Reference is made to previous announcements regarding the extension of standstill arrangements with the DOF group's secured lenders expiring 30 April 2022 and extension of standstill arrangements with bondholders in DOF Subsea AS' bond issues also expiring 30 April 2022.
DOF ASA and DOF Subsea AS are pleased to announce that each of the companies have agreed to further extend the principal and interest suspension agreements with, or received extensions of similar concessions from, secured lenders representing in total 91% of the secured debt of DOF ASA and DOF Rederi AS and in total 95% of the secured debt of companies within the DOF Subsea AS group (excluding DOF Subsea Brasil Servicos Ltda.) until 31 May 2022.
Reference is further made to the previous announcement on 12 April 2022 regarding summons to bondholders' meetings in DOFSUB07 (ISIN NO0010971005), DOFSUB08 (ISIN NO0010788177) and DOFSUB09 (ISIN NO0010836810) in which DOF Subsea AS requested an extension of the standstill period for the three bonds initially until 31 May 2022 and with the possibility to extend to 30 September 2022 with the approval of an ad-hoc committee of bondholders.
DOF Subsea AS is pleased to announce that the bondholders' meetings were held today and the proposed resolution received 100%, 92,53% and 100% of the votes in DOFSUB07, DOFSUB08, and DOFSUB09, respectively. Approval of the proposal set out in the summons required 2/3 majority in all three bonds, and the proposal wasconsequently approved. Please see the attached minutes from the bondholders' meetings.
The extensions of the standstill periods will facilitate the DOF group's continued dialogue with its secured lenders and the bondholders under the DOF group's bonds regarding a long-term financial restructuring of the DOF group.