25 August 2020
PetroNor E&P Limited
(“PetroNor” or the “Company”)
Mandatory Notification of Trade
PetroNor E&P ("PetroNor" or "the Company") announces that NOR Energy AS ("NOR") has undertaken a demerger resulting in a distribution of shares in PetroNor as detailed below. There is no change to the overall interest in PetroNor E&P held by Mr Ludvigsen and Mr Søvold through NOR and their respective investment companies.
NOR Energy AS (“NOR”) is 50/50 owned by Gerhard Ludvigsen and Knut Søvold, both primary insiders in PetroNor E&P Limited. A demerger of NOR has been completed, whereby the following mandatory trades of shares in PetroNor have been made as part of the demerger:
15,000,000 shares in PetroNor have been transferred to NOR Hagan 1 AS, a company controlled by Gerhard Ludvigsen.
25,000,000 shares in PetroNor have been transferred to NOR Hagan 2 AS, a company controlled by Gerhard Ludvigsen.
40,000,000 shares in PetroNor have been transferred to Gulshagan II AS, a company controlled by Knut Søvold.
After the above transactions:
NOR owns 364,237,596 shares in PetroNor, representing approximately 37.49% of all outstanding shares.
Gerhard Ludvigsen controls, through his control of NOR Hagan 1 AS and NOR Hagan 2 AS a total of 40,000,000 shares in PetroNor, representing approximately 4.12% of all outstanding shares.
Knut Søvold controls, through his control of Gulshagan I AS, a total of 40,000,000 shares in PetroNor, representing approximately 4.12% of all outstanding shares.
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For further information, please contact:
Knut Søvold, Chief Executive Officer
Chris Butler, Group Financial Controller
info@petronorep.com
Media Contacts:
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Ben Romney/Chris Judd
Tel: +44 207 466 5000