Dovre Group Oyj - Prospectus/Announcement of Prospectus

DOVRE GROUP PLC’S LISTING PROSPECTUS CONCERNING THE LISTING OF THE COMPANY’S NEW SHARES ISSUED AS DIRECT ISSUE APPROVED

Espoo, Finland, 2016-03-08 07:45 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
Dovre Group Plc                  Stock Exchange Bulletin                   
March 8, 2016 at 8:45 a.m. 

DOVRE GROUP PLC’S LISTING PROSPECTUS CONCERNING THE LISTING OF THE COMPANY’S
NEW SHARES ISSUED AS DIRECT ISSUE APPROVED 

The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has today March 8, 2016 approved
Dovre Group Plc’s (the ‘Company’) Finnish-language listing prospectus in
accordance with the Finnish Securities Markets Act concerning the listing of
36,453,018 new shares in the Company on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki
Ltd (the ‘Helsinki Stock Exchange’). 

The Company signed on March 3, 2015 a conditional agreement regarding the
purchase of all shares in Norwegian Petroleum Consulting Group AS (‘NPC’). The
transaction was completed on May 28, 2015. As part of the purchase price of the
transaction, the sellers of NPC were issued a total 36,453,018 new shares in
the Company as direct issue. The Company has today submitted a listing
application for the admission of these shares (the ‘Listing Shares’) to trading
on the official list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. 

The listing prospectus concerning the Listing Shares has been prepared only for
listing, and no Listing Shares are offered or sold based on the listing
prospectus. The Listing Shares are expected to be listed on the official list
of the Helsinki Stock Exchange on or around March 10, 2016. The Listing Shares
are subject to a three (3) year lock-up period from the date of issue, lasting
until May 28, 2018. 

The listing prospectus approved by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority
is available on or around March 9, 2016 on the Company’s website at
www.dovregroup.com/investors/investors.html and on weekdays during normal
business hours at the Company’s registered office at Maapallonkuja 1 B, Espoo.
The listing prospectus has been drafted only in Finnish. 

Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd acts as the legal advisor to the Company. The
Company’s auditor is Ernst & Young Oy. 

For further information, please contact:
Dovre Group Plc
Heidi Karlsson, CFO
tel. +358 (0)20 436 2000
www.dovregroup.com

Dovre Group is a global provider of project management services. Dovre Group
has two business areas: Project Personnel and Consulting. Dovre Group has
offices in Norway, Canada, the US, Singapore, South Korea, the UAE, Russia, and
Finland, and employs around 700 people worldwide. Dovre Group is listed on the
Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: DOV1V). Company web site www.dovregroup.com. 

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NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR
INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, SOUTH AFRICA, SINGAPORE
OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD
BE UNLAWFUL. 

This release is not a prospectus, and thus, is not an offer for securities. No
securities are offered based on this release in any jurisdiction. Securities
are also not offered based on the Finnish-language prospectus approved by the
Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority in any jurisdiction. Investors must
make their investment decisions based only on the information presented in the
Finnish-language prospectus approved by the Finnish Financial Supervisory
Authority and other information published by the Company. 

Shares cannot be offered or sold in the United States without registration in
accordance with the US Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) or in reliance on an
exemption from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act of 1933.
The Company has not registered, and does not intend to register, any part of a
possible offer in the United States, nor does it intend to offer securities to
the public in the United States. 

The Company’s shares are not, and will not be, registered in accordance with
the securities market legislation of the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong
Kong, South Africa, Singapore or Japan, nor will the Company’s shares be
offered or sold to or on behalf of or in favor of residents or citizens of the
United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Singapore or Japan. 

This release may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements include factors that are not historical facts, statements on, among
other things, the Company’s results, financial position, solvency,
opportunities, growth, strategies and the Company’s intentions, beliefs and
current expectations concerning its industry. By nature, forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, because they relate to events or
are due to circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and, thus,
express only the circumstances at the time they are given. The Company gives
notice that forward-looking statements are no assurance of future performance,
and that its actual results, financial position and solvency as well as the
development of its industry could significantly differ from what has been
stated or proposed in the forward-looking statements herein. In addition, even
if the Company’s results, financial position and solvency as well as the
development of its industry correspond to the forward-looking statements
herein, such results or development are no indication of future results or
developments. The Company does not undertake to verify expectations or
estimates or to publish corrections to forward-looking statements reflecting
events or circumstances subsequent to the publication of this release.