PGS ASA: Minutes from Extraordinary General Meeting – Approval of Private Placement and Subsequent Offering
PGS ASA
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PGS ASA
May 27, 2022
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Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements by PGS ASA (“PGS” or the “Company”) on 4 and 5 May 2022 regarding a successfully placed private placement (the "Private Placement") of new shares in the Company, raising gross proceeds of approximately NOK 800 million, a potential subsequent offering (the “Subsequent Offering) of new shares, and the calling for an extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”) in the Company to approve the Private Placement and the Subsequent Offering.
The EGM was today held as a virtual meeting, and all resolutions on the agenda were approved, including the share capital increase pertaining to the Private Placement by issuing 216,216,216 new shares in the Company (the “New Shares”).
The Private Placement consists of one tranche of 74,200,000 New Shares ("Tranche 1") and a second tranche of 142,016,216 New Shares ("Tranche 2"), allocated among applicants on a pro-rata basis based on their overall allocation in the Private Placement (subject to rounding).
As announced on 24 May, 2022, the condition for the Company having obtained commitments for approximately $50 million in new, senior secured debt on terms and conditions acceptable to the Company ahead of the EGM has been met.
It is expected that the share capital increase will be registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises on or about 30 May 2022, and that the Private Placement will be completed by delivery of New Shares against payment (DVP) on or about 31 May 2022. The New Shares allocated to investors in Tranche 1 will be tradable on Oslo Børs following approval by the EGM and registration of the share capital increase pertaining to the Private Placement with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises. The New Shares allocated to investors in Tranche 2 will not be tradable on Oslo Børs until a listing prospectus has been approved by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway and will be issued on a separate ISIN NO0012535840 until such prospectus is published, expected late June 2022 (the "Prospectus").
Following registration of the share capital increase pertaining to New Shares, the issued share capital of the Company is expected to be NOK 1,850,718,840 comprising 616,906,280 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 3.00.
The EGM also approved a share capital increase pertaining the Subsequent Offering of up to 38,155,803 new shares at a subscription price of NOK 3.70 per share for gross proceeds of up to NOK 141,176,471.10, as further announced on 4 May 2022. Completion of the Subsequent Offering is subject to several conditions, as further announced on 4 May 2022, including that the prevailing market price is higher than the subscription price for the new shares and that the Prospectus is approved and published. Subject to such conditions, it is expected that subscription period for any such Subsequent Offering (if made) will commence late June 2022.
Minutes from the EGM are attached to this notice and can be downloaded at the Company’s website www.pgs.com.
Contacts:
Bård Stenberg, VP IR & Corporate Communication
Mobile: +47 99 24 52 35
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PGS and its subsidiaries is a fully integrated marine geophysical company that provides a broad range of seismic and reservoir services, including data acquisition, imaging, interpretation, and field evaluation. Our services are provided to the oil and gas industry, as well as to the broader and emerging new energy industries, including carbon storage and offshore wind. The group operates on a worldwide basis with headquarters in Oslo, Norway and the PGS share is listed on the Oslo stock exchange (OSE: PGS). For more information on PGS visit www.pgs.com.
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This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities of PGS. The distribution of this announcement and other information may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or other measures. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with applicable U.S. state securities laws. The Company does not intend to register any part of the offering or their securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States. Any sale in the United States of the securities mentioned in this announcement will be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State. The expression "Prospectus Regulation" means Regulation 2017/1129 as amended together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State.
This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons in the United Kingdom that are (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order") or (ii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom this announcement may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This communication must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only for relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Persons distributing this communication must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do so.
Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "strategy", "intends", "estimate", "will", "may", "continue", "should" and similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although the Company believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control.
Actual events may differ significantly from any anticipated development due to a number of factors, including without limitation, changes in public sector investment levels, changes in the general economic, political and market conditions in the markets in which the Company operate, the Company’s ability to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel, changes in the Company’s ability to engage in commercially acceptable acquisitions and strategic investments, and changes in laws and regulation and the potential impact of legal proceedings and actions. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this release by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not provide any guarantees that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this announcement are free from errors nor does it accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this announcement or any obligation to update or revise the statements in this announcement to reflect subsequent events. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this document.
The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without notice. The Company does not undertake any obligation to review, update, confirm, or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this announcement.
Neither the Managers nor any of their respective affiliates makes any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this announcement and none of them accepts any responsibility for the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein.
This announcement is for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon in substitution for the exercise of independent judgment. It is not intended as investment advice and under no circumstances is it to be used or considered as an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a recommendation to buy or sell any securities in the Company. Neither the Managers nor any of their respective affiliates accepts any liability arising from the use of this announcement.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
