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Regulatory News:
The prospectus relating to Viking Supply Ships AB's (OSE:VSS01) (STO:VSSAB) rights issue has been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and is available on the company's website www.vikingsupply.com/investorrelations/equity/1 and on Swedbank's website www.swedbank.se/prospectus. An information letter will be distributed by regular mail to Viking Supply Ships AB's directly registered shareholders.
Financial and legal advisors
Swedbank Corporate Finance is acting as financial advisor and Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå as legal advisor to Viking Supply Ships AB in conjunction with the rights issue.
Important information
The information in this press release does not contain or constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe or otherwise trade in shares, subscription rights or other securities in Viking Supply Ships AB. Any invitation to the persons concerned to subscribe for shares in Viking Supply Ships AB will only be made through the prospectus published today.
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No subscription rights, BTAs (interim shares) or new shares will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") or securities legislation in any other state or other jurisdiction in the United States and may not be offered, subscribed, sold or transferred, directly or indirectly within the United States, other than pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with securities laws in relevant state or other jurisdiction in the United States.
Viking Supply Ships AB is the parent company of a Swedish shipping group with its main office in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Group conducts its business in four segments: Anchor Handling Tug Supply ships (AHTS), Platform Supply Vessels (PSV), Services and Ship Management. The business is focused within offshore and ice-breaking primarily in Arctic and subarctic areas. The Group has approximately 500 employees and its revenue for 2015 amounted to MSEK 1,114. The Company's series B share is listed at Nasdaq Stockholm, Small Cap segment. www.vikingsupply.com.
This information was submitted for publication at 1:45 p.m. CET on 1 December 2016.
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Contacts:
Bengt A. Rem
Interim CEO
tel. +47 94 01 71 71
e-mail bengt.rem@kistefos.no
or
Morten G. Aggvin
IR Treasury Director
tel. +47 41 04 71 25
e-mail mga@vikingsupply.com