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HAVILA SHIPPING ASA - SHARE CAPITAL INCREASE REGISTERED
Fosnavåg, 14 December 2012
Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement from Havila Shipping ASA (the "Company", ticker "HAVI") dated 11 December 2012 regarding completion of the private placement of new shares.
The share capital increase pertaining to the private placement in the Company, resolved by the Company's board of directors on 11 December 2012, has been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises.
The new share capital of Havila Shipping ASA is 371,793,037.50 divided by 29,743,443 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 12.50.
The new shares issued in connection with the private placement will be temporarily registered on a separate ISIN NO 001 0668148 until a prospectus has been approved by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority and issued by the Company. The new shares will thus not be listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange or be tradable until the prospectus has been issued. The shares that have been delivered to other investors than Havila AS in the private placement is existing tradable shares borrowed by Havila AS, and all the new shares in the private placement will thus be returned to Havila AS, partly as consideration for the shares Havila AS has subscribed for in the private placement and partly as restoration of borrowed shares.
For further information, please contact:
CEO Njål Sævik (+47) 909 35 722
CFO Arne Johan Dale (+47) 909 87 706
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