Share Issue/Capital Change • Nov 2, 2015
Share Issue/Capital Change
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STABILISATION AND OVER-ALLOTMENT NOTICE
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR
DISSEMINATION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA,
HONG KONG, CANADA OR JAPAN, OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION
IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
KID ASA - STABILISATION AND OVER-ALLOTMENT NOTICE
Lier, 30 October 2015: Reference is made to the stock
exchange announcement published on 30 October 2015, in
which Kid ASA ("Kid" or the "Company") announced the
successful completion of the bookbuilding period for
the initial public offering of the shares
(the "Offering").
ABG Sundal Collier ASA (the "Stabilisation Manager")
may, on behalf of the Joint Bookrunners for the
Offering and listing of the shares (the "Shares") of
Kid, engage in stabilisation activities in the Shares
from 2 November 2015, the first day of trading, to and
including 2 December 2015 (the "Stabilisation Period").
The stabilisation transactions are aimed to support
the market price of the Shares. In connection with the
Offering, the Joint Bookrunners have been granted an
over-allotment option (the "Over-allotment Option")
and have over-allotted to the investors in the
Offering 3,054,838 Shares. The over-allotted Shares
have been borrowed from Gjelsten Holding AS.
The Over-allotment Option entitles the Joint
Bookrunners, at the request of the Stabilisation
Manager, to purchase up to 3,054,838 additional Shares
from Gjelsten Holding AS at a price per Share equal to
the offer price in the Offering of NOK 31 per Share
(the "Offer Price").
The Stabilisation Manager (or persons acting on behalf
of the Stabilisation Manager) may effect transactions
that stabilise or maintain the price of the Shares at
a level higher than that which might otherwise
prevail, by buying Shares in the open market at prices
equal to or lower than (but not above) the Offer
Price. However, there is no obligation on the
Stabilisation Manager or any person acting for the
Stabilisation Manager to do so. Moreover, there is
no assurance that the Stabilisation Manager (or
persons acting on behalf of the Stabilisation Manager)
will undertake stabilisation activities. If
stabilisation activities are commenced, they may be
discontinued at any time, and must end upon the expiry
of the Stabilisation Period.
Within one week after the expiry of the Stabilisation
Period, the Stabilisation Manager will publish
information as to whether or not price stabilisation
activities were undertaken. If stabilisation
activities were undertaken, the statement will also
include information about: (i) the total amount of
Shares sold and purchased; (ii) the dates on which
the stabilisation period began and ended; (iii) the
price range between which stabilisation was carried
out, as well as the highest, lowest and average price
paid during the stabilisation period; and (iv) the
date at which stabilisation activities last occurred.
Any stabilisation activities will be conducted in
accordance with Section 3-12 of the Norwegian
Securities Trading Act and the EC Commission
Regulation 2273/2003 regarding buy-back programmes and
stabilisation of financial instruments.
For further details see the prospectus dated 16
October 2015 issued by Kid in connection with the
Offering.
ABG Sundal Collier ASA and Arctic Securities AS
(collectively the "Joint Bookrunners") are acting as
Joint Bookrunners in the IPO.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Petter Schouw-Hansen, CFO
+47 482 24 534
ABOUT KID ASA
Kid is the leading and most profitable retailer in the
Norwegian home textile market, typified by products
like duvets, pillows, curtains, bed linens and other
accessories and decorating items. As of 30 September
2015, Kid operated a total of 128 wholly-owned stores
in Norway, in addition to an established e-commerce
platform. Kid traces its history back to 1937, and has
since the 1950s renewed Norwegian homes by offering
attractive and practical curtains, bed linens and
other interior articles. Kid is among the best
known brands within retail in Norway, with 97% of
Norwegian women being familiar with the Company. Kid
has approximately 900 employees with headquarters in
new and modern facilities in Lier, Norway. For more
information visit www.kid.no
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This announcement is not and does not form a part of
any offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to
purchase, any securities of the Company.
Copies of this announcement are not being made and may
not be distributed or sent into the United States,
Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, Japan or any other
jurisdiction in which such distribution would be
unlawful or would require registration or other
measures.
The securities referred to in this announcement have
not been and will not be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 in the United States
or to conduct a public offering of securities in the
United States. Any sale in the United States of the
securities mentioned in this announcement will
be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Any offering of the securities referred to in this
announcement will be made by means of a prospectus.
This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes
of Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, together with any
applicable implementing measures in any Member State,
the "Prospectus Directive"). Investors should not
subscribe for any securities referred to in this
announcement except on the basis of information
contained in a prospectus.
In any EEA Member State that has implemented the
Prospectus Directive, this communication is only
addressed to and is only directed at qualified
investors in that Member State within the meaning of
the Prospectus Directive.
This communication is only being distributed to and is
only directed at persons in the United Kingdom 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") or (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 for 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.
Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
are statements that are not historical facts and may
be identified by words such as "believe", "expect",
"anticipate", "strategy", "intends", "estimate", "will"
, "may", "continue", "should" and similar expressions.
The forward-looking statements in this release are
based upon various assumptions, many of which are
based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although the
Company believes that these assumptions were
reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently
subject to significant known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, contingencies and other important
factors which are difficult or impossible to predict
and are beyond its control. Actual events may differ
significantly from any anticipated development due to
a number of factors, including without limitation,
changes in public sector investment levels, changes in
the general economic, political and market conditions
in the Norwegian market, the Company's ability to
attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel,
changes in the Company's ability to engage in
commercially acceptable acquisitions and strategic
investments, and changes in laws and regulation and
the potential impact of legal proceedings and
actions. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and
other important factors could cause actual events to
differ materially from the expectations expressed or
implied in this release by such forward-looking
statements. The Company does not guarantee that the
assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements
in this presentation are free from errors nor does it
accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of
the opinions expressed in this presentation or any
obligation to update or revise the statements in this
presentation to reflect subsequent events. You should
not place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements in this document.
The information, opinions and forward-looking
statements contained in this announcement speak only
as at its date, and are subject to change without
notice. The Company does not undertake any obligation
to review, update, confirm, or to release publicly any
revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect
events that occur or circumstances that arise in
relation to the content of this announcement.
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