NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS STOCK EXCHANGE
NOTICE.
Oslo, 22 May 2012: Selvaag Bolig ASA ("Selvaag Bolig" or the "Company", ticker "SBO")
Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement, dated 22 May 2012, regarding Selvaag Bolig's initial public offering (the "Offering") and the transaction details of the Offering.
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway has now approved the prospectus prepared in connection with the Offering and the listing of Selvaag Bolig's shares on Oslo Børs (the "Prospectus").
The Prospectus will from the commencement of the book-building period and the application period for the Offering (on 23 May 2012 at 09:00 hours (CET)) be available at www.selvaagbolig.no, www.abgsc.com, www.dnb.no/emisjoner and www.paretosec.no. A printed copy of the prospectus can also from the same date be obtained free of charge at the offices of Selvaag Bolig at Lørenvangen 22, NO-0580 Oslo, Norway, or by contacting one of the Managers.
ABG Sundal Collier, DNB Markets and Pareto Securities are acting as Joint Lead Managers for the Offering. ABG Sundal Collier and DNB Markets are acting as Joint Bookrunners for the Offering. ABG Sundal Collier, DNB Markets and Pareto Securities will jointly recommend the allocation of Offer Shares in the Offering.
For further information, please contact:
Baard Schumann, CEO Selvaag Bolig
Phone: +47 940 80 000, e-mail: bas@selvaagbolig.no
or
Haavard Rønning, CFO Selvaag Bolig
Phone: +47 400 20 019, e-mail: hroe@selvaagbolig.no
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About Selvaag Bolig:
Selvaag Bolig ASA is a residential developer that provides different housing concepts to suit aspirations of different households in and around main cities in Norway and over time in selected cities in Scandinavia. The Company's prime focus is the Greater Oslo area, Stavanger, Bergen and Stockholm; areas with large and growing populations. The Company acquires and develops new residential land plots, and controls the entire value chain from acquisition of the land plots to the sale and delivery of the residential units. The Company targets a delivery of 1,500 residential units per year, and has a land portfolio on which it can develop approximately 9,000 residential units. Selvaag Bolig targets broad customer groups through the residential living concepts Selvaag Start, Selvaag Hjem and Selvaag Pluss. The Company is headquartered at Løren in Oslo.
Important Notice
The contents of this announcement have been prepared by, and are the sole responsibility of, the Company. The Company's financial advisors are acting exclusively for the Company and no one else, and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, or for advice in relation to the contemplated Offering, the contents of this announcement or any of the matters referred to herein. The Offering and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the Offering may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. The Company assumes no responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such restrictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. This announcement may not be used for, or in connection with, and does not constitute, any offer of securities for sale in the United States or in any other jurisdiction.
The Offering will not be made in any jurisdiction or in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful. This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly in or into any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make any such offer or solicitation to such person or where prior registration or approval is required for that purpose. No steps have been taken or will be taken relating to the Offering in any jurisdiction outside of Norway
in which such steps would be required. Neither the publication and/or delivery of this announcement shall under any circumstances imply that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company or that the information contained herein is correct as of any date subsequent to the earlier of the date hereof and any earlier specified date with respect to such information.
This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia). This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. The Offer Shares to be issued in the Offering have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account of, U.S. persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act), except pursuant to an effective registration statement under, or an exemption from the registration requirements of, the US Securities Act. All offers and sales outside the United States will be made in reliance on Regulation S under the US Securities Act. There will be no public offer of securities in the United States.
This announcement does not constitute an offering circular or prospectus in connection with an offering of securities of the Company. Investors must neither accept any offer for, nor acquire, any securities to which this document refers, unless they do so on the basis of the information contained in the Prospectus to be distributed and made available by the Company only to qualified persons in certain jurisdictions where an offer may be made (if an offer is made). This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities and cannot be relied on for any investment contract or decision.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.