Prospectus • Oct 27, 2015
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Approval of supplemental prospectus and extension of application period/bookbuilding period
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KID - Approval of supplemental prospectus and
extension of application period/bookbuilding period
Lier, 27 October 2015: Kid ASA (the "Company") has
today published a supplemental prospectus
(the "Supplemental Prospectus") supplementing the
prospectus dated 16 October 2015 (the "Prospectus") in
connection with the initial offering of up to
32,516,129 shares in the Company (the "Offer Shares"
or the "Offering") and the related listing of the
Company's shares on Oslo Børs or alternatively Oslo
Axess (the "Listing"). The Supplemental Prospectus has
been approved by the Financial Supervisory Authority
of Norway. The supplemental information in the
Supplemental Prospectus is to be considered as an
integral part of, and is to be read together with, the
Prospectus, and as part of the basis for any decision
of investment in the Company's shares.
Due to the publication of the supplemental prospectus,
the Company will, in line with current market
regulation, extend the Bookbuilding Period and the
Application Period. As a result of the extension:
(i) the Application Period during which
applications for Offer Shares in the Retail Offering
and the Employee Offering will be accepted will end on
29 October 2015 at 12:00 hours (CET) (unless shortened
or extended).
(ii) the Bookbuilding Period for the Institutional
Offering will end on 29 October 2015 at 14:00 hours
(CET) (unless shortened or extended).
Applicants that have applied for Offer Shares in the
Offering before the publication of this Supplemental
Prospectus have the right to withdraw their
application within two days after the publication of
this Supplemental Prospectus, cf. Section 7-21(2) of
the Norwegian Securities Trading Act (i.e. prior to
12:00 hours (CET) on 29 October 2015). Such withdrawal
is made by contacting ABG Sundal Collier or Arctic
Securities. Investors that have applied for Offer
Shares in the Offering before the publication of this
Supplemental Prospectus and have not utilised the
right to withdraw their application within the two-day
deadline as indicated above, will be regarded as
having accepted the revised terms of the Offering and
hence will not need to submit a new application.
The Supplemental Prospectus will be available at the
following websites: www.abgsc.com and www.arcticsec.no
and hard copies may be obtained free of charge from
the Company or at the offices of ABG Sundal Collier
ASA and Arctic Securities AS at the following
addresses: Munkedamsveien 45D, 0115 Oslo, Norway and
Haakon VII's gt 5, 0123 Oslo, Norway.
The information in this announcement is subject to the
disclosure requirements of the Norwegian Securities
Trading Act section 7-19.
ENQUIRIES
Kjersti Hobøl, CEO Kid, +47 918 35 965
Petter Schouw-Hansen, CFO Kid, +47 482 24 534
ABOUT KID ASA
Kid is the leading and most profitable retailer in the
Norwegian home textile market, typified by products
like duvets, pillows, curtains, bed linens and other
accessories
and decorating items. As of 30 September 2015, Kid
operated a total of 128 wholly-owned stores in Norway,
in addition to an established e-commerce platform. Kid
traces its history back to 1937, and has since the
1950s renewed Norwegian homes by offering attractive
and practical curtains, bed linens and other interior
articles. Kid is among the best known brands within
retail in Norway, with 97% of Norwegian women being
familiar with the Company. Kid has approximately 900
employees with headquarters in new and modern
facilities in Lier, Norway. Kid is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Gjelsten Holding. For more information
visit www.kid.no
ABOUT GJELSTEN HOLDING AS
Gjelsten Holding is an investment company with a goal
of creating sustainable value through active
ownership. The company has investments in real estate,
retail and the industrial sector through portfolio
companies such as Fabritius, Profier, Kid, Sport1
Gruppen, Norsk Avfallshåndtering (NOAH) and
Ultimovacs. Gjelsten Holding was established in 2000
and had in 2014 annual revenues of NOK 2.6 bn and
approximately 1,100 employees. Gjelsten Holding is
wholly owned by Bjørn Rune Gjelsten. For more
information visit www.gjelsten.no
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This announcement is not and does not form a part of
any offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to
purchase, any securities of the Company.
Copies of this announcement are not being made and may
not be distributed or sent into the United States,
Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, Japan or any other
jurisdiction in which such distribution would be
unlawful or would require registration or other
measures.
The securities referred to in this announcement have
not been and will not be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and accordingly may not be offered or sold in
the United States absent registration or an applicable
exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and in accordance with applicable U.S.
state securities laws. The Company does not intend to
register any part of the offering in the United States
or to conduct a public offering of securities in the
United States. Any sale in the United States of the
securities mentioned in this announcement will be made
solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Any offering of the securities referred to in this
announcement will be made by means of the prospectus.
This announcement is 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 this
announcement except on the basis of information
contained in the prospectus.
In any EEA Member State 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
the Prospectus Directive.
This communication is only being distributed to and is
only directed at persons in the United Kingdom that
are (i) 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) high net worth entities, and other persons to
whom this announcement may lawfully be communicated,
falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order
(all such persons together being referred to
as "relevant persons"). This communication must not be
acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant
persons. Any investment or investment activity to
which this communication relates is available only for
relevant persons and will be engaged in only with
relevant persons. Persons distributing this
communication must satisfy themselves that it is
lawful to do so.
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", "inte
nds", "estimate", "will", "may", "continue", "should"
and similar expressions. The forward-looking
statements in this release 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. Actual events may differ significantly from
any anticipated development due to a number of
factors, including without limitation, changes in
public sector investment levels, changes in the
general economic, political and market conditions in
the Norwegian market, the Company's ability to
attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel,
changes in the Company's ability to engage in
commercially acceptable acquisitions and strategic
investments, and changes in laws and regulation and
the potential impact of legal proceedings and actions.
Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other
important factors could cause actual events to differ
materially from the expectations expressed or implied
in this release by such forward-looking statements.
The Company does not guarantee that the assumptions
underlying the forward-looking statements in this
presentation are free from errors nor does it accept
any responsibility for the future accuracy of the
opinions expressed in this presentation or any
obligation to update or revise the statements in this
presentation to reflect subsequent events. You should
not place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements in this document.
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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