OErsted A/S
Accelerated bookbuild offering of 7,500,000 existing shares in DONG Energy A/S by New Energy Investment S.a.r.l.
DONG Energy A/S / Miscellaneous THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
⢠NEI has launched an accelerated bookbuild offering to institutional investors (the âTransactionâ) of 7,500,000 existing shares in DONG Energy, equivalent to 1.78% of the existing shares in DONG Energy. NEI is a Luxembourg company indirectly owned by entities under the control of the Merchant Banking Division of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ⢠A further notice will be issued on behalf of NEI following completion of the bookbuilding and pricing of the Transaction. ⢠NEI has agreed to a 60-day lock-up period from the date hereof, subject to waiver with the prior written consent of a certain manager conducting the bookbuilding process and to certain customary exceptions. ⢠Assuming all the shares available in the Transaction are sold, NEI will, after completion of the Transaction, hold 11,435,215 shares in DONG Energy corresponding to 2.7% of the existing shares in DONG Energy. DONG Energy will not receive any proceeds from the Transaction.
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Investor Relations THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE âSECURITIES ACTâ), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THERE IS NO INTENTION TO REGISTER ANY SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT AND WILL NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN CANADA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA. WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA WHICH HAVE IMPLEMENTED DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC AS AMENDED (TOGETHER WITH ANY APPLICABLE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES IN ANY MEMBER STATE, THE âPROSPECTUS DIRECTIVEâ) (EACH A âRELEVANT MEMBER STATEâ), NO ACTION HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN OR WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO MAKE AN OFFER TO THE PUBLIC OF THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN REQUIRING THE PUBLICATION OF A PROSPECTUS IN ANY RELEVANT MEMBER STATE. AS A RESULT, THESE SECURITIES MAY ONLY BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN ANY RELEVANT MEMBER STATE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ONLY ADDRESSED TO, AND DIRECTED AT, PERSONS IN RELEVANT MEMBER STATES WHO ARE âQUALIFIED INVESTORSâ WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE (âQUALIFIED INVESTORSâ). IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED ONLY AT, QUALIFIED INVESTORS (I) WHO ARE âINVESTMENT PROFESSIONALSâ FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE âORDERâ), OR (II) PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A)-(D) (âHIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS ETCâ) OF THE ORDER, ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS (âRELEVANT PERSONSâ). UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS RELY OR ACT UPON THE CONTENTS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO, AND WILL BE ENGAGED ONLY WITH, RELEVANT PERSONS. IN DENMARK, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS. Click on, or paste the following link into your web browser, to view the associated documents https://cns.omxgroup.com/cds/DisclosureAttachmentServlet?messageAttachmentId=643769
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Language: | English |
Company: | DONG Energy A/S |
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ISIN: | XS0253170335 |
Category Code: | MSC |
TIDM: | 65XG |
Sequence No.: | 4581 |
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