Marine Link
Thursday, March 28, 2024
SUBSCRIBE

World Nordic Aps News

24 Apr 2003

Bergesen Board Recommendation Shareholders to Accept World Nordic Offer

accept the offer from World Nordic Aps to buy all shares of Bergesen. registered as shareholders as of 24 April 2003. paid on May 14 2003. On 7 April 2003 World Nordic ApS, a Danish limited company controlled by the Sohmen family, announced a mandatory cash offer for the A- and B-shares of Bergesen d.y. ASA (“Bergesen”). On 6 April 2003, World Nordic ApS entered into an agreement with Petter C. G. Sundt and Morten Sig. Bergesen to acquire their shares in Bergesen, in aggregate 16,575,106 A-shares. The price was NOK 180 per share, and included the proposed dividend of NOK 7 per share. capital of Bergesen. Pursuant to the Securities Trading Act Section 4-16, the Board of Directors of Bergesen shall make a statement regarding the offer.

08 Apr 2003

World Nordic Acquires 51.5 Percent of Bergesen A-Shares

World Nordic Aps has acquired 16.575.106 A-shares in Bergesen d.y. ASA, ,the number of shares previously held by Petter C G Sundt and Morten Sig. Bergesen, at a price of NOK 180 per share. World Nordic, controlled by the Sohmen family of Hong Kong, also notified the Oslo Stock Exchange that they have acquired 5.144.228 A-shares and 4.698.893 B-shares in Bergesen from Tauro Company Limited. World Nordic now holds 21.719.334 A-shares and 4.698.893 B-shares in Bergesen, constituting 51.5 percent of the company's voting A-shares and 26,9% of the company's non-voting B-shares. World Nordic's total shareholding in Bergesen consists of 26.418.227 shares, constituting 44,3% of the total number of shares in Bergesen.