Scatec Solar ASA: Private placement successfully completed
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Oslo, 13 June 2018: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement release
from Scatec Solar ASA ("SSO" or the "Company") published earlier today regarding
the contemplated private placement of new shares in the Company.
The Company has raised NOK 600 million in gross proceeds through a private
placement consisting of 10,000,000 new shares (the "New Shares") at a price of
NOK 60 per share (the "Private Placement").
The Private Placement took place through an accelerated bookbuilding process
after close of markets yesterday. The Private Placement attracted strong
interest from both existing shareholders as well as new high quality
institutional investors.
The net proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to accelerate growth,
including near term equity investments in large scale solar projects, beyond the
1.1 GW currently under construction. The company is in the process of securing
additional projects and is expecting to start construction of several of these
later in 2018.
The Company believes it is well positioned for further profitable growth going
forward, which forms the background for carrying out the Private Placement and
strengthening its equity capital. The board of directors of the Company has
considered different transaction alternatives and concluded that the Private
Placement structure would best attend to the common interest of the Company and
its shareholders. Taking into consideration inter alia limited discount, size of
placement, utilisation of market conditions, pre-announced and broadly marketed
placement, transaction risk, costs, as well as dilution effects, the board of
directors has, after thorough assessments found that there are sufficient and
objective grounds for setting aside existing shareholders pre-emptive rights to
subscribe for shares.
The New Shares will be issued based on a board authorisation given by the Annual
General Meeting held 23 April 2018. The New Shares will be settled through a
delivery versus payment transaction on a regular t+2 basis by delivery of
existing and unencumbered shares in the Company that are already listed on the
Oslo Stock Exchange pursuant to a share lending agreement between the Company,
the Joint Bookrunners and Scatec AS.
Nordea Bank AB (publ), filial i Norge, Pareto Securities AS, Sparebank 1 Markets
AS and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. acted as Joint Bookrunners in the Private Placement.
Advokatfirmaet Selmer DA is acting as legal advisor for Scatec Solar ASA in
connection with the Private Placement. Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS is acting as
legal advisor for the Joint Bookrunners in connection with the Private
Placement.
For further information, please contact:
Mr. Mikkel Tørud, CFO, tel +47 976 99 144 mikkel.torud@scatecsolar.com
About Scatec Solar
Scatec Solar is an integrated independent solar power producer, delivering
affordable, rapidly deployable and sustainable clean energy worldwide. A long-
term player, Scatec Solar develops, builds, owns, operates and maintains solar
power plants and has an installation track record of 1,000 MW. The company is
producing electricity from 322 MW of solar power plants in the Czech Republic,
South Africa, Rwanda, Honduras and Jordan and has 1,092 MW under construction.
With an established global presence and a significant project pipeline, the
company is targeting a capacity of 3.5 GW in operation and under construction by
end of 2021. Scatec Solar is headquartered in Oslo, Norway and listed on the
Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 'SSO'. To learn more, visit
www.scatecsolar.com
Important Notice
The contents of this announcement have been prepared by, and are the sole
responsibility of, the Company. The Company's financial advisors are acting
exclusively for the Company and no one else, and will not be responsible to
anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their
respective clients, or for advice in relation to the Private Placement, the
contents of this announcement or any of the matters referred to herein. The
Private Placement and the distribution of this announcement and other
information in connection with the Private Placement may be restricted by law in
certain jurisdictions. The Company assumes no responsibility in the event there
is a violation by any person of such restrictions. Persons into whose possession
this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform
themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. This announcement may
not be used for, or in connection with, and does not constitute, any offer of
securities for sale in the United States or in any other jurisdiction.
The Private Placement has not been made in any jurisdiction or in any
circumstances in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful. This
announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly in or into any
jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make any such offer or solicitation to
such person or where prior registration or approval is required for that
purpose. No steps have been taken or will be taken relating to the Private
Placement in any jurisdiction in which such steps would be required. Neither the
publication and/or delivery of this announcement shall under any circumstances
imply that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company or that the
information contained herein is correct as of any date subsequent to the earlier
of the date hereof and any earlier specified date with respect to such
information.
This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or
indirectly, in the United States (including its territories and possessions, any
state of the United States and the District of Columbia). This announcement does
not constitute or form part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or
subscribe for securities in the United States. Securities may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration.
The shares to be issued in the Private Placement have not been and will not be
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US
Securities Act") or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or
other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold in the
United States or to, or for the account of, U.S. persons (as such term is
defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act), except pursuant to an
effective registration statement under, or an exemption from the registration
requirements of, the US Securities Act. All offers and sales outside the United
States will be made in reliance on Regulation S under the US Securities Act.
There will be no public offer of securities in the United States.
This announcement does not constitute an offering circular or prospectus in
connection with an offering of securities of the Company. Investors must neither
accept any offer for, nor acquire, any securities to which this document refers,
unless they do so on the basis of the information contained in the investor
material made available by the Company only to qualified persons in certain
jurisdictions where an offer may be made (if an offer is made). This
announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities and cannot be relied on for any
investment contract or decision.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.