REC SILICON - ANCHOR ANNONSERER AT DET IKKE VIL BLI NOEN YTTERLIGERE FORLENGELSE AV TILBUDSPERIODEN UTOVER 8. JULI OG INGEN ØKNING AV TILBUDSPRISEN

26 Jun 2025 15:13 CEST

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Det vises til børsmelding publisert 23. mai 2025 vedrørende offentliggjøring
av tilbudsdokumentet datert 22. mai ("Tilbudsdokumentet") og lanseringen av
akseptperioden for det styreanbefalte frivillige kontanttilbudet ("Tilbudet")
fra Anchor AS ("Tilbyderen") om å erverve samtlige utstedte og utestående
aksjer ("Aksjene") i REC Silicon ASA ("Selskapet") til en tilbudspris på NOK
2,20 per aksje ("Tilbudsprisen"). Det vises videre til børsmelding publisert
24. juni 2025 vedrørende forlengelsen av akseptperioden for Tilbudet til 8.
juli 2025 kl. 16:30 (CEST).

Oppsummering
- Selskapet har uttalt at det snart vil ha behov for ytterligere finansiering,
enten fra Hanwha eller andre kapitalkilder, hvorav ingen alternativer hittil
har blitt ferdigstilt eller garantert (børsmelding 23. juni 2025).
- Hanwha vil ikke yte ytterligere lån til Selskapet med mindre Tilbudet
gjennomføres.
- Det vil ikke bli noen ytterligere forlengelse av tilbudsperioden utover 8.
juli, og det vil ikke bli noen økning av Tilbudsprisen på NOK 2,20 per aksje.
- Mer informasjon om hvordan akseptskjemaer kan leveres finnes nedenfor.

Som kommunisert av Hanwha Corporation og Hanwha Solutions Corporation
(samlet,"Hanwha") i brev til Selskapet datert 24. juni 2025, vil Hanwha ikke
yte ytterligere lån til REC Silicon dersom det skjer endringer i
sammensetningen av Selskapets styre som ikke støttes av Hanwha og Tilbudet
ikke gjennomføres.

I en periode hvor Selskapet hadde behov for kontinuitet og stabilitet på
styrenivå, beklager både Hanwha og Tilbyderen sterkt utfallet av den ordinære
generalforsamlingen i Selskapet avholdt 25. juni 2025, hvor et styre ikke
støttet av Hanwha ble valgt.

Som følge av dette vil Hanwha ikke yte ytterligere lån til Selskapet med
mindre Tilbudet gjennomføres.

I lys av Selskapets finansielle situasjon og dets kommuniserte avhengighet av
støtte fra Hanwha, er både Hanwha og Tilbyderen av den oppfatning at det er i
både Selskapets og aksjonærenes interesse at utfallet av Tilbudet avklares så
snart som mulig.

På denne bakgrunn har Tilbyderen besluttet at den ikke vil benytte sin rett
etter punkt 1.4 i Tilbudsdokumentet til å forlenge den nåværende
akseptperioden. Videre har Tilbyderen besluttet at Tilbudsprisen på NOK 2,20
per aksje er det beste og endelige tilbudet. Dette innebærer at Tilbudet under
nåværende tilbudsperiode (som utløper 8. juli 2025 kl. 16:30 (CEST)) er det
siste og endelige Tilbudet til aksjonærene i Selskapet.

Tilbudet kan kun aksepteres i henhold til Tilbudsdokumentet, og de
fullstendige vilkårene for Tilbudet (bortsett fra de endringer som følger av
separat kunngjøring) er inkludert i Tilbudsdokumentet.

Akseptskjemaer kan leveres på fire alternative måter:
- Elektronisk via følgende nettside: www.dnb.no/emisjoner
- Per e-post til: retail@dnb.no
- Per ordinær post til: DNB Carnegie, en del av DNB Bank ASA, Issuer Services,
Dronning Eufemias gate 30, Postboks 1600 Sentrum, 0021 Oslo, Norge
- Ved personlig levering til samme adresse

Spørsmål om fremgangsmåte for aksept av Tilbudet kan rettes til DNB Carnegie
på telefon +47 91 50 48 00 eller e-post retail@dnb.no.

Tilbudsdokumentet er tilgjengelig på følgende nettside i løpet av
akseptperioden: www.dnb.no/emisjoner

Rådgivere
DNB Carnegie, en del av DNB Bank ASA, er finansiell rådgiver og oppgjørsagent
for Tilbyderen. Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm er juridisk rådgiver, og First House
AS er kommunikasjonsrådgiver for Tilbyderen. Arctic Securities AS er
finansrådgiver og Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS er juridisk rådgiver for
Selskapet.

Important Notice:
The Offer and the distribution of this announcement and other information in
connection with the Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions.
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, South Korea, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong and Japan. 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 and 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.

Shareholders of the Company must rely upon their own examination of the Offer
Document. Each shareholder should study the Offer Document carefully in order
to be able to make an informed and balanced assessment of the Offer and the
information that is discussed and described therein. Shareholders should not
construe the contents of this announcement as legal, tax or accounting advice,
or as information necessarily applicable to each shareholder. Each shareholder
should seek independent advice from its own financial and legal advisors prior
to making a decision to accept the Offer.

No profit forecasts or estimates
No statement in this announcement is intended as a profit forecast or profit
estimate and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean
that earnings or earnings per Share for the current or future financial years
would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings or earning
per Share.

Forward-looking statements
This announcement, oral statements made regarding the Offer, and other
information published by the Offeror and/or the Company may contain statements
which are, or may be deemed to be, "forward looking statements". Such forward
looking statements are prospective in nature and are not based on historical
facts, but rather on current expectations and on numerous assumptions
regarding the business strategies and the environment in which the group will
operate in the future and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by
those statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement relate to the group's future prospects, developments and business
strategies, the expected timing and scope of the Offer and other statements
other than historical facts. In some cases, these forward looking statements
can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology, including the
terms "believes", "estimates", "will look to", "would look to", "plans",
"prepares", "anticipates", "expects", "is expected to", "is subject to",
"budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "synergy", "strategy", "goal",
"cost-saving", "projects" "intends", "may", "will" or "should" or their
negatives or other variations or comparable terminology. Forward-looking
statements may include statements relating to the following: (i) future
capital expenditures, expenses, revenues, earnings, synergies, economic
performance, indebtedness, financial condition, dividend policy, losses,
contract renewals and future prospects; (ii) business and management
strategies and the expansion and growth of the Company's operations; and (iii)
the effects of global economic and political conditions and governmental
regulation on the Company's business. By their nature, forward-looking
statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and
depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. These events and
circumstances include changes in the global, political, economic, business,
competitive, market and regulatory forces, future exchange and interest rates,
changes in tax rates and future business combinations or disposals. If any one
or more of these risks or uncertainties materialises or if any one or more of
the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially from
those expected, estimated or projected. Such forward looking statements should
therefore be construed in the light of such factors. Neither the Company nor
the Offeror nor any member of their respective groups, nor any of their
respective members, associates or directors, officers or advisers, provides
any representation, assurance or guarantee that the occurrence of the events
expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements in this announcement
will actually occur. Given these risks and uncertainties, potential investors
should not place any reliance on forward looking statements.

The forward-looking statements speak only at the date of this document. All
subsequent oral or written forward-looking statements attributable to any
member of the Company group, the Offeror or any member of their respective
group, or any of their respective members, associates, directors, officers,
employees or advisers, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the
cautionary statement above.

The Company, the Offeror and each member of their respective groups expressly
disclaim any obligation to update such statements other than as required by
law or by the rules of any competent regulatory authority, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.

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 the Company 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 the Company 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 the Company's other Shareholders to whom an offer is made. The
Offer will be made by the Offeror and no one else.

The Offer is made to U.S. Holders pursuant to Section 14(e) and Regulation 14E
under the U.S. Exchange Act as a "Tier II" tender offer, and otherwise in
accordance with the requirements of Norwegian law. Accordingly, the Offer is
subject to disclosure and other procedural requirements timetable, 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. In addition, the
financial advisors to the Offeror may also engage in ordinary course trading
activities in securities of the Company, which may include purchases or
arrangements to purchase such securities.

Neither the SEC nor any securities supervisory authority of any state or other
jurisdiction in the United States has approved or disapproved the Offer or
reviewed it for its fairness, nor have the contents of the Offer Document or
any other documentation relating to the Offer been reviewed for accuracy,
completeness or fairness by the SEC or any securities supervisory authority in
the United States. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in
the United States.

Kontakter
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Nils O. Kjerstad
IR Kontakt
Tlf: 47 9135 6659
E-post: nils.kjerstad@recsilicon.com

Om oss
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REC Silicon is a leading producer of advanced silicon materials, delivering
high-purity silicon gases to the solar and electronics industries worldwide.
We combine over 40 years of experience and proprietary technology with the
needs of our customers. Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker: RECSI), the
Company is headquartered in Lysaker, Norway.

For more information, go to: www.recsilicon.com

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Informasjonen ble sendt for publisering den 2025-06-26 15:13 CEST.

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