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DOF Group ASA – End of stabilisation and exercise of greenshoe option
Austevoll, Norway, 4 July 2023: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement by DOF Group ASA ("DOF" or the "Company", ticker symbol "DOFG") on 22 June 2022 regarding potential stabilisation activities in respect of the ordinary shares in the Company in connection with the successful completion of the initial public offering of ordinary shares in the Company (the "Offering" or the "IPO").
DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA (the "Stabilisation Manager"), acting as stabilisation manager in connection with the Offering on behalf of the Managers (as defined below), hereby gives notice that the stabilisation period which commenced on 22 June 2023, has ended as of today, 4 July 2023 and that no stabilisation was undertaken in relation to the shares in the Company. In order to permit redelivery of the 1,830,595 ordinary shares in the Company, which were borrowed from Moco Holding AS, Energy Investors AS, Harald Thorstein, Djupedalen AS and ML Kapital AS and over-allotted in the Offering, the Stabilisation Manager, on behalf of the Managers, has exercised the greenshoe option granted by the Company to subscribe for new ordinary shares in the Company. In total 1,830,595 ordinary new shares in the Company will be subscribed for and issued by the Company under the greenshoe option at a price of NOK 28.00 per share, equal to the offer price in the Offering. After the issuance of the new shares, the number of shares outstanding in the Company will be 53,372,566 ordinary shares and 123,276,652 B-shares, each with a par value of NOK 2.50.
Advisors
ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Carnegie AS, DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA, and Pareto Securities AS are acting as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners in the IPO (the "Managers").
Lazard Ltd is acting as financial adviser to the Company (the "Financial Advisor").
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS is acting as legal counsel to the Company.
Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm AS is acting as legal counsel to the Managers.
For further information, please contact:
Mons Aase, CEO DOF Group ASA
Phone: +47 91 66 10 12
E-mail: Mons.Aase@dof.com
Svein Harald Øygard, Chairperson DOF Group ASA
Phone: +47 90 02 40 09
E-mail: sveinharaldoygard@gmail.com