Reference is made to previous
stock exchange announcements regarding the rights issue (the
"Rights Issue") by EAM Solar ASA (the "Company") of 1,250,000 new
shares with a nominal value of NOK 10 each (the "Offer Shares") at
a subscription price of NOK 24 per Offer Share.
The share capital increase
pertaining to the Offer Shares has now been registered with the
Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises.
The Company's share capital has
consequently increased with NOK 12,500,000 to NOK 68,522,100. The
Company's new registered share capital after the registration of
the Offer Shares is NOK 68,522,100 divided into 6,852,210 shares,
each with a nominal value of NOK 10.
For further queries, please
contact:
Viktor E. Jakobsen, CEO, phone +47 9161 1009,
viktor@eam.no.
About EAM Solar: EAM Solar is a
utility company that acquires and operates solar power
plants. The Company currently owns solar PV power plants in Italy.
The plants are operating under long-term sales contracts.
This information is subject
of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the
Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
IMORTANT INFORMATION:
This announcement is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of
offers to purchase or subscribe for securities of EAM Solar ASA.
This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of Directive
2003/71/EC (as amended, together with any applicable implementing
measures in any Member State, the "Prospectus Directive"). Copies
of this announcement may not be sent to jurisdictions, or
distributed in or sent from jurisdictions, in which this is barred
or prohibited by law. The information contained herein shall not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy,
in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be
unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any jurisdiction. A
decision to invest in securities of EAM Solar ASA referred to in
this announcement should be based exclusively on the prospectus
published by EAM Solar ASA for such purpose.
This announcement and the
information contained herein is not for publication or distribution
into the United States of America and should not be distributed or
otherwise transmitted into the United States or publications with a
general circulation in the United States. This announcement does
not constitute an offer or invitation to subscribe for or to
purchase any securities in the United States of America. The new
shares referred to herein have not been and will not be registered
under the Securities Act or the laws of any state and may not be
offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration
or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). There will be no public
offering of the new shares in the United States of America.
The information contained herein
does not constitute an offer of securities to the public in the
United Kingdom. No prospectus offering securities to the public
will be published in the United Kingdom. This announcement is only
being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are
outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals
falling within article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Order")
or (iii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may
lawfully be communicated, falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) of
the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant
persons").
The new shares are only available
to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase
or otherwise acquire such Shares will be engaged in only with,
relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should
not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents.
Any offer of securities to the
public that may be deemed to be made pursuant to this communication
in any EEA Member State that has implemented Prospectus Directive
is only addressed to qualified investors in that Member State
within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.
This publication may contain
specific forward-looking statements, e.g. statements including
terms like "believe," "assume," "expect," "forecast," "project,"
"may," "could," "might," "will" or similar expressions. Such
forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may result in a substantial
divergence between the actual results, financial situation,
development or performance of EAM Solar ASA and those explicitly or
implicitly presumed in these statements. Against the background of
these uncertainties, readers should not rely on forward- looking
statements. EAM Solar ASA assumes no responsibility to up-date
forward-looking statements or to adapt them to future events or
developments.
This information is subject to the
disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian
Securities Trading Act.