Press release
Temporary deferral of Senior Secured Notes due 1 August 2012
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES
From the Board of Directors of Nobina AB:
Reference is made to the note exchange offer launched on 2 July 2012 and subsequent press releases dated 6 and 13 July 2012. Nobina has received support for the exchange offer from holders representing more than 80% of the notes outstanding. The minimum acceptance level for the exchange was 98% and the acceptance period has now expired, although only one significant noteholder has not accepted, that noteholder preferring a different approach to the refinancing. Nobina and its advisors have been in contact with the holders of more than 99.5% of the notes outstanding and of these holders almost all have confirmed their willingness to participate in a refinancing of the notes and discussions on the terms of this are on-going. In order to provide the necessary time to settle the terms of a refinancing, Nobina will seek a temporary deferral of the notes. The details of the temporary deferral are soon to be finalized and will be released to noteholders once completed. Through its advisors Nobina has obtained support in principle from 99% of noteholders for a temporary deferral.
Swedbank First Securities and Handelsbanken Capital Markets have been retained as Nobina AB's financial advisors.
For questions regarding the bond exchange proposal, please contact Swedbank First Securities as Coordinator:
Einar U. Johansen, Swedbank First Securities, einar.johansen@swedbank.no /+47 2323 8061
Anders Håkonsen, Swedbank First Securities, anders.hakonsen@swedbank.no /+47 2323 8272
For any other questions, please contact:
Per Skärgård, CFO Nobina AB, per.skargard@nobina.com /+46 (8) 410 65 056
Ingrid Håkanson, IR-manager Nobina AB, ingrid.hakanson@nobina.com /+46 (8) 410 650 51
The Nobina Group is the largest bus passenger transport company in the Nordic region. The operations include contractual regional traffic in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland as well as independently operated interregional traffic through Swebus. The Nobina group has annual sales close to SEK 7 billion, operates 3,500 buses and, with more than 260 million passenger journeys per year, is one of the major passenger transport companies in northern Europe. For more information, please visit www.nobina.com.
The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States. These materials do not contain or constitute an offer of securities for sale, or the solicitation of an offer to purchase securities, in the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Issuer has not registered and does not intend to register any portion of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of any securities in the United States.
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