Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made by Prosafe SE (the “Company”) dated as of today’s date, regarding the financial restructuring of the Company, where it was further announced that part of the Company’s debt, including to the institutions listed below, will be converted into equity in the Company.
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The debt to share equitization will occur in two separate stages. In the first stage of the equitization and restructuring transaction (the “Initial Equitization”):
1.ABN Amro Bank N.V. will receive 484,237,707 shares and thereby own a total of 484,237,707 shares in the Company, equalling 6.1 % of the total issued and outstanding share capital and votes in the Company, consequently the 5 % disclosure threshold in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 4 2 has been crossed;
2.Danske Bank A/S will receive 883,564,234 shares and thereby own a total of 883,564,234 shares in the Company, equalling 11.1 % of the total issued and outstanding share capital and votes in the Company, consequently the 10 % disclosure threshold in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 4 2 has been crossed;
3.DNB Bank ASA will receive 1,377,065,562 shares and thereby own a total of 1,377,067,147 shares in the Company, equalling 17.3 % of the total issued and outstanding share capital and votes in the Company, consequently the 15 % disclosure threshold in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 4 2 has been crossed;
4.ING Belgium NV/SA, through Nordea Bank AB as custodian shareholder, will receive 410,087,200 shares and thereby own a total of 410,087,200 shares in the Company, equalling 5.1 % of the total issued and outstanding share capital and votes in the Company, consequently the 5 % disclosure threshold in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 4 2 has been crossed (ING Belgium NV/SA is 100 % owned by ING Bank N.V. which is 100 % owned by ING Groep N.V.);
5.Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge, will receive 1,448,957,568 shares and thereby own a total of 1,448,957,568 shares in the Company, equalling 18.2 % of the total issued and outstanding share capital and votes in the Company, consequently the 15 % disclosure threshold in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 4 2 has been crossed;
6.Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB will receive 902,270,692 shares and thereby own a total of 902,270,692 shares in the Company, equalling 11.3 % of the total issued and outstanding share capital and votes in the Company, consequently the 10 % disclosure threshold in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 4 2 has been crossed;
7.SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA will receive 586,145,738 shares and thereby own a total of 586,145,738 shares in the Company, equalling 7.3 % of the total issued and outstanding share capital and votes in the Company, consequently the 5 % disclosure threshold in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 4 2 has been crossed; and
8.Swedbank AB, through Swedbank Norge NUF as custodian shareholder, will receive 636,716,622 shares and thereby own a total of 636,716,622 shares in the Company, equalling 8.0 % of the total issued and outstanding share capital and votes in the Company, consequently the 5 % disclosure threshold in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 4 2 has been crossed,
each based on a total of 7,982,075,598 issued and outstanding shares and voting rights in the Company at the time of completion of the Initial Equitization.
Issuance of the new shares pursuant to the Initial Equitization in the VPS is expected to take place 17 December 2021.
Following the Initial Equitization, a subsequent equitization will take place as soon as possible thereafter (the “Secondary Equitization”), whereby ING Belgium NV/SA, through Nordea Bank AB as custodian shareholder, will receive 19,688,830 shares and thereby own a total of 429,776,030 shares in the Company, equalling 4.9 % of the total issued and outstanding share capital and votes in the Company. ING Belgium NV/SA is 100 % owned by ING Bank N.V. which is 100 % owned by ING Groep N.V. Consequently the 5 % disclosure threshold in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 4 2 has been crossed, based on a total of 8,798,699,789 issued and outstanding shares and voting rights in the Company at the time of completion of the Secondary Equitization.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirement in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act 4 2.
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