OFFER DOCUMENT REGARDING ETIB HOLDING II AB’S PUBLIC OFFER TO THE SHAREHOLDERS AND HOLDERS OF CONVERTIBLE NOTES IN NORDIC SERVICE PARTNERS HOLDING AB
The Offer is not being made, and this press release may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into, nor will any tender of shares or convertible notes be accepted from or on behalf of holders in, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States of America, or any other jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer, the distribution of this press release or the acceptance of any tender of shares or convertible notes would contravene applicable laws or regulations or require further offer documents, filings or other actions in addition to those required under Swedish law.
Press release
4 March 2016
Etib Holding II AB[1] (“Etib Holding”), indirectly jointly owned by Beckett SEC Ltd[2] (“Beckett SEC”) and Amcon Invest ApS[3] (“Amcon”), on 29 February 2016 announced a recommended public cash offer (the “Offer”) to the shareholders and holders of convertible notes in Nordic Service Partners Holding AB (publ) (“NSP” or the “Company”) to acquire all outstanding A- and B-shares in NSP, as well as all convertible notes issued by the Company, at a price of SEK 21 per share, regardless of share class, and SEK 21 per convertible note plus any interest accrued on the convertible note up to and including the settlement date of the Offer.
The offer document relating to the Offer has today been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen).
The offer document, in Swedish, and the acceptance form are available on Etib Holding’s website (www.etib.se) and on Pareto Securities’ website (www.paretosec.com). A copy of the offer document and a pre-printed acceptance form will be sent to all direct-registered shareholders of Etib Holding as of 2 March 2016. The offer document and the acceptance form can also be obtained from Pareto Securities at the following telephone number: +46 8 402 51 40.
The acceptance period for the Offer will commence on 7 March 2016 and end on 4 April 2016. Settlement is expected to commence on 13 April 2016. Etib Holding reserves the right to extend the acceptance period, as well as to postpone the settlement date, for the Offer.
For additional information, please contact:
For more information about the offer, please see: www.etib.se
For enquiries, please contact:
Anders Fogel
Telephone: +46 722 044 750
Email: anders.fogel@fogelpartners.se
This information was submitted for publication on 4 March 2016 at 11.00 (CET)
Important information
The Offer is not being made to persons whose participation in the Offer requires that any additional offer document is prepared or registration effected or that any other measures are taken in addition to those required under Swedish law. This press release and any documentation relating to the Offer are not being distributed and must not be mailed or otherwise distributed or sent in or into any country in which the distribution or offering would require any such additional measures to be taken or would be in conflict with any law or regulation in such country – any such action will not be permitted or sanctioned by Etib Holding. Any purported acceptance of the Offer resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of these restrictions may be disregarded.
The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States of America by use of mail or any other means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone and the Internet) of interstate or foreign commerce, or of any facility of national security exchange, of Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States of America, and the Offer cannot be accepted by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility of, or from within, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States of America. Accordingly, this press release and any documentation relating to the Offer are not being and should not be mailed or otherwise distributed, forwarded or sent into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States of America. Etib Holding will not deliver any consideration from the Offer into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States of America.
Statements in this press release relating to future status or circumstances, including statements regarding future performance, growth and other trend projections and the other benefits of the Offer, are forward-looking statements. These statements may generally, but not always, be identified by the use of words such as “anticipates”, “intends”, “expects”, “believes”, or similar expressions. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements due to many factors, many of which are outside the control of Etib Holding and NSP.
[1] A newly established company under name change from Goldcup 12485 AB.
[2] A shelf company to be jointly owned by the partners of Ventiga Capital Partners LLP and LGT funds, inter alia, Crown Co-investment Opportunities plc, managed by LGT Capital Partners Ltd.
[3] A newly established company indirectly wholly-owned by Jeppe Droob, a member of NSP’s board of directors.