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directors of the Company to implement a new share investment program (the
âShare Investment Programâ) for all employees of the SATS Group (the âEligible
Employeesâ) and the proposal by the nomination committee of the Company to
include the members of the board of directors in such program.
The application period for the Share Investment Program expired today, on 14
February 2025 at 16:30 hours (CET).
223 participants in the Share Investment Program have applied for, and been
allocated, in total 2,094,198 shares (the âSharesâ) in the Company. The Shares
will be settled in the form of existing shares in the Company listed on the
Oslo Stock Exchange, held in treasury. In order to secure delivery of Offer
Shares to all participants in the Share Investment Programme, the Company will
use a combination of 186,541 shares already held in treasury and a portion of
the shares from the announced share buyback program. Reference is made to the
stock exchange announcement by the Company published on 11 February 2025,
regarding such share buyback program.
The offer price for the Shares has been set to NOK 23.34, which equals the
volume-weighted average trading price for the Companyâs shares on the Oslo
Stock Exchange during the 10 trading daysâ period up to, and including, 13
February 2025 (NOK 29.18), with a reduction of 20%, which reflects the value
reducing effect of the three-year lock-up period applicable to the Shares
(calculated using the Black & Scholes model).
To facilitate certain of the Eligible Employeesâ participation in the Share
Investment Program, the board of directors has resolved that the Company will
grant such participants a loan to finance parts of their investment under the
Share Investment Program. 11 Eligible Employees will receive 621,150.5 shares
settled through such loans, conditional upon the 2025 annual general meeting
to be held on or about 28 April 2025 approving such loans in accordance with
Section 8-10 (4) of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies Act. The
loans will be on market terms, interest bearing and with security in the Offer
Shares acquired by the relevant Eligible Employeesâ under the Share Investment
Program. The loans will be provided to the Eligible Employeesâ wholly owned
holding companies which will acquire the Offer Shares. A report and statement
regarding the loans will be announced in the Norwegian Register of Business
Enterprises (Nw. Foretaksregisteret). More information about the loans will
also be provided in the notice for the AGM. Delivery of Shares to participants
being members of the board of directors is also conditional upon approval by
the 2025 annual general meeting.
As part of the Share Investment Program, certain Eligible Employees may also,
after a three-year vesting period, be awarded additional shares in the Company
without consideration (âMatching Sharesâ). The Matching Shares will, subject
to certain conditions being fulfilled, be awarded in the ratio of 0.33:1 based
on the number of Offer Shares acquired under the Share Investment Program
above an initial investment of NOK 15,000. The Matching Shares will be subject
to a one-year lock-up period.
For further information, please contact:
Cecilie Elde, Chief Financial Officer, phone: +47 924 14 195
Stine Klund, Nordic Investor Relations & Business Development Manager, phone:
+47 986 99 259
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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