Industrivärden

M&A Activity • Apr 24, 2018

The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the Head of Corporate Communications and Sustainability, Sverker Sivall, on 24 April 2018 at 00:20 CET.

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Industrivärden divests shares in SSAB for SEK 3,073 million

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Industrivärden has today divested its entire holding of 54,633,318 class B shares in SSAB at a price of SEK 39.20 per class B share. Furthermore, 19,000,000 class A shares have been divested at a price of SEK 49.00 per class A share. The proceeds of the sale totals SEK 3,073 million. The divestment has been made by means of an accelerated book building process addressed to institutional investors. The divested shares represent 7.15 percent of the capital and 6.49 percent of the votes in SSAB. After the transaction Industrivärden's shareholding in SSAB totals 44,334,933 class A shares, representing 4.31 percent of the capital and 11.77 percent of the votes in SSAB. Industrivärden has entered into a customary lock-up clause on the remaining shares in SSAB of approximately 180 days.

Commenting on the transaction, Industrivärden's CEO Helena Stjernholm says: "As part of the developed strategy decided in February 2016, we have increased our focus on returns and strengthened our active ownership. As a result, we have put a lot of effort into the holding in SSAB and also subscribed for our portion of shares in the new issue of shares in 2016. The efforts have been successful and during the last two-year period, the SSAB share has shown a competitive total return of fully 100 percent against the total return index of fully 20 percent. Industrivärden has a stated ambition to reduce the debt in order to increase flexibility, and we have therefore chosen to realize a part of the value increase of our holding in SSAB. As active owners, we support SSAB's long-term strategy and remain the company's largest shareholder in terms of votes."

Morgan Stanley has acted as Sole bookrunner and Carnegie as Co-bookrunner in connection with the transaction and Sundling Wärn Partners has acted as independent advisor to the seller.

Stockholm, 24 April 2018

AB INDUSTRIVÄRDEN (publ)

For further information, please contact: Helena Stjernholm, Chief Executive Officer, tel. +46-8-666 64 00

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This announcement is directed only at: (A) persons in member states of the European Economic Area (the "EEA") who are "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the EU Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU, to the extent implemented in the relevant member state of the EEA) and includes any relevant implementing measure in each relevant member state of the EEA) (the "Qualified Investors"); (B) in the United Kingdom, Qualified Investors who are persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Order"); or (ii) who are high net worth entities falling within Article 49 of the Order; or (iii) are persons to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated; and (C) other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated, (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). If you are not a Relevant Person, you will not be eligible to participate in the offering, and you should not act upon, or rely on, this announcement.

Any investment decision in connection with the transaction must be made on the basis of all publicly available information relating to SSAB and the shares issued by SSAB. Such information has not been independently verified by Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc or Carnegie Investment Bank AB. The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness.

This announcement does not purport to identify or suggest the risks (direct or indirect) which may be associated with an investment in SSAB and the shares issued by SSAB.