Share Issue/Capital Change • Apr 7, 2017
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BerGenBio ASA - Stabilisation and over-allotment notice
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BerGenBio ASA - Stabilisation and over-allotment notice
Oslo, 7 April 2017: Reference is made to the stock exchange
notice published on 6 April 2017, in which BerGenBio ASA
("BerGenBio" or the "Company", OSE ticker: BGBIO) announced
the successful completion of its initial public offering
(the "Offering").
ABG Sundal Collier ASA (the "Stabilisation Manager") may, on
behalf of the Joint Global Coordinators, engage in
stabilisation activities of the shares of BerGenBio
(the "Shares") from today, 7 April 2017, to and including 5
May 2017 (the "Stabilisation Period"). The stabilisation
activities are aimed to support the market price of the
Shares.
In connection with the Offering, the Joint Global
Coordinators have over-allotted 1,000,000 Shares in the
Company to the applicants in the Offering. In order to
permit the delivery in respect of over-allotments made, the
Stabilisation Manager has been granted the option, on behalf
of the Joint Global Coordinators, to borrow a number of
Shares in the Company equal to the number of over-allotted
Shares from certain shareholders in the Company
(the "Lending Shareholders").
Further, the Joint Global Coordinators have been granted an
option (the "Greenshoe Option") by the Lending Shareholders,
exercisable by the Stabilisation Manager, to purchase from
the Lending Shareholders up to 1,000,000 Shares at a price
per Share equal to the offer price in the Offering
(the "Offer Price") of NOK 25 per Share. The Greenshoe
Option may, at the Stabilisation Manager's discretion, be
exercised at any time during the Stabilisation Period, in
whole or in part. The Stabilisation Manager can use the
Greenshoe Option to cover over-allotments made in connection
with the Offering or short positions arising from
stabilisation transactions.
As part of the stabilisation activities, the Stabilisation
Manager or its agents, on behalf of the Joint Global
Coordinators, may effect transactions with a view to support
the market price of the Shares at a level higher than what
might otherwise prevail, through buying Shares in the open
market at prices equal to or lower than (but not above) the
Offer Price. There is no obligation on the Stabilisation
Manager to conduct stabilisation activities and there is no
assurance that stabilisation activities will be undertaken.
Such stabilising activities, if commenced, may be
discontinued at any time, and will in any event be brought
to an end at the end of the Stabilisation Period.
Within one week after the end 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 net profit or loss resulting from stabilisation
activities conducted by the Stabilisation Manager will be
for the account of the Lending Shareholders. Any
stabilisation activities will be conducted in accordance
with Section 3-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act
and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 implementing
Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards exemptions for buy-back programmes and
stabilisation of financial instruments.
For further details see the prospectus dated 28 March 2017
issued by BerGenBio in connection with the Offering and the
listing of the Shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Arctic Securities and DNB Markets (a
branch of DNB Bank ASA) are acting as Joint Global
Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners in the Offering, and are
herein referred to as the "Joint Global Coordinators".
IMPORTANT NOTICE
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,
fairness or completeness.
These materials do not constitute or form a part of any
offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for
securities in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale
would be unlawful and the announcement and the information
contained herein are not for distribution or release,
directly or indirectly, in or into such jurisdictions.
United States
These materials may not be published, distributed or
transmitted in the United States, Canada, Australia, the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's
Republic of China, South Africa or Japan. These materials do
not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a
solicitation of an offer to purchase securities
(the "Shares") of BerGenBio in the United States, Norway or
any other jurisdiction. The Shares of the Company may not be
offered or sold in the United States absent registration or
an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Shares of
the Company have not been, and will not be, registered under
the Securities Act. Any sale in the United States of the
securities mentioned in this communication will be made
solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
European Economic Area
Any offering of securities will be made by means of a
prospectus to be published that may be obtained from the
Company or selling security holder and that will contain
detailed information about the Company and its management,
as well as financial statements.
These materials are an advertisement and 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 these
materials except on the basis of information contained in
the Prospectus.
In any EEA Member State other than Norway and Sweden (from
the time the prospectus has been approved by the Financial
Supervisory Authority of Norway, in its capacity as the
competent authority in Norway, and passported to Sweden and
published in accordance with the Prospectus Directive) 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
Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive ("Qualified
Investors"), i.e., only to investors to whom an offer of
securities may be made without the requirement for the
Company to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the
Prospectus Directive in such EEA Member State.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, these materials are only being
distributed to and are only directed at Qualified Investors
who (i) are 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) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d)
of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated
associations, etc.) (all such persons together being
referred to as "Relevant Persons"). These materials are
directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on
or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any
investment or investment activity to which this document
relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be
engaged in only with Relevant Persons.
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
announcement 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. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other
important factors could cause actual events to differ
materially from the expectations expressed or implied in
this announcement by such forward-looking statements.
The Offering may be influenced by a range of circumstances,
such as market conditions, and there is no guarantee that
the Offering will proceed and that the listing will occur.
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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