to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended) as implemented in any Member State.
Seabury Securities Ltd and DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA are acting for the Company and no one else in connection with the offering and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for providing advice in relation to the offering and/or any other matter referred to in this release.
Forward-looking statements: This release and any materials distributed in connection with this release may contain certain forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they reflect the Company’s current expectations and assumptions as to future events and circumstances that may not prove accurate. A number of material factors could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
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