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16 June 2025: Valinor AS (“Valinor” or the “Vendor”) has retained ABG Sundal Collier ASA and Clarksons Securities AS (jointly the “Managers”) to explore a potential sale of up to 10,400,000 existing shares in Zaptec ASA (the “Company”), representing approximately 11.9% of the share capital in the Company. The transaction is to be conducted as an accelerated bookbuilding offering (the “Placing”).
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The bookbuilding process will commence immediately following the publication of this announcement and may be closed at short notice or without notice at the full discretion of the Vendor and the Managers. A further announcement will be made following pricing of the shares in the Placing. The Vendor reserves the right, at its own discretion, to decide the number of shares to be sold, or to sell no shares at all.
The minimum order and allocation in the Placing have been set to the NOK equivalent of EUR 100,000. The Vendor may, at its sole discretion, allocate amounts below the NOK equivalent of EUR 100,000 in the Placing to the extent applicable exemptions from the prospectus requirement pursuant to the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, the Norwegian Securities Trading Act and ancillary regulations are available.
The Placing is expected to be priced and allocated before 09:00 CEST on 17 June 2025 (T). The settlement in the Placing will be conducted on a normal delivery-versus-payment basis (DVP, T+2).
Valinor currently holds 10,400,000 shares in the Company, representing 11.88% of the outstanding share capital in the Company. The Vendor is not represented on the Board of Directors in the Company.
For further information about the Placing, please contact:
ABG Sundal Collier: +47 22 01 60 13
Clarksons Securities: +47 45 44 63 47
Important notices:
This announcement is not and does not form a part of a prospectus or any offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities of the Company. No action has been taken that would permit an offering of the securities or possession or distribution of this announcement in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The distribution of this announcement and other information may be restricted by law in the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, South Africa or in certain jurisdictions. Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or other measures. Accordingly, this announcement is not for public release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), except to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with applicable U.S. state securities laws. The Company does not intend to register any part of the offering or its securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.
In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State. The expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as amended together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State.
This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons in the United Kingdom that are “qualified investors” within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation as amended by The Prospectus (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, and which forms part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and that are (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”), (ii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom this announcement may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”). This communication must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. Persons distributing this communication must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do so.
None of the Vendor, the Managers or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, advisers or agents accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information in this release (or whether any information has been omitted from the release) or any other information relating to the Company, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available, or for any loss howsoever arising from any use of this release or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith.
The Managers are acting on behalf of the Vendor and no one else in connection with the Placing and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to clients of the Managers or for providing advice in relation to the Placing.
This announcement is for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon in substitution for the exercise of independent judgement. It is not intended as investment advice and under no circumstances is it to be used or considered as an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a recommendation to buy or sell any securities in the Company.
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