Hapag-Lloyd to Raise Capital Following Merger with UASC
Hapag-Lloyd AG will now carry out the capital increase that was agreed upon as part of the merger of Hapag-Lloyd and UASC. The gross proceeds are expected to amount to approx. EUR 352 million (approx. USD 414 million). The official merger of the two companies occurred on 24 May 2017. At the Annual General Meeting on 29 May 2017, the shareholders approved new authorised share capital for a capital increase. The capital increase is backstopped by the primary shareholders CSAV Germany Container Holding GmbH, Kuehne Maritime GmbH, Qatar Holding Germany GmbH and The Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a total of approx. EUR 352 million. They have committed to exercise their subscription rights and to acquire new shares that are not acquired by other shareholders.
SFL, Frontline Complete Long-term Charter Agreement
On May 29, 2015, Ship Finance International Limited (SFL) entered into a heads of agreement to amend the long-term chartering agreements with Frontline Ltd. The agreement is now completed, and Frontline has issued and delivered 55 million new shares to Ship Finance. The shares represent approximately 28 percent of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Frontline. The Frontline shares are listed in New York and Oslo, and Frontline has agreed to register the new shares for resale with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority, respectively. The new shares will then be freely tradable for Ship Finance, and may be sold or distributed to the Company's shareholders at a later stage.
Stolt-Nielsen Changes Accounting for Two Acquisitions
Stolt-Nielsen Limited announced that Finanstilsynet (The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) has completed a review of certain aspects of the company's consolidated financial statements for 2012. The company agreed to reverse $12.3 million of the non-cash gains on bargain purchase relating to the Acuidoro and Moerdijk acquisitions completed during 2012. The non-cash gain on bargain purchase of $4.8 million relating to the Dagenham acquisition has not been reversed. Reference is made to Note 1 to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the three months and year ended November 30, 2013 released on January 30, 2014.
