Not for release, publication or distribution in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.
See the stock exchange notice from SpareBank 1 SMN of 11 April 2012 regarding the registration of the capital increase in the Register of Business Enterprises (Foretaksregisteret) and the issuance of new equity certificates.
The new equity certificates issued under the employee offering will be registered on a separate ISIN no. NO 001 0635394, and the equity certificates delivered under this ISIN number will not be listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and will not be tradable for a period of one year from the time of registration of the new equity certificates on the subscribers' VPS accounts. After the expiry of the lock-up period of one year, the equity certificates issued in the employee offering will be converted into the bank's ordinary ISIN number, and the equity certificates will from such time be listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and be fully tradable.
Trondheim, 11 April 2012
Contact persons at SpareBank 1 SMN:
CFO Kjell Fordal; mob +47 905 41 672
Head of Corporate Communications Hans Tronstad; mob + 47 941 78 322
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Disclaimer
This document does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of SpareBank 1 SMN (the "Securities") in the United States or in any other jurisdiction outside Norway. The Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The issuer of the Securities has not registered, and does not intend to register, any portion of the Offering in the United States or in any other jurisdiction outside of Norway, and does not intend to conduct a public offering of the Securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction outside Norway. Copies of this document are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.
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Source: SpareBank 1 SMN via Thomson Reuters ONE
