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Eidesvik Offshore — Capital/Financing Update 2017
Mar 1, 2017
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Capital/Financing Update
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Summons to bondholders meeting - Proposal for full settlement of Eidesvik Offshore ASA Senior Unsecured Bond Issue 2013/2018 at 60% of par value
Summons to bondholders meeting - Proposal for full settlement of Eidesvik Offshore ASA Senior Unsecured Bond Issue 2013/2018 at 60% of par value
Reference is made to Eidesvik Offshore ASA's (the "Company")
stock exchange notice dated 24 February 2017 regarding the
Company's sale of Viking Poseidon (the "Sale"). Following
the Sale, the Company has negotiated with the holders of the
Company's bonds under the bond issue named "FRN Eidesvik
Offshore ASA Senior Unsecured Bond Issue 2013/2018"
(the "Bond Loan") regarding a full redemption of the Bond
Loan at 60 % of par value. The repayment of the Bond Loan
will be partly financed with the proceeds from the Sale. In
addition, Eidesvik Invest AS has offered to grant the
Company a shareholder loan in the amount of NOK 30 million
for repayment of the Bond Loan, as well as agreeing, on
certain terms, to contribute an amount in the region of NOK
100 million in new equity if the Company obtains
satisfactory terms in connection with a refinancing of the
Company's bank debt.
The Company has received irrevocable voting undertakings
from holders of 67.6 % of the bonds in the Bond Loan in
favour of the proposal.
Under the proposal to the holders of the Bond Loan, the
Company will have the right and obligation to settle the
Bond Loan in full by paying 60 % of the Bond Loan's par
value within the earlier of (i) five business days after
completion of the Sale and (ii) 31 March 2017; however in
each case subject to (a) the bondholders' meeting's
acceptance of the proposal and (b) the Company having
received the sales proceeds in full from the Sale within
three business days prior to the applicable back stop date
31 March 2017.
For further information, please see the attached summons to
the bondholders' meeting.
Contact: CEO Jan Fredrik Meling (TEL +47 916 75 119)
This announcement is subject to disclosure in accordance
with the Norwegian Securities Trading Act section 5-12.