Company ) has retained Arctic Securities AS and Pareto Securities AS (together, the
Managers ) as Joint Lead Managers and Bookrunners, to advise on and effect a private placement of up to 20 million new shares (the
Offer Shares ) (the
Private Placement ).
The net proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to fund the cash element of two new Japanese bareboat leases recently announced and for general corporate purposes.
Certain existing shareholders and new investors have collectively pre-committed to subscribe: Peter Frølich, Chairman: 25,000 Offer Shares, Frode Teigen, Board member: 5 million Offer Shares, Carl Erik Steen, Board member: 100 000 Offer Shares, Ellen and Jakob Hatteland: 2.5 million Offer Shares, and CEO Lars Christian Skarsgård: 50,000 Offer Shares.
Aker ASA: Aker Horizons - Private Placement and convertible bond issue successfully placed
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OSLO, Norway, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement by Aker ASA on 27 January 2021 regarding Aker Horizon AS ( Aker Horizons or the Company ) contemplated (i) private placement of new shares in the Company raising up to approximately NOK 4,150 million in gross proceeds (the Private Placement ) and (ii) a convertible bond issue of NOK 1,500 million (the Convertible Bond Issue ). The Company is pleased to announce that the Private Placement and the Convertible Bond Issue have been successfully placed.
AKER ASA: Aker Horizons - Contemplated private placement and convertible bond issue
OSLO, Norway, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Reference is made to the previous stock exchange announcement made by Aker ASA ( Aker ) on 19 January 2021 regarding the acquisition of Mainstream Renewable Power (the Acquisition ), a private placement (the Private Placement ) and a listing on Euronext Growth Oslo (the Listing , and together with the Private Placement, the IPO ) of Aker Horizons with a plan for a subsequent transfer of the listing to the Oslo Stock Exchange within 12 months.
Aker Horizons AS ( Aker Horizons or the Company ), the newly established parent company of the Aker Horizons group, contemplates a private placement of new shares in the Company (the Private Placement) to raise gross proceeds of up to approximately NOK 4,150 million and (ii) a convertible bond issue of NOK 1,500 million (the Convertible Bond Issue ). Aker will through its wholly-owned subsidiary Aker Capital AS