SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA : Overtegnet fortrinnsrettsemisjon i SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA
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Tegningsperioden i fortrinnsrettsemisjonen og ansatteemisjonen i SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ble avsluttet fredag 1. juni 2012. Det foreløpige tegningsresultatet i fortrinnsrettsemisjonen viser at det er tegnet om lag 70,9 millioner nye aksjer, noe som utgjør over 1,9 milliarder kroner. Emisjonsbeløpet er som tidligere annonsert 1,5 milliarder kroner, tilsvarende totalt 55.555.555 nye aksjer. Foreløpig tegningsresultat viser en overtegning på om lag 28%.
- Jeg er godt fornøyd med den interesse som er vist for kapitalutvidelsen, spesielt sett i lys av den urolige perioden finansmarkedet nå er inne i. SpareBank 1 SR-Bank fremstår som et attraktivt selskap å investere i, noe som betyr mye for vår videre satsing, sier administrerende direktør Arne Austreid i SpareBank 1 SR-Bank.
Foreløpig opptelling av ansatteemisjonen viser at det er tegnet 705.858 nye aksjer fordelt på 260 ansatte. Samlet tegningsbeløp i ansatteemisjonen utgjør om lag 19 millioner kroner.
Endelig tildeling av aksjer, tilbudt i fortrinnsrettsemisjonen og ansatteemisjonen, vil bli vedtatt av administrerende direktør og styrets leder torsdag 7. juni 2012. Tildelingen vil gjennomføres i samsvar med tildelingskriteriene inntatt i prospektet datert 9. mai 2012. Endelig tegningsresultat vil bli offentliggjort i melding via Oslo Børs 7. juni 2012. Samme dag vil det i tillegg gå ut brev om tildeling av nye aksjer og det korresponderende tegningsbeløpet som skal betales av hver enkelt tegner.
Stavanger, 4. juni 2012
Kontaktpersoner;
Inge Reinertsen, konserndirektør økonomi og finans, tlf. 909 95033
Vidar Torsøe, direktør IR, tlf. 970 80 656
Thor-Christian Haugland, konserndirektør kommunikasjon, tlf. 480 31 633
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