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Borr Drilling — Capital/Financing Update 2021
Jul 6, 2021
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Capital/Financing Update
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Borr Drilling Limited - Announces At-The-Market Offering of up to $40 Million
Borr Drilling Limited - Announces At-The-Market Offering of up to $40 Million
Hamilton, Bermuda, July 6, 2021. Borr Drilling Limited (the "Company") (NYSE and
OSE: BORR) announces today that it has established an "at-the-market program"
and entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Clarksons Platou
Securities, Inc., as our sales agent, dated July 6, 2021 under which we may
offer and sell from time to time up to $40 million of our common shares to be
listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
In accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company
may offer and sell its common shares at any time and from time to time through
Clarksons Platou Securities, Inc. as its sales agent. The sales agent may act as
an agent on our behalf or purchase shares of our common shares as a principal.
Sales of our common shares, if any, may be made in ordinary brokers'
transactions through the New York Stock Exchange at market prices or in block
transactions or as otherwise agreed between the Company and Clarksons Platou
Securities, Inc. as sales agent. The securities may be sold at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices or at negotiated prices. No common shares will be offered or sold on Oslo
Stock Exchange.
The Board does not currently anticipate to sell any shares under the ATM program
at this point in time, however the facility has been set up to provide the
Company with flexibility going forward, including as markets improve.
The Company plans to use the proceeds from these sales, if any, for general
corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, payments on our debt
obligations, which may include in the future payments to our creditors in return
for potential concessions or extensions of current facilities, capital
expenditures, including costs in connection with activations and re-activations
of rigs being brought into operations, or funding of our working capital.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy securities, nor will there be any sale of the securities in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction. The common shares will be offered and sold pursuant to the
Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (333-254525) and a related
prospectus and prospectus supplement dated July 6, 2021. Copies of the
prospectus and prospectus supplement relating to the offering may be obtained by
visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or from the offices of the
Company at S. E. Pearman Building, 2nd Floor, 9 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM11
Bermuda, Attention: Investor Relations.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5
-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
About Borr Drilling Limited
Borr Drilling Limited is an international drilling contractor incorporated in
Bermuda in 2016 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange on August 30, 2017 and on
the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2019 under the ticker "BORR". The
Company owns and operates jack-up rigs of modern and high specification designs
and provides services focused on the shallow water segment to the offshore oil
and gas industry worldwide. Please visit our website at: www.borrdrilling.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these forward
-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "anticipate,"
"plan," "as markets improve," or other similar expressions. These forward
-looking statements include statements about plans and relating to our "at-the
-market program" and the statement that the Board of Directors does not
currently anticipate to sell any common shares under the "at-the-market program"
at this point in time, statements relating to use of proceeds from the sales and
other non-historical statements.
The forward-looking statements included in this press release are subject to
significant risks, uncertainties, contingencies and factors that may cause our
actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from
those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements including risks
related to the conduct of the "at-the-market program", including the timing and
amount of any purchases under such program, the use of proceeds and other risks
described in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and other filings with
the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The forward-looking statements made in this press release speak only as of the
date of this press release. Except as required by law, we undertake no
obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
July 6, 2021
The Board of Directors
Borr Drilling Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda
Contact:
Magnus Vaaler: CFO, +47 22483000