Vow ASA: Approval and publication of prospectus

22 Nov 2024 10:41 CET

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STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE
DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ARE APPLICABLE.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES
DESCRIBED HEREIN. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Oslo, 22 November 2024: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement
published by Vow ASA (the "Company") on 19 November 2024 regarding the approval
by the extraordinary general meeting of the Company of a fully underwritten
rights issue of 166,666,666 new shares in the Company, at a subscription price
of NOK 1.50 per share (the "Rights Issue").

The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Nw. Finanstilsynet) has today, on
22 November 2024, approved a prospectus prepared by the Company in connection
with the Rights Issue (the "Prospectus") for the offer and listing on the Oslo
Stock Exchange of 166,666,666 offer shares in the Rights Issue and the listing
of up to 9,910,929 new shares to be issued in connection with the settlement of
the underwriting fee to the underwriters. The Prospectus is prepared in
accordance with the simplified disclosure regime for secondary issuances as set
out in the EU Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 and ancillary regulation, as
implemented under Norwegian law).

The subscription period for the Rights Issue will commence on 25 November 2024
at 09:00 hours (CET) and expire on 9 December 2024 at 16:30 hours (CET). The
subscription rights in the Rights Issue will be tradable on the Oslo Stock
Exchange under the ticker code "VOWT" from 25 November 2024 at 09:00 hours (CET)
until 3 December 2024 at 16:30 hours (CET).

Subject to applicable local securities laws, the Prospectus, including the
subscription form for the Rights Issue, will be made available at
www.dnb.no/emisjoner (http://www.dnb.no/emisjoner),
www.paretosec.com/transactions (http://www.paretosec.com/transactions) and
www.sb1markets.no/transaksjoner (http://www.sb1markets.no/transaksjoner).
Printed copies of the Prospectus may be obtained free of charge by contacting
DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA (Tel: +47 23 26 80 20), Pareto Securities AS
(Tel: +47 22 87 87 00) or SpareBank 1 Markets AS (Tel: +47 24 14 74 70).


For more information, please contact:

Henrik Badin, CEO, Vow ASA
Tel: +47 90 78 98 25
Email: henrik.badin@vowasa.com (mailto:henrik.badin@vowasa.com)

Tina Tønnessen, CFO, Vow ASA
Tel: +47 406 39 556
Email: tina.tonnessen@vowasa.com (mailto:tina.tonnessen@vowasa.com)


About Vow ASA

Vow and its subsidiaries Scanship, C.H. Evensen and Etia are passionate about
preventing pollution. The company's world leading solutions convert biomass and
waste into valuable resources and generate clean energy for a wide range of
industries. Advanced technologies and solutions from Vow enable industry
decarbonisation and material recycling. Biomass, sewage sludge, plastic waste
and end-of-life tyres can be converted into clean energy, low carbon fuels and
renewable carbon that replace natural gas, petroleum products and fossil carbon.
The solutions are scalable, standardised, patented, and thoroughly documented,
and the company's capability to deliver is well proven. The company is a cruise
market leader in wastewater purification and valorisation of waste. It also has
strong niche positions in food safety and robotics, and in heat-intensive
industries with a strong decarbonising agenda. Located in Oslo, the parent
company Vow ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker VOW).

- IMPORTANT INFORMATION -

This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a
solicitation of an offer to purchase securities of the Company in the United
States or any other jurisdiction. Copies of this document may not be sent to
jurisdictions, or distributed in or sent from jurisdictions, in which this is
barred or prohibited by law. The securities of the Company may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act").
The securities of the Company have not been, and will not be, registered under
the U.S. Securities Act. Any sale in the United States of the securities
mentioned in this communication will be made solely to "qualified institutional
buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act. No public
offering of the securities will be made in the United States.

Any offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by
means of the Prospectus. This announcement is an advertisement and is not a
prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on prospectuses to be published
when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated
market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended) as implemented in any
EEA Member State (the "Prospectus Regulation"). Investors should not subscribe
for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of
information contained in the Prospectus. Copies of the Prospectus will,
following publication, be available from the Company's registered office and,
subject to certain exceptions, on the website of the Managers.

In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only
directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the
Prospectus Regulation, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without
an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State.

In the United Kingdom, this communication is only addressed to and is only
directed at Qualified Investors who (i) are investment professionals falling
within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Order") or (ii) are persons falling
within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies,
unincorporated associations, etc.) (all such persons together being referred to
as "Relevant Persons"). These materials are directed only at Relevant Persons
and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons.
Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is
available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant
Persons. Persons distributing this communication must satisfy themselves that it
is lawful to do so.

This document is not for publication or distribution in, directly or indirectly,
Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States or any other jurisdiction in which
such release, publication or distribution would be unlawful, and it does not
constitute an offer or invitation to subscribe for or purchase any securities in
such countries or in any other jurisdiction. In particular, the document and the
information contained herein should not be distributed or otherwise transmitted
into the United States or to publications with a general circulation in the
United States of America.

The Managers are acting for the Company in connection with the Rights Issue and
no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for providing
advice in relation to the Rights Issue or any transaction or arrangement
referred to in this announcement.

Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical
facts and may be identified by words such as "anticipate", "believe",
"continue", "estimate", "expect", "intends", "may", "should", "will" and similar
expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon
various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions.
Although the Company believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made,
these assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors which are difficult or
impossible to predict and are beyond its control. Such risks, uncertainties,
contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ
materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this release by such
forward-looking statements. The information, opinions and forward-looking
statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date and are
subject to change without notice. This announcement is made by and is the
responsibility of, the Company. Neither the Managers nor any of their affiliates
makes any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this announcement
and none of them accepts any responsibility for the contents of this
announcement or any matters referred to herein.

This announcement is for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon
in substitution for the exercise of independent judgment. It is not intended as
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 of the Company. No reliance may be
placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its
accuracy, fairness or completeness. Neither the Managers nor any of their
respective affiliates accepts any liability arising from the use of this
announcement.

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