{"header":{"OB_REQUEST_ID":"dd8db413-33cc-4d0f-b877-8fcff523504c","result.val":0,"http.code":200,"result.text":"OK"},"data":{"message":{"id":681498,"messageId":681498,"newsId":634036,"title":"Block Sale of Existing Shares in Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA completed","body":"NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE\nOR IN PART, INTO OR IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA OR\nJAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED\nBY APPLICABLE LAW. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM AN OFFER OF\nSECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH ANY SUCH OFFER WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.\nPLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.\n\nOslo, 2 September 2026\n\nReference is made to the stock exchange notice published on 2 September 2026\nregarding a potential block sale of existing shares in Klaveness Combination\nCarriers ASA (the \"Company\") by Rederiaksjeselskapet Torvald Klaveness (the\n\"Seller\") through a private placement (the \"Offering\").\n\nThe Seller has successfully sold 6,537,608 shares (the \"Offer Shares\") in the\nCompany (equal to approx. 11.0% of the Company's outstanding shares) at NOK\n94.70 per share.\n\nFollowing completion of the Offering, the Seller holds 26,000,000 shares in\nthe Company (equal to approx. 43.69% of the Company's outstanding shares),\nthereby dropping below the 50% disclosure threshold set out in the Norwegian\nSecurities Trading Act Section 4-2. The Seller has entered into a 90-day\ncustomary lock-up with the Managers on the remaining shares in the Company\nheld by the Seller after the Offering.\n\nThe Seller remains committed to being the Company's leading long-term\nshareholder with a holding representing at least negative control. The Seller\nstrongly believes in the unique combination carrier concept developed over\ndecades, as well as the underlying markets for the Company's services. From\nthe Seller's perspective, the Offering is intended to improve trading\nliquidity and free float in the Company's shares, and to rebalance its\nportfolio of group companies.\n\nThe notification of allocation in the Offering is expected to be communicated\non or about 3 September 2026 (T) before 09:00 CEST. The settlement in the\nOffering is expected to take place on or about 7 September 2026 on a delivery\nversus payment basis (normal DVP T+2). The Offer Shares will be tradeable on\nOslo Børs from T.\n\nThe Seller is represented on the Company's board of directors by the Chair of\nthe Board Ernst Meyer and Board member Gøran Andreassen.\n\nClarksons Securities AS, Fearnley Securities AS, and Pareto Securities AS\nacted as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners in the Offering (the\n\"Managers\").\n\nAdvokatfirmaet Schjødt AS acted as legal counsel to the Seller in connection\nwith the Offering.\n\nThis information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section\n4-2 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.\n\nIMPORTANT NOTICE\n\nThe publication or distribution or release of this announcement and the\nOffering of the Offer Shares as set out in this announcement in certain\njurisdictions may be restricted by law. This announcement is for information\npurposes only and shall not constitute or form part of an offer to buy, sell,\nissue, acquire or subscribe for, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, sell,\nissue, acquire or subscribe for any securities, nor shall there be any sale of\nsecurities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would\nbe unlawful. No action has been taken that would permit an offering of such\nshares or possession or distribution of this announcement or any other\noffering or publicity material relating to such shares in any jurisdiction\nwhere action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this\nannouncement comes are required to inform themselves about, and to observe,\nsuch restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may\nconstitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdictions.\n\nMembers of the general public are not eligible to take part in the Offering.\nThis announcement and any offer of securities to which it relates are only\naddressed to and directed at (1) in the United Kingdom and in any member state\nof the European Economic Area, persons who are qualified investors in such\nmember state within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU)\n2017/1129) (the \"Prospectus Regulation\") or in the United Kingdom within the\nmeaning of the Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of retained EU law by\nvirtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (\"Qualified Investors\");\nand (2) in the United Kingdom, Qualified Investors who (a) are persons who\nhave professional experience, knowledge and expertise in matters relating to\ninvestments and qualifying as \"investment professionals\" for the purposes of\narticle 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial\nPromotion) Order 2005 (all such persons being referred to as \"relevant\npersons\") and (b) only in circumstances falling within the circumstances set\nout in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading\nRegulations 2024 (the \"POATRs\") (including, amongst other circumstances, the\nfact that the Offer Shares which are the subject of the Offering are offered\nsubject to a minimum subscription amount per UK Applicant equivalent to at\nleast GBP 100,000). The information regarding the Offering set out in this\nannouncement must not be acted on or relied on by persons in the European\nEconomic Area who are not Qualified Investors or by persons in the United\nKingdom who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to\nwhich this announcement relates is available in the European Economic Area\nonly to Qualified Investors and in the United Kingdom only to relevant persons\nand will be engaged in only with such persons.\n\nIn particular, this announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer\nto buy, sell, issue, acquire or subscribe for, or the solicitation of an offer\nto buy, sell, issue, acquire, or subscribe for any securities in any\njurisdiction into which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful.\n\nThe Offer Shares have not been and will not be registered under the United\nStates Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the \"Securities Act\"), and may not\nbe offered, sold or transferred, directly or indirectly, within the United\nStates, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject\nto, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the securities\nlaws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States.\n\nNo offer and sale of Offer Shares is or will be made in Canada, except to\npersons who are: (a) an \"accredited investor\" within the meaning of Section\n1.1 of National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus Exemptions (\"NI 45-106\") of the\nCanadian Securities Administrators or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act\n(Ontario) (the \"OSA\"), as applicable, and is either purchasing the Offer\nShares as principal for its own account, or is deemed to be purchasing the\nOffer Shares as principal for its own account in accordance with applicable\nCanadian securities laws, for investment only and not with a view to resale or\nredistribution; (b) such person was not created or used solely to purchase or\nhold the Offer Shares as an accredited investor under NI 45-106; (c) a\n\"permitted client\" within the meaning of National Instrument 31-103\n-Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (\"NI\n31-103\") of the Canadian Securities Administrators; and (d) entitled under\napplicable Canadian securities laws to purchase the Offer Shares without the\nbenefit of a prospectus under such securities laws.\n\nThe offer and sale of securities referred to herein has not been and will not\nbe registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws\nof Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. Subject to certain exceptions,\nthe Offer Shares referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia,\nJapan or South Africa or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national,\nresident or citizen of Australia, Japan or South Africa.\n\nNo public offering of the securities referred to herein is being made in the\nUnited Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa or\nany other jurisdiction.\n\nNo prospectus or offering document has been or will be prepared in connection\nwith the Offering. The publicly available information of the Company is not\nthe responsibility of, and has not been independently verified by, the Seller,\nClarksons Securities AS, Fearnley Securities AS and Pareto Securities AS or\nany of their respective affiliates (as such term is defined under Rule 501(b)\nof Regulation D of the Securities Act) (each, an \"Affiliate\"). The information\ncontained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not\npurport to be full or complete.\n\nIn connection with the Offering, Clarksons Securities AS, Fearnley Securities\nAS or Pareto Securites AS or any of their Affiliates may take up a portion of\nthe Offer Shares as a principal position and in that capacity may retain,\npurchase, sell, offer to sell for their own accounts such Offer Shares and\nother securities of the Company or related investments in connection with the\nOffering or otherwise. Accordingly, references to the shares being issued,\noffered, subscribed, acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should be read as\nincluding any issue or offer to, or subscription, acquisition, placing or\ndealing by, Clarksons Securities AS, Fearnley Securities AS or Pareto\nSecurities AS and any of their Affiliates acting as investors for their own\naccounts. Clarksons Securities AS, Fearnley Securities AS and Pareto\nSecurities do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or\ntransactions other than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations\nto do so.\n\nClarksons Securities AS, Fearnley Securities AS and Pareto Securities are\nacting for the Seller in connection with the Offering and no-one else and will\nnot be responsible to anyone other than the Seller for providing for providing\nadvice in relation to the Offering or any other matter referred to in this\nannouncement.\n\nNo representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made as to,\nor in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted\nby Clarksons Securities AS, Fearnley Securities AS or Pareto Securities or by\nany of their Affiliates or agents as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or\ncompleteness of this announcement or any other written or oral information\nmade available to or publicly available to any interested party or its\nadvisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.\n\nThis announcement does not purport to identify or suggest the risks (direct or\nindirect) which may be associated with an investment in the Company's\nsecurities. The price of shares and the income from them may go down as well\nas up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of\nthe shares. Acquiring Offer Shares to which this announcement relates may\nexpose an investor to a significant risk of losing all of the amount invested.\nPast performance is no guide to future performance and persons needing advice\nshould consult an independent financial advisor.","category":[{"id":1006,"category_no":"FLAGGING","category_en":"MAJOR SHAREHOLDINGS NOTIFICATION"}],"markets":["XOSL"],"issuerId":12197,"correctionForMessageId":0,"correctedByMessageId":0,"issuerSign":"KCC","issuerName":"Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA","instrId":0,"instrumentName":"","instrumentFullName":"","publishedTime":"2026-09-02T20:00:02.869Z","test":false,"numbAttachments":0,"attachments":[],"clientAnnouncementId":"e1804270-87d2-4223-85ba-6ed937e5dc27","infoRequired":1,"oamMandatory":1}}}