Capital/Financing Update • Mar 18, 2015
Capital/Financing Update
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Summons to bondholders' meeting
Det norske oljeselskap ASA ("DETNOR") today summoned to a bondholders' meeting
in its DETNOR02 bond loan to request certain amendments to the bond agreement.
The proposal to bondholders includes, inter alia, an exchange of the adjusted
equity ratio covenant currently in the bond agreement for a leverage ratio
covenant and interest ratio covenant, to harmonise the financial covenants with
the company's bank facility (RBL) agreement.
As compensation, bondholders are offered a one-time consent fee of 1.00 percent
of the face value of the bonds, increased coupon by 1.50 percent per annum to 3
-month NIBOR plus 6.50 percent per annum. The bondholders are also offered a one
-off option for each bondholder to sell all its bonds back to Det norske at 101
percent of par plus accrued interest.
In connection to this, the company has obtained an unsecured NOK 1.9 billion
revolving credit facility from Nordea. The purpose of the facility is limited to
acquiring bonds under this amendment.
For further information, please see the attached summons to the bondholders'
meeting.
Contacts:
Media: SVP Communication Rolf Jarle Brøske, tel. (+47) 911 12 475
Investor: VP Investor Relations Jonas Gamre, tel. (+47) 971 18 292
About Det norske:
Det norske is a fully-fledged E&P company with exploration, development and
production activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). We are building
one of Europe's largest independent E&P companies.
Det norske is the operator of the producing Alvheim field and for the Ivar Aasen
field development. In addition, the company is partner in the Johan Sverdrup
field. Det norske has an active exploration programme on the Norwegian shelf and
an ambitious strategy for growth.
Det norske's headquarters are located in Trondheim, with branch offices in
Stavanger, Oslo and Harstad. Det norske is listed on Oslo Børs with ticker
'DETNOR'. More about Det norske at www.detnor.no/en/.
This information is subject to disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12
of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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