Talvivaara Mining Company Plc: Final results of the rights offering
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Talvivaara Mining Company Plc
15 April 2013
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NOT SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SHARES OR SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS
(AND ANY SUPPLEMENTARY PROSPECTUS) PUBLISHED BY TALVIVAARA IN CONNECTION WITH
THE OFFERING. COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS (AND ANY SUPPLEMENTARY PROSPECTUS) ARE,
OR WILL BE, AVAILABLE FROM TALVIVAARA'S REGISTERED OFFICE.
Talvivaara Mining Company Plc
Final results of the rights offering
· Rights offering oversubscribed
· Gross proceeds of approximately EUR 261 million
· Total number of shares in Talvivaara Mining Company Plc to
increase to 1,906,167,480 shares
· Due to oversubscription, the underwriting was not utilised
The Board of Directors of Talvivaara Mining Company Plc ("Talvivaara") has today
approved all subscriptions made pursuant to subscription rights.
All 1,633,857,840 new shares offered in Talvivaara's rights offering (the "Offer
Shares") were subscribed for. A total of 1,419,673,290 shares were subscribed
for pursuant to subscription rights, representing 86.9% of all the Offer Shares.
Taking into account subscriptions received without subscription rights in the
secondary subscription, the rights offering was oversubscribed. The Offer Shares
subscribed for without subscription rights have been allocated to subscribers in
proportion to the number of subscription rights exercised for subscription of
the Offer Shares. The underwriting provided by J.P. Morgan Securities plc,
Nordea Bank Finland Plc, BofA Merrill Lynch, BNP PARIBAS and Danske Bank A/S,
Helsinki Branch was not utilised.
Talvivaara will confirm allocations of subscriptions for Offer Shares subscribed
for without subscription rights (secondary subscription) by mail. In accordance
with the terms and conditions of the rights offering, the subscription price
paid for the unallocated Offer Shares will be refunded to such subscribers on or
about 17 April 2013.
The subscription price was EUR 0.16 per Offer Share and Talvivaara raised gross
proceeds of approximately EUR 261 million through the rights offering. As a
result of the rights offering, the total number of shares in Talvivaara will
increase to 1,906,167,480 shares. The Offer Shares will carry the right to
receive dividends and other distributions of funds, if any, and other
shareholder rights in Talvivaara as of the registration of the Offer Shares with
the Finnish Trade Register, on or about 16 April 2013.
Trading in interim shares and the CREST depositary interest ("CDIs")
representing the interim shares representing the Offer Shares subscribed for
pursuant to subscription rights commenced on 8 April 2013 on the official list
of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (trading symbol TLV1VN0113) and on the main market
for listed securities of London Stock Exchange plc (trading symbol TALI). The
interim shares will be combined with the ordinary shares of Talvivaara (TLV1V)
when the Offer Shares have been registered with the Finnish Trade Register,
expected to occur on or about 16 April 2013. Trading in the Offer Shares will
commence on the official list of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd and on the main market
for listed securities of London Stock Exchange plc on or about 17 April 2013.
The allocated Offer Shares subscribed for without subscription rights will be
recorded on the subscriber's book-entry account directly as shares on or about
16 April 2013. Subscribers who subscribed for Offer Shares in the form of new
CDIs are expected to have the new CDIs credited to their CREST accounts on or
about 17 April 2013.
J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Nordea Bank Finland Plc acted as Joint Global
Coordinators for the rights offering. BofA Merrill Lynch, BNP PARIBAS and Danske
Bank A/S, Helsinki Branch acted, together with Joint Global Coordinators, as
Joint Bookrunners.
Adjustment to the Conversion Price of the Convertible Bonds due 2013 and 2015
As the rights offering was subscribed in full, the Board of Directors of
Talvivaara has today, on 15 April 2013, confirmed the adjustments made on 8
March 2013 to the conversion price of the convertible bonds due 2013 and 2015 to
the effect that the new conversion prices are GBP 1.59 (EUR 2.00) and GBP 1.90
(EUR 2.26), respectively. The Board of Directors confirmed today that the
maximum number of shares that can be subscribed for pursuant to the convertible
bonds due 2013 is increased to 38,537,673 shares and the maximum number of
shares that can be subscribed for pursuant to the convertible bonds due 2015 is
increased to 98,617,935 shares. The increases in the maximum number of shares
that can be subscribed for pursuant to the conversion of the convertible bonds
are expected to be registered with the Finnish Trade Register on or about 17
April 2013.
Adjustment of the terms and conditions of the 2007 and 2011 stock options
As a consequence of the rights offering, the Board of Directors of Talvivaara
has today, on 15 April 2013, also confirmed the adjustments made on 8 March
2013 to Talvivaara's 2007 and 2011 stock options. The subscription price for
stock options 2007C is adjusted to GBP 0.5110 per share and the number of shares
that can be subscribed for through the exercise of the stock options 2007C will
increase by 13,998,600 shares. The subscription price for stock options 2011B
will be adjusted to EUR 0.5935 per share and the number of shares that can be
subscribed for through the exercise of the stock options 2011B will increase by
9,000,000 shares and the number of shares that can be subscribed for through the
exercise of the stock options 2011C will increase by 9,000,000 shares. The
resolution to adjust the share subscription price of the stock options 2007B and
to increase the number of shares that may be subscribed for through the exercise
of the stock options was not confirmed because the share subscription period of
the stock options 2007B ended on 31 March 2013.
The foregoing adjustments to the terms and conditions of the 2007 and 2011 stock
options due to the rights offering will be in force as of their registration
with the Finnish Trade Register on or about 17 April 2013.
Enquiries
Talvivaara Mining Company Plc Tel +358 20 7129 800
Pekka Perä, CEO
Saila Miettinen-Lähde, Deputy CEO and CFO
Talvivaara Mining Company Plc
Talvivaara Mining Company is an internationally significant base metals producer
with its primary focus on nickel and zinc using a technology known as
bioheapleaching to extract metals out of ore. Bioheapleaching makes extraction
of metals from low grade ore economically viable. The Talvivaara deposits
comprise one of the largest known sulphide nickel resources in Europe. The ore
body is estimated to support anticipated production for several decades.
Talvivaara has secured a 10-year off-take agreement for 100 per cent of its main
output of nickel and cobalt to Norilsk Nickel and entered into a long-term zinc
streaming agreement with Nyrstar NV. Talvivaara is listed on the London Stock
Exchange Main Market and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Further information can be found
at www.talvivaara.com.
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