NADL - North Atlanrtic Drilling Ltd. announces the results of the Special General Meeting
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Hamilton, Bermuda,December 30, 2015 - North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (the
"Company" or "NADL"), advises that the Special General Meeting of the
shareholders of the Company was held on December 28, 2015 and the shareholders
approved the share consolidation of the Company''s authorized and issued shares
in the proportion of 1-for-10 (the "Reverse Split") in accordance with the
board''s proposal.
No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Split. The
Company will purchase fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Split of the
issued shares, for cancellation for a cash payment equal to the closing price of
the Company''s shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") at the end of
trading on December 3, 2015, the Record Date.
The shareholders further resolved during the Special General Meeting, a
reduction of the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company, with par value
of each of the issued share affectively reduced from $5.00 per share to $0.10
per share.
Upon the Reverse Split and Capital Reduction taking effect, the authorized, but
unissued, shares of the Company will be sub-divided and the authorized share
capital will be reduced. The Company will following this have an authorized
share capital of $10,000,000, consisting of 100,000,000 shares of par value
$0.10 each, of which maximum 24,351,651 shares of par value $0.10 would be in
issue and fully paid or credited as fully paid. The final number of shares in
issuance will depend on the number of fractional shares that will be purchased
by the Company for cancelation as set out above.
The Reverse Split and Capital Reduction will take effect and the Company''s
common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on the NYSE, as of the
opening of trading on Thursday, December 31, 2015 under the existing trading
symbol "NADL." The new CUSIP number for the common stock following the reverse
stock split will be G6613P129.
Shareholders with shares held in book-entry form or through a bank, broker, or
other nominee are not required to take any action and will see the impact of the
Reverse Split reflected in their accounts on or after December 31, 2015. Such
beneficial holders may contact their bank, broker, or nominee for more
information.
Shareholders with shares held in certificate form will receive instructions from
the Company''s exchange agent, Computershare, for exchanging their stock
certificates for a new certificate representing the shares of common stock
resulting from the Reverse Split.
Additional information about the Reverse Split can be found in the Company''s
proxy statement furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on December
17, 2015, a copy of which is available on the Commission''s website at
www.sec.govand on the Company''s website at www.nadlcorp.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release includes forward looking statements. Such statements are
generally not historical in nature, and specifically include statements about
the Company''s plans, strategies, business prospects, changes and trends in its
business and the markets in which it operates. These statements are made based
upon management''s current plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs
concerning future events impacting the Company and therefore involve a number of
risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date of this news release. Important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward
looking statements include, but are not limited to, the performance of the
drilling rigs in the Company''s fleet, delay in payment or disputes with
customers, fluctuations in the international price of oil, changes in
governmental regulations that affect the Company or the operations of the
Company''s fleet, increased competition in the offshore drilling industry, and
general economic, political and business conditions globally. Consequently, no
forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. When considering these forward
looking statements, you should keep in mind the risks described from time to
time in the Company''s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form
20-F. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such
statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New
factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to
predict all of these factors. Further, the Company cannot assess the impact of
each such factor on its business or the extent to which any factor, or
combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from
those contained in any forward-looking statement.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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(i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and
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(ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and
originality of the information contained therein.
Source: North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. via GlobeNewswire
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