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Aker Solutions — Share Issue/Capital Change 2014
Sep 15, 2014
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Share Issue/Capital Change
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Approval of Prospectus for the Listing of the Shares of Aker Solutions Holding ASA (to be renamed Aker Solutions ASA)
Approval of Prospectus for the Listing of the Shares of Aker Solutions Holding ASA (to be renamed Aker Solutions ASA)
September 15, 2014 - The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority has informed
Aker Solutions Holding ASA that it has approved the prospectus dated September
15, 2014, for the listing of the company's shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Aker Solutions Holding ASA, which was created to facilitate the demerger of Aker
Solutions into two independent companies, will be renamed Aker Solutions ASA on
completion of the split. The existing Aker Solutions will be renamed Akastor
ASA, an oil-services investment company created by the separation.
The prospectus will be available on www.abgsc.no and www.carnegie.no. Hard
copies of the prospectus may be obtained by contacting Aker Solutions' investor
relations department ([email protected] or +47 67 51 30 00), ABG Sundal
Collier Norge ASA (+47 22 01 60 00), Barclays Bank PLC (+44 (0)20 7623 2323) or
Carnegie AS (+47 22 00 93 00).
Background Information
The general meetings of shareholders in the existing Aker Solutions and new Aker
Solutions on August 12, 2014, resolved to carry out a demerger in which a
portion of the assets, rights and liabilities of the existing Aker Solutions is
transferred to the new Aker Solutions against a pro rata distribution of the
shares in the new Aker Solutions to eligible shareholders of the existing Aker
Solutions.
The company on August 27, 2014, applied for admission to trade the shares on the
Oslo Stock Exchange and the listing application is expected to be approved by
the exchange's board of directors September 24 on condition that the demerger is
completed. The completion of the demerger is subject to certain conditions.
Further information on the company, demerger and admission to trading of the
company's shares is set out in the prospectus.
The indicative timetable for consummation of the demerger and admission to
trading of the new Aker Solutions shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange is as
follows (subject to change):
* Expiry of creditor notice period applicable to the demerger: September
23, 2014
* Last day of trading in shares of the existing Aker Solutions inclusive of
the right to shares in the new Aker Solutions (cut-off date): On or about
September 26, 2014
* Registration of the completion of the demerger: On or about September
26, 2014
* First day of trading in shares in Akastor ASA exclusive of the right to new
Aker Solutions shares: On or about September 29, 2014
* First day of trading in the new Aker Solutions shares: On or about September
29, 2014
* Record date: On or about October 1, 2014
* Delivery of Aker Solutions shares to eligible shareholders' VPS accounts: On
or about October 2, 2014
The existing Aker Solutions will before trading starts on the cut-off date issue
a separate stock exchange release to announce the final cut-off date, the record
date and the first date of trading in the existing Aker Solutions shares
exclusive of rights to new Aker Solutions shares.
Trading in the new Aker Solutions shares will begin before delivery of the
shares to eligible shareholders' VPS accounts. Trades in the period until
delivery of the shares to eligible shareholders' VPS accounts will be settled on
a T+3 basis. No account-to-account transactions and no transactions with
settlement before October 2, 2014, will be allowed in this period.
Any changes in the indicative timing of the consummation of the demerger and the
first day of trading of the new Aker Solutions shares will be published by the
new Aker Solutions.
Links to the prospectus on abgsc.no and carnegie.no:
http://www.abgsc.no/Content/Transaction-documents/
http://www.carnegie.se/en/no/investment-banking/transactions/prospectuses/
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
Media:
Bunny Nooryani, Chief Communications Officer, Aker Solutions. Tel:
+47 67 59 42 71, Mob: +47 480 27 575, E-mail: [email protected]
Investor relations:
David Phillips, Head of Industry & Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel:
+44 208 811 7111, Mob: +44 7788 338 887, E-mail:
Lasse Torkildsen, SVP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67 51 30 39,
Mob: +47 911 37 194, E-mail: [email protected]
Career opportunities:
Visit http://www.akersolutions.com/careers
Aker Solutions is a global provider of products, systems and services to the oil
and gas industry. Our engineering, design and technology bring discoveries into
production and maximize recovery from each petroleum field. We employ
approximately 28,000 people in about 30 countries. Go to www.akersolutions.com
for more information on our business, people and values.
This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is
subject to our disclaimer, see www.akersolutions.com.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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