NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS COMMUNICATION
Reference is made to the notice issued on 25 September 2023, where Carasent ASA (the "Company") launched an offer to all shareholders to purchase up to 7,962,052 shares in the Company through a reverse book building process (the "Offering"). The application period expired at 16:30 hours (CEST) on 28 September 2023.
Following the end of the application period, the Company has resolved to buy 7,295,747 shares at price per share of NOK 16.00. As such, the total share repurchase will amount to 116,731,952 NOK.
Allocation notifications will be sent to shareholders having tendered shares in the Offering on or about 29 September 2023. The trade date is expected to be on or about 29 September 2023 and the settlement date is expected to be on or about 3 October 2023. The settlement will be conducted on a normal delivery-versus-payment basis (DVP) or through the VPS system.
Following settlement of the Offering, Carasent ASA will own 7,295,747 shares.
The company expects to call for an EGM to be held 14 November to seek approval for an extraordinary distribution of NOK 133 million bringing the total distribution, across the share repurchase and the extraordinary cash distribution, up to NOK 250 million, in line with what was communicated in the notice issued on 21 September 2023.
Carasent will host a capital markets day in Stockholm, Regeringsgatan 56, 111 56, at 7 November 14:00 – 16:00.
For further details please contact: Svein Martin Bjørnstad, CFO Tel: +47 979 69 493, or Daniel Öhman, CEO Tel: +46 70-855 37 07
The information contained herein about the Offering is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to MAR article 17 and section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. This stock exchange release was published by Svein Martin Bjørnstad on 28 September 2023 at 21:00 (CEST).
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Offer and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. The Company does not assume any responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such restrictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement or relevant information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. The offer is not being made directly or indirectly in, or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia (the "United States"). This includes, but is not limited to, facsimile transmission, internet delivery, e-mail and telephones. Copies of this release and any related documents are not being, and must not be, mailed, e-mailed or otherwise distributed or sent in or into the United States and so doing may invalidate any purported acceptance.
