Reference is made to notification of 19 August 2013
from Merckx AS ("Merckx") regarding flagging and
triggering of mandatory offer obligation in Blom ASA
("BLO"), in which Merckx announced that it would make
a mandatory offer within four weeks from 16 August
2013.
Merckx' aim is to launch the offer on 19 September
2013. This will be within the four week deadline in
Section 6-10 of the Securities Trading Act, which is
calculated from the date on which the offeror becomes
owner of the shares that triggered the obligation to
make the offer. Merckx become owner of the relevant
shares on 22 August 2013.
The offer price will be NOK 0.10 per share, which is
the highest price Merckx has paid for shares in Blom.
Contact:
Tore Hopen, Chairman of the Board i Merckx
Telephone: +47 93 48 06 07
Tønsberg, 16 September 2013