SRH Investco AS - Preliminary result of the voluntary offer for shares in Saferoad Holding ASA
Oslo, 14 June 2018: Reference is made to the stock exchange notices published on 24 May 2018 regarding the voluntary cash offer to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Saferoad Holding ASA ("Saferoad") for NOK 30.10 per share (the "Offer ") made by SRH Investco AS ("SRH Investco"), a company indirectly controlled by FSN Capital V (see footnote 1), and the offer document dated 24 May 2018 prepared in connection with the Offer (the "Offer Document").
Upon expiry of the offer period today at 16:30 (CET), SRH Investco had received acceptances under the Offer for 43,905,128 shares, representing approximately 65.9% of the total shares in Saferoad on a fully diluted basis. This number includes the 22,922,195 shares tendered by the shareholders that have provided pre-acceptances to accept the Offer. In addition SRH Investco will, subject to completion of the Offer, acquire the 19,480,645 shares under the conditional purchase agreement entered into with Cidron Triangle S.à r.l. In total, upon and subject to completion of the Offer, SRH Investco will acquire 63,385,773 shares in Saferoad representing approximately 95.1% of the total shares in Saferoad on a fully diluted basis.
SRH Investco does not own any shares in Saferoad as of today. The calculation of the number of shares tendered in the Offer is preliminary and remains subject to potential adjustments through a verification process currently being undertaken by the receiving agent for the Offer, Carnegie AS. The final result of the Offer will be announced once confirmed by the receiving agent. The completion of the Offer remains subject to satisfaction or waiver of the remaining closing conditions, including receiving any regulatory approval and/or clearance which are necessary for the completion of the Offer, as further described in the Offer document.
SRH Investco will issue a notification through the Oslo Stock Exchange as soon as the remaining conditions to the Offer has been met, waived or failed to be met.
Carnegie AS is engaged as financial advisor and receiving agent and Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS is acting as legal advisor to SRH Investco in connection with the Offer.
For questions regarding the Offer, please contact the receiving agent:
Carnegie AS Tel: +47 22 00 93 60
Email: accept@carnegie.no
1) FSN Capital GP V Limited acting in its capacity as general partner for and on behalf of each of FSN Capital V L.P., FSN Capital V (B) L.P. and FSN Capital V Invest L.P.