Marine Harvest announces the pricing for its EUR 340 million convertible bond offering due 2020
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Marine Harvest - Convertible Bond
29 October 2015
Marine Harvest announces the pricing for its EUR 340 million convertible bond
offering due 2020
Marine Harvest ASA ("Marine Harvest" or the "Company") announces today that it
has successfully priced a EUR 340 million offering of convertible bonds (the
"Bonds") with a five-year tenor.
The senior unsecured Bonds are convertible into common shares of the Company.
The Bonds have an annual coupon of 0.125% payable semi-annually in arrear and a
conversion premium of 35% over the Reference Price.
The Reference Price was set at EUR 12.0650 (based on the volume weighted average
price of the Company's common shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange between launch
and pricing of NOK 113.2190 and a Fixed Exchange Rate of NOK 9.3841 per EUR
1.00).
The Bonds will be issued and redeemed at 100% of their principal amount and
will, unless previously redeemed, converted or purchased and cancelled, mature
in 2020. Marine Harvest has the right to call the Bonds after approximately
three years if the value of the Company's common shares underlying one Bond on
the Oslo Stock Exchange (translated into EUR) exceeds, for a specified period of
time, 130% of the principal amount of a Bond.
The Bonds will be issued under the Board's authorisation granted by the Annual
General Meeting of 8 June 2015.
The Bonds are expected to be settled on or around 5 November 2015. The Bonds
will not be listed on issue but Marine Harvest may decide to list the Bonds on
an exchange at a later stage.
The proceeds from the Bonds will be used to increase the financial flexibility
of Marine Harvest, refinancing of certain of the Company's indebtedness and
extension of the Company's debt maturity profile.
ABG Sundal Collier and Credit Suisse are acting as joint bookrunners (the "Joint
Bookrunners").
ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank, DNB Markets, Nordea Markets and Rabobank International
are acting as co-managers (the "Co-Managers").
This announcement does not constitute or form part of an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to subscribe for any securities of Marine Harvest.
Important Note
This press release is not being made in or into the United States of America,
Canada, Australia, Japan, South Africa or in any other jurisdiction where it
would be prohibited by applicable law. This distribution does not constitute or
form part of an offer or solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for
securities in the United States. The Bonds and the shares referred to herein
will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to
an applicable exemption from registration. No offering of such securities is
being made in the United States.
This press release is directed only at persons who (i) are outside the United
Kingdom or (ii) have professional experience in matters relating to investments
who fall within Article 19(5) ("investment professionals") of The Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the
"Order") or (iii) are persons falling, within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net
worth companies, unincorporated associations etc") of the Order (all such
persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This press release is
directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by
persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to
which this press release relates is available only to relevant persons and will
be engaged in only with relevant persons. In addition, if and to the extent that
this press release is communicated in, or the offer of securities to which it
relates is made in any EEA member state, this press release and the offering
described herein are only addressed to and directed at persons in that member
state who are "qualified investors" within the meaning of Directive 2003/71/EC
(as amended, and together with any applicable implementing measures in any
member state) (or who are other persons to whom the offer may lawfully be
addressed) and must not be acted on or relied on by other persons in that member
state.
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited is authorised by the Prudential
Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the
Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom. The Joint Bookrunners and
the Co-Managers are acting for the Company and no one else in connection with
the offer of the Bonds and will not be responsible to any other person for
providing the protections afforded to their client, or for providing advice in
relation to the proposed offer of the Bonds.
Forward looking statements
This distribution may be deemed to include forward-looking statements, such as
the intention to issue the Bonds, the terms of the Bonds and the use of proceeds
of the Bonds. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or
phrases, such as "expect", "intends", "will" and similar expressions. Forward-
looking statements are Marine Harvest's current estimates or expectations of
future events or future results. Actual results could differ materially from
those indicated by these statements because the realisation of those results is
subject to many risks and uncertainties, including market and financial risks.
All forward-looking statements included in this release are based on information
available at the time of the release, and none of Marine Harvest, the Joint
Bookrunners nor the Co-Managers assume any obligation to update any forward-
looking statement.
For further information, please contact:
Ivan Vindheim, CFO, Tel: +47 958 71 310
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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