Viking Line Abp’s rights offering oversubscribed
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Viking Line Abp STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 23 December 2021 at 10:15 am EET
Viking Line Abp’s rights offering oversubscribed
The preliminary result of Viking Line Abp’s (“Viking Line” or the “Company”) rights offering (the “Offering”), for which the subscription period ended 21 December 2021, indicates that 6,294,153 shares, corresponding to approximately 97.1 percent of the new shares offered (the “Offer Shares”) were subscribed for pursuant to the exercise of subscriptions rights. Additionally, 2,289,917 Offer Shares were subscribed for without subscription rights. Thus, a total of 8,584,070 shares were subscribed for in the Offering, corresponding to approximately 132.5 percent of the Offer Shares, and the Offering is therefore oversubscribed. The subscription price was EUR 8.00 per Offer Share. As a result of the Offering, Viking Line will receive proceeds amounting to approximately EUR 51.8 million before taking into account any transaction costs in relation to the Offering.
Viking Line’s President and CEO Jan Hanses comments: ”We are happy with the confidence shown by our shareholders. The interest has been extensive among the public and our own personnel as well. The result indicates a great interest in our company. With our new climate-smart vessel Viking Glory, which represents a brand-new generation of vessels, we will be strong in the future.”
The final results of the Offering will be published on or about 28 December 2021 after the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the subscriptions made in the Offering. Allotment of Offer Shares will be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Offering. As a result of the Offering, the total number of shares in the Company will increase by 6,480,000 from 10,800,000 to 17,280,000.
The Offer Shares will be registered with the Finnish Trade Register on or about 29 December 2021. The last day of trading in interim shares on Nasdaq Helsinki will be on or about 28 December 2021. Interim shares will be combined with the existing shares of the Company on or about 29 December 2021. Trading in the Offer Shares is expected to commence on Nasdaq Helsinki on or about 30 December 2021.
The Offer Shares will entitle their holders to possible dividend and other distribution of funds, if any, and to other shareholder rights in the Company after they have been registered with the Finnish Trade Register and recorded in the Company’s shareholder register maintained by Euroclear Finland.
Nordea Bank Abp acts as the Sole Global Coordinator and lead manager of the Offering. Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd acts as legal advisor to the Company in connection with the Offering.
Viking Line Abp
Jan Hanses
President and CEO
Important notice
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Nordea Bank Abp (“Nordea”) as Sole Global Coordinator and lead manager is acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the rights issue. Nordea will not regard any other person as their respective client in relation to the rights issue. Nordea will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the duties afforded to its clients, nor for giving advice in relation to the rights issue or any transaction or arrangement referred to herein.
This release includes “forward-looking statements” that are based on present plans, estimates, projections and expectations and are not guarantees of future performance. They are based on certain expectations and assumptions, which, even though they seem to be reasonable at present, may turn out to be incorrect. Shareholders should not rely on these forward-looking statements. Numerous factors may cause the actual results of operations or financial condition of the Company to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. The Company or any of its affiliates, advisors or representatives or any other person undertakes no obligation to review or confirm or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise after the date of this release.
Jan Hanses
President and CEO
jan.hanses@vikingline.com
+358-(0)18-270 00