NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, INAUSTRALIA ,CANADA ,JAPAN ,HONG KONG ORTHE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN.Oslo ,5 January 2023 : Reference is made to the stock exchange notices fromStatt Torsk ASA ("Statt Torsk " or the "Company") in relation to a potential subsequent offering (the "Subsequent Offering") of up to 5,882,352 new shares (the "Offer Shares ") at a subscription price ofNOK 1.70 per new share (the "Offer Price "), being identical to the subscription price in the private placement completed on8 December 2022 , raising gross proceeds of up toNOK 10 million . The subscription period expired on4 January 2023 , at 16:30 (CET). By the end of the subscription period, the Company has received valid subscriptions for 1,876,507Offer Shares in the Subsequent Offering. All the subscribers will receive the full number of shares subscribed for, raising gross proceeds of approximatelyNOK 3,190,062 . The board of directors of Company has today, pursuant to an authorization granted by the Company's extraordinary general meeting held on20 December 2021 , resolved to issue 1,876,507 new shares at the Offer Price. Subject to timely payment for the Offer Shares, the Offer Shares is expected to be delivered to the subscribers VPS accounts on or about13 January 2023 . Notifications of allocatedOffer Shares and the corresponding amount to be paid by investors are expected to be communicated to investors on or about5 January 2023 , with payment date on10 January 2023 . Investors who have access to investor services through their VPS account manager should be able to see how manyOffer Shares they have been allocated from on or around5 January 2023 . The Manager may also be contacted for information regarding allocation, payment, and delivery of the shares in the Subsequent Offering. Following the issue of the new shares, the Company will have a share capital ofNOK 21,216,910.50 divided into 212,169,105 shares, each with a nominal value ofNOK 0.10 .SpareBank 1 Markets AS is acting as Sole Bookrunner in connection with the Private Placement. Ro Sommernes is acting as legal advisor to the Company andAdvokatfirmaet Wiersholm AS is acting as legal advisor to the Manager. This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. Thisstock exchange notice was published by Bjug Borgund, CFO of the Company, on5 January 2023 at15:15 CET . For more information; statt.no or contact:Gustave Brun-Lie , CEO, gbl@statt.no Bjug Borgund, CFO, bb@statt.no AboutStatt Torsk ASA Statt Torsk ASA is listed on Euronext Growth with ticker STATT and with operations in Stad municipality. The company produces and sells farmedAtlantic cod. In 2016-2021, the company carried out three pilot productions to clarify whether commercial production was possible. The company is now in commercial production with currently two sites in Vanylvsfjorden. 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 any 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 theU.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and accordingly may not be offered or sold inthe United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with applicableU.S. state securities laws. The Company does not intend to register any part of the offering inthe United States or to conduct a public offering of securities inthe United States . Any sale inthe 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. In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State. The expression "Prospectus Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as amended (together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State. This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons in theUnited 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", "intends", "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 believe 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 their 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 markets in which the Company operates, 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 make any guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this announcement are free from errors nor does it accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this announcement or any obligation to update or revise the statements in this announcement to reflect subsequent events. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this announcement. 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. Neither the Manager, the Company, nor any of their affiliates, makes any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this announcement and none of them accepts any responsibility for the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. This announcement is for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon in substitution for the exercise of independent judgment. It is not intended as investment advice and under no circumstances is it to be used or considered as an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a recommendation to buy or sell any securities of the Company. Neither the Manager nor any of their affiliates accepts any liability arising from the use of this announcement. The distribution of this announcement and other information may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
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