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Borr Drilling — Capital/Financing Update 2017
Oct 6, 2017
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Capital/Financing Update
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Borr Drilling Limited - Contemplated equity offering of up to USD 650 million
Borr Drilling Limited - Contemplated equity offering of up to USD 650 million
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BUY, SELL OR SUBSCRIBE FOR ANY SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Hamilton, Bermuda, 6 October 2017
Reference is made to the stock exchange notice dated 6
October 2017 from Borr Drilling Limited ("Borr Drilling" or
the "Company") relating to the signing of a Master Agreement
for the acquisition of nine premium jack-up rigs from PPL
Shipyard Pte Limited ("PPL").
Borr Drilling is contemplating to offer up to 162,500,000
new shares (the "Offer Shares"), representing 51.5 per cent
of the outstanding shares of the Company. The subscription
price will be USD 4.00 per share (the "Subscription Price"),
raising gross proceeds of up to USD 650 million (the "Equity
Offering") in order to partly secure the financing for the
acquisition of the jack-up rigs from PPL and for general
corporate purposes.
The Company has retained ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Clarksons
Platou Securities AS, DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA,
Fearnley Securities AS, Pareto Securities AS, Skandinaviska
Enskilda Banken AB (publ.), Oslo branch and Sparebank 1
Markets AS as Joint Lead Managers and Bookrunners
(the "Managers") for the Equity Offering.
Companies that are close associates of Mr. Tor Olav Trøim
have in total subscribed for shares equivalent to USD 35
million and will be allocated shares equivalent to at least
USD 25 million. Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Limited
("Schlumberger") has subscribed for shares equivalent to USD
65 million and will be allocated shares equivalent to at
least USD 50 million. Subject to completion of the Equity
Offering, Borr Drilling and Schlumberger has negotiated a
cancellation of the existing warrant program consisting of
9,473,774 warrants.
The application period opens today at 16:30 CET/10:30am EST
on 6 October and ends at 08:00 CET/2.00am EST on 9 October
2017. The Company may at its own discretion extend or
shorten the application period at any time and for any reason
reason.
The minimum application and allocation amount in the Equity
Offering has been set to the USD equivalent of EUR 100,000.
The Company may, at its sole discretion, allocate an amount
below EUR 100,000 to the extent applicable exemptions from
relevant prospectus and registration requirements are
available.
Allocation of the Offer Shares will be determined at the end
of the application period, and final allocation will be made
by the Company's Board of Directors at its sole discretion.
Notification of the allocation is expected to be sent by the
Managers on or about 9 October 2017.
The settlement date is expected to be on or about 11
October. The allocated shares will be delivered to the
applicant's VPS account as soon as practicable after full
payment has been received and the Board of Directors of the
Company has resolved to issue the shares, expected on or
about 11 October 2017.
The Offer Shares will be issued on a separate ISIN and
listed on Merkur Market on or about 11 October 2017. These
shares are expected to be converted to the Company's
original ISIN number and be listed and tradable on Oslo Børs
on or about 20 October 2017, subject to approval of a
listing prospectus (the "Prospectus") by the Norwegian
Financial Supervisory Authority ("NFSA").
The Company and the Managers reserve the right, at any time
and for any reason, to cancel and/or modify the terms of the
Equity Offering.
The share issuance will be carried out as a private
placement and the Board of Directors of the Company is of
the opinion that this is in the best interest of the Company
and its shareholders. The Board of Directors has taken into
consideration, among other things, the fact that the Equity
Offering will provide the financing required to secure the
acquisition of the newbuildings from PPL more quickly and at
an attractive price compared to a rights issue.
The offering is directed towards investors subject to
applicable exemptions from relevant prospectus requirements,
(i) outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S
under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the "US Securities
Act") and (ii) in the United States to "qualified
institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the US
Securities Act as well as to major U.S. institutional
investors under SEC Rule 15a-6 to the United States Exchange
Act of 1934.
Contact information for the Managers:
ABG Sundal Collier ASA
Telephone: +47 48 01 61 27
Clarkson Platou Securities AS
Telephone: +47 22 01 63 01
DNB Markets
Telephone: +47 24 16 92 26
Fearnley Securities AS
Telephone: +47 22 93 60 00
Pareto Securities AS
Telephone: +47 22 87 87 02
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ.), Oslo branch
Telephone: +47 22 82 70 00
Sparebank 1 Markets AS
Telephone: +47 24 14 74 70
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements
pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading
Act.
About Borr Drilling
Borr Drilling is an international drilling contractor that
owns and operates jack-up rigs of modern and high-specification designs providing drilling services to the oil and gas exploration and production industry worldwide in water depths up to approximately 400 feet. With a low cost base, a strong and experienced organisational culture, combined with a unique capital structure,
specification designs providing drilling services to the oil
and gas exploration and production industry worldwide in
water depths up to approximately 400 feet. With a low cost
base, a strong and experienced organisational culture,
combined with a unique capital structure, Borr Drilling
specification designs providing drilling services to the oil and g
and gas exploration and production industry worldwide in water
water depths up to approximately 400 feet. With a low cost base,
base, a strong and experienced organisational culture, combi
combined with a unique capital structure,
specification designs providing drilling services to the oil
and gas exploration and production industry worldwide in
water depths up to approximately 400 feet. With a low cost
base, a strong and experienced organisational culture,
combined with a unique capital structure, Borr Drilling is
built to make a difference.
Additional information about Borr Drilling can be found at
www.borrdrilling.com.
Important Note
This announcement is not being made in or into the United
States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong or in
any other jurisdiction where it would be prohibited by
applicable law. This distribution does not constitute or
form part of an offer or solicitation of an offer to
purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States.
The shares referred to herein will not be registered under
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may
may not be offered or sold in the United States, except
pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration.
Forward looking statements
This distribution may be deemed to include forward-looking
statements, such as the intention to issue the Offer Shares,
the terms of the Equity Offering and the use of proceeds of
the Offer Shares. Forward-looking statements are typically
identified by words or phrases, such
as "expect", "intends", "will" and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are the Company's current
estimates or expectations of future events or future
results. Actual results could differ materially from those
indicated by these statements because the realisation of
those results is subject to many risks and uncertainties,
including market and financial risks. All forward
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and gas exploration and production industry worldwide in water depths up to approximately 400 feet. Wi
water depths up to approximately 400 feet. With a low cost base, a strong and experienced organisational
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combined with a unique capital structure,
specification designs providing drilling services to the oil
and gas exploration and production industry worldwide in
water depths up to approximately 400 feet. With a low cost
base, a strong and experienced organisational culture,
combined with a unique capital structure, Borr Drilling
specification designs providing drilling services to the oil and g
and gas exploration and producti
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and gas exploration and production industry worldwide in water
water depths up to approximatel
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water depths up to approximately 400 feet. With a low cost base,
base, a strong and experienced
base,
base, a strong and experienced organisational culture, combi
combined with a unique capital structure,
specification designs providing drilling services to the oil
and gas exploration and production industry worldwide in
water depths up to approximately 400 feet. With a low cost
base, a strong and experienced organisational culture,
combined with a unique capital structure, Borr Drilling is
built to make a difference.
Additional information about Borr Drilling can be found at
www.borrdrilling.com.
Important Note
This announcement is not being made in or into the United
States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong or in
any other jurisdiction where it would be prohibited by
applicable law. This distribution does not constitute or
form part of an offer or solicitation of an offer to
purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States.
The shares referred to herein will not be registered under
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may
may not be offered or sold in the United States, except
pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration.
Forward looking statements
This distribution may be deemed to include forward-looking
statements, such as the intention to issue the Offer Shares,
the terms of the Equity Offering and the use of proceeds of
the Offer Shares. Forward-looking statements are typically
identified by words or phrases, such
as "expect", "intends", "will" and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are the Company's current
estimates or expectations of future events or future
results. Actual results could differ materially from those
indicated by these statements because the realisation of
those results is subject to many risks and uncertainties,
including market and financial risks. All forward-looking
statements included in this release are based on information
available at the time of the release, and neither the
Company nor the Managers assume any obligation to update any
forward-looking statement.