Update on pre-acceptances for the recommended voluntary cash offer of NOK 20.50 per share to the shareholders of Belships ASA

06 Jan 2025 07:00 CET

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Oslo, 6 January 2025.

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement published on 19 December
2024 regarding the agreement with Blue Northern BLK Ltd ("Blue Northern" or the
"Offeror") for the Offeror to, subject to certain conditions, launch a
recommended voluntary cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of
Belships ASA ("Belships" or the "Company") at a price of NOK 20.50 per share
(the "Offer").

Wenaasgruppen AS, who owns 18,200,000 shares in the Company, representing
approximately 7.20% of the Company's issued and outstanding share capital
(excluding treasury shares owned by the Company), has entered into an
irrevocable undertaking to accept the Offer on the same terms as the Company's
largest shareholders, certain members of the board and the executive management
of the Company, as further detailed in the stock exchange announcement published
on 19 December 2024.

Including the irrevocable pre-acceptances entered into in connection with the
agreement to launch the Offer, Blue Northern has secured irrevocable pre-
acceptances from a total of 68.43% of the Company's issued and outstanding share
capital (excluding treasury shares owed by the Company).

The complete details of the Offer, including all terms and conditions, will be
included in an offer document (the "Offer Document") to be sent to the Company's
shareholders with known addresses following review and approval by the Oslo
Stock Exchange pursuant to Chapter 6 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
The Offer Document is expected to be approved by the Oslo Stock Exchange in time
for the acceptance period for the Offer to commence no later than on 24 January
2025. The Offer may only be accepted on the basis of the Offer Document.

The Offer will not be made in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer
would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction.

ABG Sundal Collier ASA is acting as financial advisor to the Offeror and its
affiliates in connection with the Offer. Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS and Watson
Farley & Williams are acting as legal advisors to the Offeror and its affiliates
in connection with the Offer. Fearnley Securities AS is acting as financial
advisor to the Company in connection with the Offer. Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma
AS is acting as legal advisor to the Company in connection with the Offer.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Offer and the distribution of this announcement and other information in
connection with the Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions.
When published, the Offer Document and related acceptance forms will not and may
not be distributed, forwarded or transmitted into or within any jurisdiction
where prohibited by applicable law, including, without limitation, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan, or any
other jurisdiction in which such would be unlawful. The Offeror does not assume
any responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such
restrictions. Persons in the United States should review "Notice to U.S.
Holders" below. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other
information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe
any such restrictions.

This announcement is for information purposes only and is not a tender offer
document and, as such, is not intended to does not constitute or form any part
of an offer or the solicitation of an offer to purchase, otherwise acquire,
subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, or the solicitation
of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise.
Investors may accept the Offer only on the basis of the information provided in
the Offer Document. Offers will not be made directly or indirectly in any
jurisdiction where either an offer or participation therein is prohibited by
applicable law or where any tender offer document or registration or other
requirements would apply in addition to those undertaken in Norway.

Notice to U.S. Holders

U.S. Holders (as defined below) are advised that the Shares are not listed on a
U.S. securities exchange and that Belships is not subject to the periodic
reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "U.S. Exchange Act"), and is not required to, and does not, file any
reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder.
The Offer will be made to holders of Shares resident in the United States ("U.S.
Holders") on the same terms and conditions as those made to all other holders of
Shares of Belships to whom an offer is made. Any information documents,
including the Offer Document, will be disseminated to U.S. Holders on a basis
comparable to the method that such documents are provided to Belships' other
Shareholders to whom an offer is made. The Offer will be made by the Offeror and
no one else.

The Offer will be made to U.S. Holders pursuant to the applicable requirements
of the U.S. Exchange Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, including Section 14(e) and Regulation 14E under the U.S. Exchange
Act, in each case to the extent applicable, subject to the exemption provided
under Rule 14e-1(d) under the U.S. Exchange Act, and otherwise in accordance
with the requirements of Norwegian law. Accordingly, the Offer will be subject
to disclosure and other procedural requirements, including with respect to the
offer timetable, withdrawal, waiver of conditions, notices of extensions,
announcements of results, settlement procedures and timing of payments, that are
different from those that would be applicable under U.S. domestic tender offer
procedures and law.

Pursuant to an exemption from Rule 14e-5 under the U.S. Exchange Act, the
Offeror and its affiliates or brokers (acting as agents for the Offeror or its
affiliates, as applicable) may from time to time, and other than pursuant to the
Offer, directly or indirectly, purchase or arrange to purchase, Shares or any
securities that are convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for such
Shares outside the United States during the period in which the Offer remains
open for acceptance, so long as those acquisitions or arrangements comply with
applicable Norwegian law and practice and the provisions of such exemption. To
the extent information about such purchases or arrangements to purchase is made
public in Norway, such information will be disclosed by means of an English
language press release via an electronically operated information distribution
system in the United States or other means reasonably calculated to inform U.S.
Holders of such information. To the extent that the Offeror discloses any
information about any purchases of Shares or any related securities outside of
the tender offer in Norway, it will publicly discloses the same information in
the United States.  If the consideration paid by the Offeror or its affiliates
in any transaction after the public announcement of the tender offer is greater
than the tender offer price, the tender offer price shall be increased to match
that price.  In addition, the financial advisor to the Offeror may also engage
in ordinary course trading activities in securities of Belships, which may
include purchases or arrangements to purchase such securities.

Neither the SEC nor any securities supervisory authority of any U.S. state or
other jurisdiction in the United States has approved or disapproved the Offer or
reviewed it for its merit or fairness, reviewed the Offer Document for adequacy,
accuracy, correctness, completeness or fairness, nor passed any comment on
whether the content in the Offer Document is correct or complete. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

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