Oppdatering på myndighetsgodkjennelser relatert til det frivillige tilbudet for NTS ASA og fusjon mellom SalMar ASA og Norway Royal Salmon ASA

Oppdatering på myndighetsgodkjennelser relatert til det frivillige tilbudet for NTS ASA og fusjon mellom SalMar ASA og Norway Royal Salmon ASA

15 Jul 2022 09:41 CEST

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Frøya, 15. juli 2021

Det vises til tilbudsdokumentet datert 17. mars 2022 («Tilbudsdokumentet») og
etterfølgende børsmeldinger for det anbefalte frivillige tilbudet fra SalMar ASA
(«SalMar» eller «Tilbyder») for å erverve alle utstedte aksjer i NTS ASA («NTS»)
(«Tilbudet»).

Det vises også til den foreslåtte fusjonen mellom SalMar og Norway Royal Salmon
ASA («NRS») («Fusjonen») i henhold til fusjonsplanen for Fusjonen datert 30. mai
2022 («Fusjonsplanen») godkjent av de respektive generalforsamlingene i SalMar
og NTS avholdt 30. juni 2022.

Konkurransetilsynet har i dag godkjent (den «Norske Godkjennelsen») Tilbyder
sitt planlagte erverv av alle aksjene i NTS i tråd med Tilbudet, og dermed også
Fusjonen.

Selv om den Norske Godkjennelsen er blitt gitt, er Tilbudet og Fusjonen
fremdeles betinget av mottak av ytterligere godkjennelser fra
konkurransemyndigheter, herunder EU kommisjonen, i tillegg til øvrige
betingelser som fremgår av henholdsvis Tilbudsdokumentet og Fusjonsplanen.
Følgelig er Tilbudet fremdeles betinget av at gjennomføringsbetingelsene for
Tilbudet i punkt 4.11 (Conditions for completion of the Offer) i
Tilbudsdokumentet er oppfylt, herunder betingelser nr. 6 "Regulatory approvals"
og nr. 5 "Due diligence", og Fusjonen er fremdeles betinget av vilkårene som
fremgår av Fusjonsplanen. Utelukkende hva gjelder Tilbudet, dersom
gjennonføringsbetingelse nr. 6 "Regulatory approvals" ikke er oppfylt innen 31.
oktober 2022, men alle andre gjennomføringsbetingelser er oppfylt, skal Tilbyder
frafalle gjennomføringsbetingelse nr. 6 "Regulatory approvals".

Som annonsert ved tilbudsperiodens utløp, har Tilbyder mottatt aksepter fra om
lag 52,69 % av aksjene i NTS i Tilbudet. Tilbyder eier per i dag ingen aksjer i
NTS.

Arctic Securities AS er finansiell rådgiver og oppgjørsagent og Advokatfirmaet
BAHR AS er juridisk rådgiver til SalMar.

Kontaktinformasjon:

Linda Litlekalsøy Aase, CEO SalMar
Tlf: +47 900 74 413
Epost: [email protected]

Gunnar Nielsen, CFO SalMar
Tlf: +47 960 97 005
Epost: [email protected]

Håkon Husby, IR-ansvarlig SalMar
Tlf: +47 936 30 449
Epost: [email protected]

Disse opplysningene er informasjonspliktige etter verdipapirhandelloven § 5-12.

Om SalMar

SalMar er en av verdens største og mest effektive produsenter av laks. Konsernet
har oppdrettsaktivitet i Midt-Norge, Nord-Norge og på Island, samt en betydelig
slakteri- og videreforedlingsaktivitet ved InnovaMar på Frøya, InnovaNor på
Senja og Vikenco på Aukra. I tillegg driver selskapet lakseoppdrett til havs
gjennom selskapet SalMar Aker Ocean. Videre eier SalMar 50% av Scottish Seafarms
Ltd.

Se www.salmar.no for mer informasjon om SalMar.

***

The Offer and the distribution of this announcement and other information in
connection with the Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions.
When published, the Offer Document and related acceptance forms will not and may
not be distributed, forwarded or transmitted into or within any jurisdiction
where prohibited by applicable law, including, without limitation, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong and Japan. The Offeror does not
assume any responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of
such restrictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other
information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe
any such restrictions.

This announcement is not a tender offer document and, as such, does not
constitute an offer or the solicitation of an offer to acquire the Shares.
Investors may accept the Offer only on the basis of the information provided in
the Offer Document. Offers will not be made directly or indirectly in any
jurisdiction where either an offer or participation therein is prohibited by
applicable law or where any tender offer document or registration or other
requirements would apply in addition to those undertaken in Norway.

Notice to U.S. Holders

U.S. Holders (as defined below) are advised that the Shares are not listed on a
U.S. securities exchange and that the Company is not subject to the periodic
reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "U.S. Exchange Act"), and is not required to, and does not, file any
reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder.
The Offer will be made to holders of Shares resident in the United States ("U.S.
Holders") on the same terms and conditions as those made to all other holders of
Shares of the Company to whom an offer is made. Any information documents,
including the Offer Document, will be disseminated to U.S. Holders on a basis
comparable to the method that such documents are provided to the Company's other
shareholders to whom an offer is made. The Offer will be made by the Offeror and
no one else.

The Offer will be made to U.S. Holders pursuant to Section 14(e) and Regulation
14E under the U.S. Exchange Act as a "Tier II" tender offer, and otherwise in
accordance with the requirements of Norwegian law. Accordingly, the Offer will
be subject to disclosure and other procedural requirements, including with
respect to the offer timetable, settlement procedures and timing of payments,
that are different from those that would be applicable under U.S. domestic
tender offer procedures and law.

Pursuant to an exemption from Rule 14e-5 under the U.S. Exchange Act, the
Offeror and its affiliates or brokers (acting as agents for the Offeror or its
affiliates, as applicable) may from time to time, and other than pursuant to the
Offer, directly or indirectly, purchase or arrange to purchase, Shares or any
securities that are convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for such
Shares outside the United States during the period in which the Offer remains
open for acceptance, so long as those acquisitions or arrangements comply with
applicable Norwegian law and practice and the provisions of such exemption. To
the extent information about such purchases or arrangements to purchase is made
public in Norway, such information will be disclosed by means of an English
language press release via an electronically operated information distribution
system in the United States or other means reasonably calculated to inform U.S.
Holders of such information. In addition, the financial advisors to the Offeror
may also engage in ordinary course trading activities in securities of the
Company, which may include purchases or arrangements to purchase such
securities.

Neither the SEC nor any securities supervisory authority of any state or other
jurisdiction in the United States has approved or disapproved the Offer or
reviewed it for its fairness, nor have the contents of the Offer Document or any
other documentation relating to the Offer been reviewed for accuracy,
completeness or fairness by the SEC or any securities supervisory authority in
the United States. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in
the United States.

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