Transaction in Own Shares • Jun 22, 2016
Transaction in Own Shares
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Multiconsult ASA enters into conditional share sale agreement with Stiftelsen Multiconsult
On 22 June 2016, Multiconsult ASA (the "Company") entered into a conditional
share sale agreement with its shareholder Stiftelsen Multiconsult (the "Selling
Shareholder") for the sale of up to 550,000 shares in the Company (the "Maximum
Shares") from the Selling Shareholder to the Company in connection with the
implementation of the contemplated employee share purchase programme by the
Company.
The offer price under the agreement will be based on the same offer price
offered in the employee share purchase programme, which will be determined on
the basis of the volume weighted average trading price of the Company's shares
in the one week period immediately preceding the launch of the application
period under the programme, however in no event below NOK 90.0 per share (the
"Offer Price"). The agreement constitutes a related party agreement in
accordance with section 3.3 of the Oslo Stock Exchange continuing obligations.
The Agreement is subject to a long stop date of 15 December 2016.
Subject to completion of the Agreement and assuming that the Maximum Shares are
sold under the Agreement, the Company will acquire 550,000 existing shares in
the Company at the Offer Price, equal to 2% of the issued capital of the Company
for onwards sale to eligible employees who have been allocated shares in the
Company under the employee share purchase programme. Following completion of the
transaction, but prior to transfer of the shares to employees under the
programme, the Company will hold 550,000 own shares, equal to 2% of the issued
share capital of the Company.
Subject to completion of the Agreement and assuming that the Maximum Shares are
sold under the Agreement, the Selling Shareholder will have sold 550,000
existing shares in the Company to the Company at the Offer Price, equal to 2% of
the issued capital of the Company. Following completion of the transaction, the
Selling Shareholder holds 4 827 958 shares and 4 827 958 votes in the Company,
equal to 18.4% of the issued share capital and 18.4% of the total number of
votes in the Company.
A separate announcement will be made upon completion of the Transaction where
the Offer Price and the final number of sale shares will be disclosed.
This announcement is subject to the disclosure obligation under section 5-12 of
the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
For further information, please contact:
Investor relations:
Mirza Koristovic, Head of Investor Relations
Phone: +47 93 87 05 25
E-mail: [email protected]
Media:
Gaute Christensen, VP Communications
Phone: +47 911 70 188
E-mail: [email protected]
ABOUT MULTICONSULT ASA
Multiconsult is a leading Norwegian multidisciplinary engineering consulting
company, with more than 2 100 employees and 45 offices in Norway and abroad. The
Company focuses on seven market areas: Buildings & Properties, Transport &
Infrastructure, Energy, Oil & Gas, Industry, Environment & Natural resources and
Architecture. The Company has an operating history that spans more than a
century, with the inception of Norsk Vandbygningskontor in 1908. In 2015
Multiconsult completed more than 9 000 projects for approx. 4 000 different
customers.
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