Asker, 12 February 2025. Reference is made to the stock exchange release from
Argeo ASA ("Argeo" or the "Company") (Euronext Oslo Børs: ARGEO) published on 12
February 2025 announcing the completion of a private placement of new shares in
the Company, raising gross proceeds of NOK 150 million (the "Private
Placement").
The board of directors (the "Board") has today resolved that it intends to
conduct a subsequent offering (the "Subsequent Offering") with gross proceeds of
up to NOK 96 million by issuing up to 12,000,000 new shares.
Please find key information relating to the Subsequent Offering below:
o Date on which the terms and conditions of the Subsequent Offering were
announced: 12 February 2025
o Last day including right: 12 February 2025
o Ex-date: 13 February 2025
o Record date: 14 February 2025
o Date of approval: Board approval on 12 February 2025, subject to EGM approval
expected on 6 March 2025 (conditions for completion of the Subsequent Offering
are set out below)
o Maximum number of new shares: 12,000,000
o Subscription price: NOK 8 per share
Other important information concerning the Subsequent Offering:
To mitigate the dilution of existing shareholders not participating in the
Private Placement, the Board has resolved it intends to undertake a subsequent
offering (the "Subsequent Offering") of up to 12,000,000 new shares directed
towards existing shareholders in the Company as of 12 February 2025 (as
registered in the VPS two trading days thereafter), who (i) were not included in
the pre-sounding phase of the Private Placement, (ii) were not allocated Offer
Shares in the Private Placement, and (iii) are not resident in a jurisdiction
where such offering would be unlawful or would (in jurisdictions other than
Norway) require any prospectus, filing, registration or similar action (the
"Eligible Shareholders"). The Eligible Shareholders will receive
non-transferrable subscription rights in the Subsequent Offering.
Over-subscription will be permitted for Eligible Shareholders. Subscription
without subscription rights will not be permitted in the Subsequent Offering.
The Subsequent Offering is subject to (i) completion of the Private Placement,
(ii) the Board resolving to issue shares in the Subsequent Offering pursuant to
an authorisation to be granted by the EGM, (iii) the publication of an offering
and listing prospectus pertaining to the Subsequent Offering and (iv) the
prevailing market price of the Company's shares following the Private Placement.
The Board may decide that the Subsequent Offering will not be carried out in the
event that the Company's shares trade at or below the subscription price (i.e.
the Offer Price) in the Subsequent Offering at volumes equal to or above the
number of shares in the Subsequent Offering.
Advisors:
Pareto Securities AS and SpareBank 1 Markets AS are acting as joint global
coordinators and joint bookrunners.
AGP Advokater AS is acting as legal counsel to the Company.
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This information is subject to a duty of disclosure pursuant to the Company's
continuing obligations as a company listed on Euronext Oslo Børs..
For more information, please contact:
Trond Figenschou Crantz, CEO
Email: trond.crantz@argeo.no
Phone: +47 976 37 273
About Argeo
Argeo is an Offshore Service company with a mission to transform the ocean
surveying and inspection industry by utilising autonomous surface and underwater
robotics solutions. Equipped with unique sensors and advanced digital imaging
technology, the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV's) will significantly
increase efficiency and imaging quality in addition to contributing to
significant reduction in CO2 emissions from operations for the global industry
in which the Company operates. The Company's highly accurate digital models and
digital twin solutions are based on geophysical, hydrographic, and geological
methods from shallow waters to the deepest oceans for the market segments Oil &
Gas, Renewables, Marine Minerals and Offshore Installations. Argeo was
established in 2017 and has offices in Asker (Oslo), Tromsø, Stockholm, Houston,
and Singapore. Since its incorporation, Argeo has carried out complex projects
for some of Norway's largest companies in the field.
The company is listed on Euronext Oslo Børs (main regulated marketplace on the
Oslo Stock Exchange) under the ticker: ARGEO.
Please visit www.argeo.no for more information.
Important notice:
This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities of the Company. Copies of
this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into any
jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require
registration or other measures.
The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and in accordance with applicable U.S. state securities laws.
The Company does not intend to register any part of the offering in the United
States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States. Any
sale in the United States of the securities mentioned in this announcement will
be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under
the Securities Act.
In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only
directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the
Prospectus Regulation, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without
an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State. The expression "Prospectus
Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as amended (together with any
applicable implementing measures in any Member State.
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Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order") or (ii) high net worth entities,
and other persons to whom this announcement may lawfully be communicated,
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being referred to as "relevant persons"). This communication must not be acted
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facts and may be identified by words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate",
"strategy", "intends", "estimate", "will", "may", "continue", "should" and
similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are based
upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further
assumptions. Although the Company believe that these assumptions were reasonable
when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and
unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors which
are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond their control. Actual
events may differ significantly from any anticipated development due to a number
of factors, including without limitation, changes in public sector investment
levels, changes in the general economic, political and market conditions in the
markets in which the Company operates, the Company's ability to attract, retain
and motivate qualified personnel, changes in the Company's ability to engage in
commercially acceptable acquisitions and strategic investments, and changes in
laws and regulation and the potential impact of legal proceedings and actions.
Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause
actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in
this release by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not make any
guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this
announcement are free from errors nor does it accept any responsibility for the
future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this announcement or any obligation
to update or revise the statements in this announcement to reflect subsequent
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The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this
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The Company does not undertake any obligation to review, update, confirm, or to
release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect
events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this
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investment advice and under no circumstances is it to be used or considered as
an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a
recommendation to buy or sell any securities of the Company. Neither the Manager
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