SBM Offshore finalises rights offering

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SBM Offshore announces in connection with its 1 for 10 rights offering of 18,914,221 new ordinary shares in its capital with a nominal value of EUR 0.25 each (the “Offer Shares”), that the issuance of, payment for and delivery of 18,507,445 Offer Shares which were subscribed for through the exercise of transferable subscription rights has taken place today. Furthermore, the remaining 406,776 Offer Shares that were issuable upon the exercise of rights, but that have not been subscribed for during the exercise period, have been subscribed and paid for by HAL Investments B.V. (“HAL”) today.

After the issuance of, payment for and delivery of the Offer Shares, HAL holds 28,074,871 ordinary shares in SBM Offshore, representing 13.5% of the issued share capital of SBM Offshore. The shares HAL acquired through the rights offering and the private placement on 20 December 2012 are subject to a lock-up period of one year as of 20 December 2012.

 

Corporate Profile

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Schiedam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore group (the “Company”).

SBM Offshore provides floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry, over the full product life-cycle. The Company is market leading in leased floating production systems with multiple units currently in operation, and has unrivalled operational experience in this field. The Company’s main activities are the design, supply, installation and operation of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. These are either owned and operated by SBM Offshore and leased to its clients or supplied on a turnkey sale basis.

Group companies employ over 7,400 people worldwide, who are spread over five execution centres, eleven operational shore bases, several construction yards and the offshore fleet of vessels. Please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com.

The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V. directly and indirectly owns investments are separate entities. In this communication “SBM Offshore” is sometimes used for convenience where references are made to SBM Offshore N.V. and its subsidiaries in general, or where no useful purpose is served by identifying the particular company or companies.

The Board of Management

Schiedam, 22 April 2013

 

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations

Sebastiaan de Ronde Bresser

Investor Relations Officer

Telephone: (+377) 92 05 85 15
Mobile: (+33) 643 919 312
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sbmoffshore.com

Media Relations

Anne Guerin-Moens

Group Communications Director

Telephone: (+377) 92 05 30 83
Mobile: (+377) 680 863 691
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sbmoffshore.com

 

Disclaimer

This announcement does not constitute a prospectus or an offer of securities of any kind. Any such offer will be made, and any investor should make any investment decision, solely on the basis of information that will be contained in a prospectus to be made generally available in the Netherlands in connection with such offering.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities to which this announcement relates have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from, or transaction not subject to, the registration requirements under the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of the securities in the United States.

Some of the statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements based on management’s current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance, or events to differ materially from those in such statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results and performance of the Company’s business to differ materially and adversely from the forward-looking statements. Certain such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “would be”, “expects” or “anticipates” or similar expressions, or the negative thereof, or other variations thereof, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, or intentions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this release as anticipated, believed, or expected. SBM Offshore NV does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V. directly and indirectly owns investments are separate entities. In this communication “SBM Offshore” is sometimes used for convenience where references are made to SBM Offshore N.V. and its subsidiaries in general.