TransAtlantic completes rights issue
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The final statement of outcome in the new share issue in Rederi AB TransAtlantic (“TransAtlantic” or “the Company”) with preferential rights for the Company’s shareholders shows that 36,543,868 shares, corresponding to approximately 99 percent of the offered shares were subscribed for by exercise of subscription rights. In addition, 410,569 shares have been allocated to persons who have subscribed for shares on the basis of subsidiary preferential rights. In total, 2,410,818 A-shares and 37,706,339 B-shares have been subscribed for by exercise of subscription rights or subsidiary preferential rights, equivalent to approximately 99.5 percent and 109.2 percent of the offered A-shares and B-shares respectively, in total 99.96 percent of the offered shares. The remaining 13,129 shares, corresponding to 0.04 percent of the offered shares were assigned to Kistefos AS (through the wholly owned subsidiary Viking Invest AS) acting as guarantor.
The allotment of shares that were subscribed for without subscription rights has been made in accordance with the principles outlined in the prospectus that was prepared in conjunction with the rights issue and published on 8 November 2013. Notification regarding the allotment of shares that have been subscribed for with subsidiary preferential rights will shortly be sent to those who have been allotted shares.
Through the rights issue, TransAtlantic will receive approximately SEK 148 million before deduction of transaction costs. The share capital will increase by SEK 36,967,566 from SEK 110,902,700 to SEK 147,870,266, and the number of shares will increase by 2,423,947 A-shares and 34,543,619 B-shares, from 110,902,700 shares to 147,870,266 shares when the rights issue has been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office.
The new shares subscribed for with subscription rights are expected to be registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office ("SCRO") on 6 December 2013 and the B-shares will start trading on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm on 9 December 2013. The new shares subscribed for on the basis of subsidiary preferential rights are expected to be registered with SCRO on 13 December 2013 and the B-shares to start trading on 16 December 2013. The A-share will not be traded on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.
Financial and legal advisors
Swedbank Corporate Finance is acting as financial advisors and Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå is acting as legal advisor to TransAtlantic in conjunction with the rights issue.
For further information, please contact
Tomas Bergendahl, Chief Financial Officer, phone: +46 (0)31-763 2378, IR@rabt.se
Important information
The information on the rights issue in this press release is not an offer for subscription for shares in TransAtlantic. A prospectus relating to the rights issue referred to in this press release and the subsequent listing of the shares at NASDAQ OMX Stockholm has been prepared and filed with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and is available on inter alia TransAtlantic’s website.
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No subscription rights, BTAs (interim shares) or new shares will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) or securities legislation in any other state or other jurisdiction in the United States and may not be offered, subscribed, sold or transferred, directly or indirectly within the United States, other than pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with securities laws in relevant state or other jurisdiction in the United States.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements which reflect TransAtlantic’s current view on future events and financial and operational development. Words such as “intend”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “may”, “believe”, “plan”, “estimate” and other expressions which imply indications or predictions of future development or trends, and which are not based on historical facts, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements inherently involve both known and unknown risks and uncertainties because they depend on future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements do not guarantee future results or development and the real outcome could differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
Rederi AB TransAtlantic is a leading Swedish shipping company with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden and additional offices in Europe. The company is organized into two business areas: Industrial Shipping and Viking Supply Ships. The company has about 900 employees and the turnover in 2012 was MSEK 3,274. The Industrial Shipping business area consists of three divisions: Container, RoRo and Bulk. The company’s B-shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Small Cap segment. www.rabt.se
TransAtlantic is obliged to make this information public according to the Financial Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act (Sw: lagen om värdepappersmarknaden and lagen om handel med finansiella instrument). The information was submitted for publication on 3 December 2013 at 02.00 p.m (CET).