NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, WITHIN OR TO THE United States of America, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Hong Kong or Japan OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL
The board of directors of Alliance Oil Company Ltd (“Alliance Oil” or the “Company”) has prepared a prospectus for the purpose of the new issue of preference shares, which was announced on 5 June 2013. The prospectus has today been approved by and registered with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen).
The prospectus is attached to this press release and is also available on Alliance Oil’s website (www.allianceoilco.com), Carnegie Investment Bank AB's website (www.carnegie.se) and the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority's website (www.fi.se). The prospectus can also be ordered from Carnegie during business hours by telephone +46 (0)8 5886 9483.
All holders of ordinary shares and preference shares registered in Sweden will receive a letter and an information booklet by mail. Holders with a VP account will also receive a subscription form while shareholders who have their holdings with a bank or a broker firm will receive instructions on how to subscribe from the bank or broker. The subscription forms will also be available on www.allianceoilco.com and www.carnegie.se.
The subscription period to participate in the new issue of preference shares runs during the period 10–19 June 2013.
Stockholm, 5 June 2013
Alliance Oil Company Ltd.
For further information please contact:
Arsen Idrisov, Managing Director, Alliance Oil, Tel.: +7 495 777 18 08
Eric Forss, Chairman, Alliance Oil, Tel.: +46 8 611 49 90
Also visit www.allianceoilco.com
Important information
This press release is not an offering to subscribe for securities in Alliance Oil. A prospectus for the offering in this press release and the subsequent listing of the preference shares on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm will be approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (the “SFSA”) on or around 5 June 2013 and made public on or around 5 June 2013. The prospectus will be available on the webpages of Alliance Oil, Carnegie and the SFSA.
The distribution of this press release may in certain jurisdictions be subject to legal restrictions, and persons who access it, or part of it, should familiarize themselves with and comply with such legal restrictions. The information in this press release does not constitute an offering to sell securities or solicitation to buy securities; neither shall there be any sale of the securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such an offering or solicitation to buy or sell would require the production of additional prospectuses or any other offering documents, or would not be legal without registration or applicable exemptions from registration pursuant to securities legislation in such jurisdictions.
This press release neither constitutes, nor represents part of an offering or solicitation of an offering to buy or subscribe for securities pursuant to the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), and any securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in the United States of America without registration in accordance with the Securities Act or exemptions related to it. The securities referred to herein are not offered to the public in the United States of America and copies of this press release will not be made available and may not be distributed or sent, wholly or in part, directly or indirectly to the United States of America, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Hong Kong or Japan. Carnegie and Gazprombank and Swedbank are acting on behalf of the Company and for no other party in connection with the offering and will not be liable to any party except the Company as agreed between the parties.
Carnegie and Gazprombank and Swedbank do not accept any responsibility whatsoever and do not provide any guarantee, either explicitly or implicitly, regarding the content of this document, including its accuracy, its comprehensiveness or its verification, or for any statement that has been made or is intended to be made by these or on their behalf in connection with the Company and the offering and nothing in this press release is or shall be relied upon as an undertaking or commitment in this respect, irrespective of the future or the past. In accordance herewith, Carnegie and Gazprombank and Swedbank completely disclaim liability to the extent permitted by law, as well as all liability, regardless of whether it pertains to damages, agreements or any other matter that it would otherwise have had in respect of this press release or any such statement.
This press release has not been approved by any authority. This press release is not a prospectus and investors should not subscribe for or purchase securities referred to in this press release, except for those based on information in the prospectus that will be published in accordance with the above.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect executive management’s current view of future events and potential financial development. While Alliance Oil believes that the expectations described in such statements are reasonable, there is no guarantee that these forward-looking statements will be realized or correct. Consequently, as a result of various factors, the outcome of such statements could differ significantly from the forward-looking statements. The reader is urged to read this press release and the prospectus and any information incorporated through reference therein for a further discussion of the factors that could affect Alliance Oil’s future performance and the markets and industries where the Company is active. In the light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, it is possible that the events described in the forward-looking statements in this press-release will not be known.
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Alliance Oil Company Ltd is a leading independent oil and gas company with vertically integrated operations in Russia and Kazakhstan. Alliance Oil has substantial oil and gas reserves and downstream operations that include the Khabarovsk refinery and the leading network of filling stations and wholesale petroleum products terminals in the Russian Far East. Alliance Oil's ordinary share depository receipts are traded on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic under the symbol AOIL SDB.
