MPC Container Ships Invest B.V.: Approval of Prospectus, Supplementary Prospectus and Listing of Bond
MPC Container Ships Invest B.V. (the "Company", together with its subsidiaries the "Group") is a wholly owned subsidiary of MPC Container Ships ASA (ticker: MPCC). The Company has issued a senior secured bond facility of total USD 200 million (the "Bond") and is incorporated as a private limited liability company and domiciled in the Netherlands, with registered address at Strawinskylaan 835, World Trade Center, Tower B, 8th floor, Amsterdam NL1077, the Netherlands and Dutch enterprise number 69545103. The principal activity of the Group is the investment in as well as operating and financing container vessels.
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Oslo, 14 June 2018
MPCC – MPC Container Ships Invest B.V.: Approval of Prospectus, Supplementary Prospectus and Listing of Bond
MPC Container Ships Invest B.V. (the "Company", together with its subsidiaries the "Group") is a wholly owned subsidiary of MPC Container Ships ASA (ticker: MPCC). The Company has issued a senior secured bond facility of total USD 200 million (the "Bond") and is incorporated as a private limited liability company and domiciled in the Netherlands, with registered address at Strawinskylaan 835, World Trade Center, Tower B, 8th floor, Amsterdam NL1077, the Netherlands and Dutch enterprise number 69545103. The principal activity of the Group is the investment in as well as operating and financing container vessels.
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet) has inspected and approved a registration document, security note and summary constituting an approved prospectus for the Company dated 23 March 2018 (the "Prospectus"), related to the application for listing of the Bond with ISIN NO0010805872 on Oslo Børs, in accordance with the Norwegian Securities Trading Act (verdipapirhandelloven) sections 7-7 and 7-8. Finanstilsynet is of the opinion that the registration document, security note and summary complies with the requirements of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act section 7-13, cf. the Norwegian Securities Trading Regulation (verdipapirforskriften) section 7-13 and hence the Commission Regulation (EC) no. 809/2004 annexes IV, V, VI and XXII.
On 5 June 2018, Finanstilsynet approved a supplement to the Prospectus (the "first Supplementary Prospectus"). The first Supplementary Prospectus has been prepared in connection with the publication of the Company's annual report 2017.
On 8 June 2018, Finanstilsynet approved a second supplement to the Prospectus (the "second Supplementary Prospectus"). The second Supplementary Prospectus has been prepared in connection with the publication of the Company's first quarter report 2018.
The Prospectus, the first and second Supplementary Prospectus will be available on the website of MPC Container Ships ASA: www.mpc-container.com.
The first day of trading of the Bond on Oslo Børs is expected to commence today, 14 June 2018 at 09:00 hours (CEST) under the ticker code "MPCBV ".
For further queries, please contact: ir@mpc-container.com.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements under section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.