Private placement successfully placed – order of four new CSOVs

02 Mar 2023 22:42 CET

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Haugesund, 2 March 2023: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement by
Edda Wind ASA (“Edda Wind” or the “Company”) earlier today regarding a
contemplated private placement (the “Private Placement”) of new shares and the
ordering of four commissioning service operation vessels (“CSOV”) newbuilds to
be constructed at Vard.

The book-building for the Private Placement has been successfully completed,
raising gross proceeds of NOK 1.2 billion, through the allocation of 48,000,000
new shares in the Company (the “Offer Shares”), each at a subscription price of
NOK 25 per Offer Share (the “Subscription Price”). The Private Placement
attracted strong interest from existing and new Norwegian, Nordic and
international high-quality investors and was oversubscribed.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Private Placement to
finance the equity portion of the currently estimated total construction costs
relating to the contracts for the four CSOV newbuilds and general corporate
purposes. The debt financing for the newbuilds has not been obtained.

For the four CSOV newbuilds now ordered, it is currently expected that the first
two CSOVs shall be delivered in Q1 2025, the third CSOV in Q2 2025 and the
fourth CSOV in Q1 2026. The Company has also secured options for 2+2 additional
CSOV vessels with expected delivery dates in 2025 and 2026 (if declared).

The Company’s four largest shareholders Østensjø Wind AS, Wilhelmsen New Energy
AS, Geveran Trading Co Ltd and EPS Ventures Ltd (collectively, the “Main
Shareholders”) were allocated Offer Shares in total for NOK 970 million, whereby
Østensjø Wind AS was allocated NOK 120 million, Wilhelmsen New Energy AS was
allocated NOK 300 million, Geveran Trading Co Ltd was allocated NOK 275 million
and EPS Ventures Ltd was allocated NOK 275 million, resulting in a ownership in
the Company following, and subject to, the completion of the Private Placement
and the issue of the Offer Shares of 18.96%, 25.38%, 16.52% and 15.93%,
respectively. A total of 148,553 Offer Shares were allocated to the Company’s
primary insiders and will be included in a separate announcement.

The Private Placement consists of one tranche of 6,431,448 Offer Shares
("Tranche 1") and a second tranche of 41,568,552 Offer Shares ("Tranche 2"). The
board of directors (the “Board”) has resolved to increase the Company's share
capital by NOK 643,144.80, by issuing 6,431,448 new shares pertaining to the
Offer Shares allocated in Tranche 1, pursuant to the authorisation (the "Board
Authorisation") granted to the Board by the Company's annual general meeting
held on 6 May 2022. The issue of new shares pertaining to the Offer Shares
allocated in Tranche 2 is subject to approval of the Company's extraordinary
general meeting expected to be held on or about 24 March 2023 (the "EGM"). The
Board will call for the EGM by separate announcement, on or about 3 March 2023.
Applicants being allocated Offer Shares in the Private Placement and who hold
shares in the Company as of the date of the EGM will undertake to vote at the
EGM in favour of, or give a voting proxy to be used in favour of, the share
capital increase and issuance of the Offer Shares in Tranche 2 of the Private
Placement, as well as the possible share capital increase and issuance of shares
in a Subsequent Offering (as defined below). Tranche 1 is not conditional upon
completion of Tranche 2 (including not conditional upon EGM approval), and
acquisition of Offer Shares in Tranche 1 will remain final and binding and
cannot be revoked or terminated by the respective applicants if Tranche 2 is not
completed. If Tranche 2 is not completed (e.g. due to non-approval by the EGM),
applicants will not be delivered Offer Shares in Tranche 2 and the Company will
only receive the gross proceeds for the issue of the 6,431,448 new shares under
the Board Authorisation in Tranche 1.

The Main Shareholders have accepted to be delivered Offer Shares in Tranche 2.
As such, all other applicants will receive their pro-rata allocation of Offer
Shares in Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 based on their overall allocation in the
Private Placement. Both Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 (except for the Main
Shareholders) will be settled with existing and unencumbered shares in the
Company that are already listed on Oslo Børs to be lent (the "Share Loan") from
Wilhelmsen New Energy AS (the “Share Lender”) pursuant to a share lending
agreement (the “SLA”) between the Company, the Share Lender and DNB Markets, a
part of DNB Bank ASA (on behalf of the Managers (as defined below)). It is also
expected that the Managers will pre-fund the gross proceeds for Tranche 1 on
behalf of investors being allocated Offer Shares in Tranche 1.

The Offer Shares allocated to applicants in Tranche 1 will be tradable from
notification of allocation and is expected to be delivered Delivery Versus
Payment (“DVP”) on a T+2 basis on or about 7 March 2023. Offer Shares in Tranche
2 (other than to the Main Shareholders) are expected to be delivered DVP on a
T+2 basis following and subject to approval by the EGM on or about 28 March
2023. Each of Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 is subject to the SLA remaining unmodified
and in full force and effect.

Notices of allocation of Offer Shares in Tranche 1 and conditional allocation of
Offer Shares in Tranche 2 are expected to be distributed to the investors on 3
March 2023. The Managers expect to issue notifications with payment instructions
for Tranche 2 immediately after the EGM with the payment date expected to be on
or about 28 March 2023.

The Tranche 1 portion of the Share Loan will be settled with new shares in the
Company to be issued following registration of the share capital increase
pertaining to Tranche 1 in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises (the
“NRBE”). The Tranche 2 portion of the Share Loan and will be settled with new
shares in the Company to be issued following, and subject to, approval of
Tranche 2 by the EGM and registration of the share capital increase pertaining
to Tranche 2 in the NRBE. The new shares to be re-delivered to the Share Lender
in Tranche 2 and allocated to the Main Shareholders will be issued on a separate
ISIN and will not be tradable on Oslo Børs until a listing prospectus pertaining
to the new shares in Tranche 2 (the “Prospectus”) has been approved by the
Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority and published by the Company, expected
ultimo March 2023.

Following registration of the share capital increase pertaining to Offer Shares
in Tranche 1, the issued share capital of the Company is expected to be NOK
7,074,593.60 comprising 70,745,936 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 0.1.
Following registration of the share capital increase pertaining to Offer Shares
in Tranche 2, the issued share capital of the Company is expected to be NOK
11,231,448.80 comprising 112,314,488 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK
0.1.

Equal Treatment

The Private Placement involves that the shareholders' preferential rights to
subscribe for and being allocated the Offer Shares are set aside. The Board has
considered the structure of the equity raise in light of the equal treatment
obligations under the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act, the rules on equal
treatment under Euronext Oslo Rule Book Part II and the Oslo Stock Exchange's
Guidelines on the rule of equal treatment. The Board is of the view that it is
in the common interest of the Company and its shareholders to raise equity
through a private placement. A private placement enables the Company to secure
equity financing to accommodate the initial payment structure for the four CSOV
newbuilds. Further, a private placement will reduce execution and completion
risk and allows for the Company to raise capital more quickly, which is
particularly important in light of the newbuilds' payment structure, as well as
the ability to utilize current market conditions, raise capital at a lower
discount compared to a rights issue and without the underwriting commissions
normally seen with rights offerings. Eligible Shareholders that were not
allocated shares in the Private Placement will be able to participate in the
Subsequent Offering (as defined and described below).

Subsequent Offering

Subject to inter alia (i) completion of the Private Placement, (ii) relevant
corporate resolutions including approval of a Subsequent Offering by the Board
and the EGM, (iii) prevailing market price of the Company’s shares being higher
than the Subscription Price, and (iv) approval of a prospectus for the listing
and offering of the new shares in the Subsequent Offering by the Norwegian
Financial Supervisory Authority, the Company will carry out a subsequent
offering (the "Subsequent Offering") of up to 2,000,000 new shares in the
Company raising up to approximately NOK 50 million in gross proceeds. A
Subsequent Offering will, if made, and on the basis of the prospectus be
directed towards existing shareholders in the Company as of 2 March 2023, as
registered in the Company's register of shareholders with Euronext Securities
Oslo on 6 March 2023, and who (i) are not allocated Offer Shares in the Private
Placement, and (ii) are not resident in a jurisdiction where such offering would
be unlawful or, for jurisdictions other than Norway, would require any
prospectus, filing, registration or similar action (the "Eligible
Shareholders"). The Eligible Shareholders are expected to be granted
non-tradable subscription rights. The subscription period in a Subsequent
Offering is expected to commence shortly after publication of the prospectus,
and the subscription price in the Subsequent Offering will be equal to the
Subscription Price in the Private Placement. The Company will issue a separate
stock exchange notice with further details on the Subsequent Offering.

ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Arctic Securities AS, DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank
ASA, Fearnley Securities AS and Pareto Securities AS (together, the “Managers”)
acted as Joint Bookrunners in the Private Placement. Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS is
acting as legal advisor to the Company in connection with the Private Placement
and Subsequent Offering, and Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm AS is acting as legal
advisor to the Managers.

For further information, please contact:

Kenneth Walland, CEO Edda Wind
Phone: +47 916 93 418
E-mail: kenneth.walland@eddawind.com

Tom Johan Austrheim, CFO Edda Wind
Phone: +47 982 09 873
E-mail: tom.johan.austrheim@eddawind.com

ABOUT EDDA WIND

Edda Wind is a leading pure play offshore wind service company headquartered in
Haugesund, Norway. The Company develops, builds, owns and operates purpose-built
Service Operation Vessels (“SOV”) and Commissioning Service Operation Vessels
(“CSOV”) for offshore wind farms worldwide.

Edda Wind is creating the next generation of offshore wind service vessels and
works closely with partners to develop new technologies to reduce emissions
without compromising operational capabilities or cost competitiveness.

As of today, the Company owns and operates two purpose-built offshore wind SOVs,
operates one chartered frontrunner, and has eight dedicated offshore wind
vessels under construction prior to the ordering of CSOVs as described above.
All pre-existing newbuild vessels are prepared for zero-emission utilising
liquid organic hydrogen carrier as an energy source.

Read more: www.eddawind.com

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solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities of Edda Wind ASA. The
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similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are based
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assumptions. Although the Company believes that these assumptions were
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Actual events may differ significantly from any anticipated development due to a
number of factors, including without limitation, changes in investment levels
and need for the Company's services, changes in the general economic, political
and market conditions in the markets in which the Company operate, the Company's
ability to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel, changes in the
Company's ability to engage in commercially acceptable acquisitions and
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assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this announcement are
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matters referred to herein.
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investment advice and under no circumstances is it to be used or considered as
an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a
recommendation to buy or sell any securities in the Company. Neither the
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Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and is subject to the disclosure requirements
pursuant to MAR article 17 and Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading
Act. This stock exchange announcement was published by Tom Johan Austrheim at
Edda Wind ASA on the time and date provided above.

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