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Webstep — Director's Dealing 2017
Oct 9, 2017
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Director's Dealing
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Webstep - Allocation to primary insiders in the IPO
Webstep - Allocation to primary insiders in the IPO
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Oslo, 10 October 2017: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement
published earlier today, in which Webstep ASA ("Webstep", the "Company", ticker
WSTEP) announced the successful completion of the bookbuilding period for its
initial public offering (the "IPO" or the "Offering").
The following primary insiders of Webstep have sold and been allocated shares in
accordance with the terms set out in the prospectus dated 25 September 2017:
Reiten & Co Capital Partners VII LP, represented by its general partner Reiten &
Co Capital Partners VII GP Ltd, will sell 6,455,176 shares in the Offering, and
after completion hold 5,281,508 shares in the Company corresponding to
approximately 20% of the share capital (based on the share capital of the
Company after the issuance of the new shares and prior to any exercise of the
greenshoe option)
Klaus-Anders Nysteen (Chair of the Board), through his closely related party
Nysteen Invest AS, has been allocated 20,408 shares in the Company at a price of
NOK 24.50 per share, which will be his holding of shares following completion of
the Offering.
Kjetil Eriksen (Chief Executive Officer), through his closely related party
Colina Invest AS, will sell 451,811 shares in the Offering, and after completion
own 839,080 shares in the Company. Kjetil Eriksen has also been allocated 4,977
shares in the Offering at an average price of NOK 19.49 per share. After
completion of the Offering, he will personally and through his wholly owned
company Colina Invest AS own 844,057 shares in total.
Anders Håvik Løken (Chief Financial Officer), through his closely related party
Canacas AS, will sell 60,189 shares in the Offering, and after completion own
111,779 shares in the Company. Anders Håvik Løken has also been allocated 4,977
shares in the Offering at an average price of NOK 19.49 per share. After
completion of the Offering, he will personally and through his wholly owned
company Canacas AS own 116,756 shares in total.
Arnt Roger Aasen (Director - Communication), through his closely related party
Aravi AS, will sell 144,155 shares in the Offering, and after completion own
267,718 shares in the Company. Arnt Roger Aasen has also been allocated 4,977
shares in the Offering at an average price of NOK 19.49 per share. After
completion of the Offering, he will personally and through his wholly owned
company Aravi AS own 272,695 shares in total.
Marianne Styrman (Director - Internet of Things), has been allocated 17,221
shares in the Company at an average price of NOK 23.05 per share, which will be
her holding of shares following completion of the Offering.
Carl Olof Jakob Cardell (Managing Director Sweden), has been allocated 24,000
shares in the Company at a price of NOK 24.50 per share, which will be his
holding of shares following completion of the Offering.
Anders Bjørnestad (observer to the Board), through his closely related party
Compiler Invest AS, will sell 19,000 shares in the Offering, and after
completion hold 20,000 shares in the Company. Anders Bjørnestad has also been
allocated 2,488 shares in the Offering at an average price of NOK 18.88 per
share. After completion of the Offering, he will personally and through his
wholly owned company Compiler Invest AS own 22,488 shares in total.
Ole Jørgen Kirkeluten (observer to the Board) will sell 21,450 shares in the
Offering. Ole Jørgen Kirkeluten has also been allocated 1,991 shares in the
Offering at an average price of NOK 18.58 per share. After completion of the
Offering he will own 19,541 shares in total.
Eyjolfur Thorarinsson (Board member of Webstep AB) has been allocated 4,081
shares in the Offering at a price of NOK 24.50 per share. After completion of
the Offering, he will own 55,106 shares in total.
Save Asmervik (Director), through his closely related party Saveas AS, will sell
7,000 shares in the Offering, and after completion hold 13,000 shares in the
Company. Save Asmervik has also been allocated 4,977 shares in the Offering at
an average price of NOK 19.49 per share. After completion of the Offering, he
will personally and through his wholly owned company Saveas AS own 17,977 shares
in total.
Joar Krohn (Director) has been allocated 4,977 shares in the Offering at an
average price of NOK 19.49 per share. After completion of the Offering, he will
personally and through his wholly owned company Saveas AS own 96,137 shares in
total.
Øyvind Thoresen (Director), through his closely related party Pricia AS, will
sell 145,500 shares in the Offering, and after completion hold 270,320 shares in
the Company. Øyvind Thoresen has also been allocated 4,977 shares in the
Offering at an average price of NOK 19.49 per share. After completion of the
Offering, he will personally and through his wholly owned company Pricia AS own
275,297 shares in total.
Terje Orvedal (Director), through his closely related party Illari AS, will sell
208,528 shares in the Offering, and after completion hold 387,268 shares in the
Company.
Kjell Ljøstad (Director), through his closely related party Cyclops AS will sell
106,228 shares in the Offering, and after completion hold 197,281 shares in the
Company.
Geir Jåthun Hindenes (Director), through his closely related party Gjh Invest
AS, will sell 99,792 shares in the Offering, and after completion hold 185,328
shares in the Company.
Hans Sigvart Hansen (Director), through his closely related party Proprium
Invest AS, will sell 53,922 shares in the Offering, and after completion hold
100,142 shares in the Company.
All shares sold by the primary insiders in the Offering were sold at the offer
price in the Offering of NOK 24.50 per share.
Arctic Securities AS, SpareBank 1 Markets AS and SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA are
acting as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners in the Offering.
Enquiries
Kjetil Eriksen, CEO Webstep, +47 982 98 008
Anders Løken, CFO Webstep, +47 977 69 200
About Webstep ASA
Webstep ASA and its subsidiaries form the Webstep Group, a high-end provider of
IT consultancy services in Norway and Sweden. Since its incorporation in 2000,
the Webstep Group has offered IT services designed to address its customers'
software needs by creating functional custom-made digital tools and applications
optimizing the customers' business strategies. Webstep aims to be at the
forefront of the technological development and to assist its customers in their
digitalisation through the offering of cutting-edge IT expertise. The Webstep
Group's core digitalisation offering consists of digitisation, cloud
implementation, migration and integration, in addition to its other core focus
areas Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and analytics. An important
part of the Webstep Group's strategy is to employ and offer only senior IT
consultants with significant experience. As of 30 June 2017, the Webstep Group
employed 393 employees, of which 350 were IT consultants. For more information
visit www.webstep.com (http://www.webstep.no)
Important Notice
This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer for or invitation
to sell or issue, or any solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for
any shares or any other securities nor shall it (or any part of it) or the fact
of its distribution, from the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with,
any contract therefor.
Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be published,
distributed, transmitted or sent, directly or indirectly, in or into the United
States, Australia, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's
Republic of China, Canada, Japan, South Africa 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"), or any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United
States 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.
This announcement is an advertisement and 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").
In any EEA Member State other than Norway 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 Article 2(1)
(e) of the Prospectus Directive ("Qualified Investors"), i.e., only to investors
to whom an offer of securities may be made without the requirement for the
Company to publish a Prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus
Directive in such EEA Member State.
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.
This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning the IPO. The
price and value of securities and any income from them can go down as well as
up. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Information in this
announcement or any of the documents relating to the IPO cannot be relied upon
as a guide to future performance.