March 28, 2014
NORDIC SHIPHOLDING A/S
Company announcement no. 6/2014
NORDIC SHIPHOLDING A/S PUBLISHES PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH ADMISSION TO TRADING AND OFFICIAL LISTING OF SHARES
Today, Nordic Shipholding A/S (“Nordic Shipholding” or the “Company”) publishes a listing prospectus (the “Listing Prospectus”) prepared in connection with the admission to trading and official listing on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S of 367,211,706 shares with a nominal value of DKK 0.10 (the “Listing Shares”).
The Listing Shares were issued to Nordic Maritime S.á r.l. and the Company’s lending banks on 19 December 2013 in connection with completion of the restructuring agreement entered into between the Company, Nordic Maritime S.á r.l. and the Company’s lending banks on 22 November 2013. Reference is made to announcement no. 9/2013 dated 22 November 2013 and announcement no. 15/2013 dated 19 December 2013.
The Listing Shares were issued under the temporary ISIN code DK0060535052. The Listing Shares will be admitted to trading and official listing on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S on 31 March 2014 under the permanent ISIN code DK0060083996.
No new shares are being issued or offered in connection with publication of the Listing Prospectus.
The Listing Prospectus has been prepared in an English version and includes a Danish summary.
The Listing Prospectus has been prepared in accordance with the proportionate disclosure regime for small and medium-sized enterprises and companies with reduced market capitalization as set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 486/2012 of 30 March 2012.
The Listing Prospectus is available with some restrictions via the Company’s website www.nordicshipholding.com.
For further information, please contact:
Knud Pontoppidan, Chairman of the Board, Nordic Shipholding A/S: +45 40 58 36 40.
Not for release, publication or distribution in Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of Nordic Shipholding A/S (the “Securities”) in Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States or in any other jurisdiction. No Securities are issued in connection with publication of the Listing Prospectus. The Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The issuer of the Securities has not registered, and does not intend to register, any portion of the Listing in the United States or in any jurisdiction outside Denmark, and does not intend to conduct a public offering of the Securities in the United States or in any jurisdiction outside Denmark.
The Listing Prospectus may contain forward-looking statements. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements because they relate to and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and actual results may differ materially to those in forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our business, financial condition, strategy, results of operations, financing and other plans, objectives, assumptions, expectations, prospects, beliefs and other future events and prospects. We undertake no obligation, and do not intend, to publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements, whether to reflect new information or future events or circumstances or otherwise.