Finnlines - Company Announcement

FINNLINES’ RIGHTS ISSUE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED

Helsinki, Finland, 2013-06-03 11:20 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Finnlines  Plc    
  Stock Exchange Release    3 June 2013 





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. 



FINNLINES' RIGHTS ISSUE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED



Finnlines Oyj's (“Finnlines”) rights issue of approximately EUR 28.8 million
was successfully completed on 31 May 2013. According to the preliminary
results, approximately 85.6 per cent of the offered 4,682,104 shares were
subscribed in the primary subscription and approximately 0.2 per cent in the
secondary subscription. The remaining shares, approximately 14.2 per cent of
the offered shares, will be subscribed for based on the underwriting commitment
given in connection with the rights issue. 



The Board of Directors of Finnlines will approve the subscriptions according to
the terms and conditions of the rights issue on 5 June 2013. 



The shareholders and other investors that have used their right in the
secondary subscription will be sent a confirmation letter on or about 6 June
2013, stating the number of shares to be distributed to such shareholder on the
basis of the secondary subscription. 



Trading in the interim shares, representing the shares subscribed for with
subscription rights, will commence on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. today, 3 June
2013. All shares subscribed for in the rights issue will be registered in the
Finnish Trade Register on or about 6 June 2013 following which the interim
shares will be combined with Finnlines' existing class of shares on or about 6
June 2013. The new shares will be subject to public trading on the official
list of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. together with the other Finnlines shares
starting on or about 7 June 2013. 



Finnlines will announce the final result of the rights issue on 5 June 2013,
following the approval of the subscriptions by the Board of Directors. 



Pohjola Corporate Finance Ltd is the lead manager of the rights issue.





Helsinki, 3 June 2013



FINNLINES PLC

Seija Turunen
CFO



Tapani Voionmaa
Group General Counsel



Additional information

Seija Turunen, CFO, tel. +385 50 565 4403





Distribution

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy

Main media

www.finnlines.com



Finnlines is one of the biggest shipping operators of ro-ro and passenger
services in Northern Europe. The Company is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd
and is a part of the Italian Grimaldi Group, one of the world's largest
operators of the Motorways of the Sea in Europe for both passengers and
freight. The Company's sea transports are concentrated in the Baltic and the
North Sea. In addition to cargo, the Company transports passengers on board of
13 ro-pax vessels between five countries and ten ports. The Company has
subsidiaries or sales offices in Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Sweden,
Denmark, Luxembourg and Poland and a representative office in Russia. In
addition to sea transportation, the Company provides port services in Finland
in Helsinki, Turku and Kotka, which are the most important seaports in Finland. 





DISCLAIMER

The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution,
directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong
Kong, South Africa, Singapore or Japan. These written materials do not
constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States, nor may the
securities be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
exemption from registration as provided in the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Company does not intend
to register any portion of the offering in the United States or to conduct a
public offering of securities in the United States. 



The issue, exercise and/or sale of securities in the offering are subject to
specific legal or regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions. The Company
and Pohjola Corporate Finance Oy assume no responsibility in the event there is
a violation by any person of such restrictions. 



The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities
referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Investors
must neither accept any offer for, nor acquire, any securities to which this
document refers, unless they do so on the basis of the information contained in
the applicable prospectus published or offering circular distributed by the
Company. 



The Company has not authorized any offer to the public of securities in any
Member State of the European Economic Area other than Finland. With respect to
each Member State of the European Economic Area other than Finland and which
has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), no
action has been undertaken or will be undertaken to make an offer to the public
of securities requiring publication of a prospectus in any Relevant Member
State. As a result, the securities may only be offered in Relevant Member
States (a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the
Prospectus Directive; or (b) in any other circumstances falling within Article
3(2) of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this paragraph, the
expression an “offer of securities to the public” means the communication in
any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer
and the securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to
exercise, purchase or subscribe the securities, as the same may be varied in
that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that
Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive
2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive,
to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any
relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State and the expression
“2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU. 



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investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) and (iii) high net
worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated,
falling within Article 49(2) of the Order (all such persons together being
referred to as “relevant persons”). Any investment activity to which this
communication relates will only be available to and will only be engaged with,
relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or
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