16.6.2026 20:32:48 CEST | Bohus ASA | Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a member state
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Oslo, 16 June 2026: Bohus ASA ("Bohus" or the "Company") today announces the successful completion of the bookbuilding in the initial public offering of shares in the Company (the "Offering").
A total of 34,200,000 Offer Shares (as defined below) have been allocated at a price of NOK 31.00 per Offer Share (the "Offer Price"), corresponding to a total transaction size of approx. NOK 1,060 million. The Offering attracted significant interest from high quality investors and the general public in Norway, resulting in a broad shareholder base of approximately 3,000 shareholders at commencement of trading. The Company's shares are expected to commence trading on Euronext Oslo Børs on 18 June 2026 (the "Listing" and together with the Offering, the "IPO").
The Offering comprises 30,000,000 existing Shares (the "Sale Shares") offered by the Company's existing shareholders (together, the "Selling Shareholders") and 4,200,000 additional Shares that have been over-allotted (the "Additional Shares" and, together with the Sale Shares, the "Offer Shares"). In order to facilitate such over-allotment, DNB Carnegie, a part of DNB Bank ASA, as stabilisation manager on behalf of the Managers (as defined below) (the "Stabilisation Manager"), exercised their option to borrow a number of Shares equalling the number of Additional Shares (the "Borrowed Shares").
As further described in the prospectus that was published on 8 June 2026 (the "Prospectus"), the Selling Shareholders have granted an option to the Stabilisation Manager, on behalf of the Managers, to acquire a number of Borrowed Shares equal to the number of Additional Shares at the Offer Price less the number of Shares acquired by the Stabilisation Manager through stabilisation activities (the "Greenshoe Option"), exercisable in whole or in part within a 30-day period from commencement of trading in the Shares on Euronext Oslo Børs. A separate disclosure will be issued regarding the over-allotment and stabilisation activities.
Notifications of allocated Offer Shares and the corresponding amount to be paid by investors are expected to be communicated to investors on or about 17 June 2026. Investors in the retail tranche and the employee tranche of the Offering, having access to investor services through their Euronext Securities (VPS) manager will be able to see how many Offer Shares they have been allocated from on or about 17 June 2026. The Managers may also be contacted for information regarding allocations. Shareholders should note that allocated shares may not be visible on their VPS accounts or in online trading solutions immediately upon commencement of trading. Shareholders wishing to trade allocated shares before they are visible on their VPS accounts should contact their broker or account operator directly.
The board of directors of the Company have also resolved the issuance of 1,752,385 new shares to settle synthetic shares held by certain members of the board and management, as further described in the Prospectus. After this, the Company has 99,598,181 outstanding shares.
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ADVISORS:
ABG Sundal Collier ASA and DNB Carnegie, a part of DNB Bank ASA act as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners in the Listing and the Offering, while Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) Oslo Branch is acting as Joint Bookrunner (collectively the "Managers").
Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm AS is acting as legal advisor to Bohus and Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS is acting as legal advisor to the Managers.
FOR FURTHER QUERIES, PLEASE CONTACT:
John Thomasgaard, CEO+47 450 05 830jaad@bohus.no
Krister Pedersen, CFO+47 952 45 037krister.pedersen@bohus.no
Media contact:Jo Christian Lund-Steigedal, Partner in Corporate Communications AS+47 415 08 733jcs@corpcom.no
ABOUT BOHUS
Bohus is a Norwegian retail group operating in the furniture and home furnishing market. Founded in 1976, Bohus today operates an omnichannel platform comprising 72 stores across Norway (of which 66 are fully owned and six operate under franchise agreements), supported by a +30,000 m2 central warehouse and a complementary online channel. Bohus serves customers through a broad product assortment focusing on heavy furniture and destination-shopping products, and with a high degree of customisable furniture tailored to customer preferences.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for, any securities of Bohus ASA (the "Company"). The information contained in this announcement is provided for informational purposes only and does not purport to be complete. No person may rely on the information contained in this announcement, or on its accuracy, fairness or completeness, for any purpose.
The securities referred to in this announcement have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with applicable U.S. state securities laws. The Company does not intend to register any part of the Offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering in the United States. Copies of this announcement are not being, and must not be, distributed in or sent into the United States.
In any EEA Member State other than Norway, this communication is addressed and directed only to qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation, namely investors who may receive the offer without an approved prospectus in that EEA Member State. “Prospectus Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017, together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State.
In the United Kingdom, this communication is addressed and directed only to qualified investors who are (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order") (all such persons being referred to as "relevant persons") and (ii) only in circumstances falling within the circumstances set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to The Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024. This communication is directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by any person who is not a Relevant Person. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, Relevant Persons. Persons distributing this communication must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do so.
It may be unlawful to distribute this announcement in certain jurisdictions. Copies of this announcement are not being, and must not be, made, distributed or sent in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan or any other jurisdiction where such distribution would be unlawful. The information in this announcement does not constitute an offer in any jurisdiction where such offer would be unlawful.
Certain matters addressed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate to historical facts and may be identified by terms such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “should”, “will” and similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this announcement are based on a number of assumptions, many of which are themselves based on further assumptions. Although the Company considered these assumptions reasonable when made, they are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors that are difficult or impossible to predict and are outside the Company’s control. These factors may cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements in this announcement speak only as of the date of this announcement and may be changed without notice.
This announcement has been issued by the Company, which is solely responsible for its contents. The Managers are acting exclusively for the Company and for no one else. Accordingly, the Managers will not be responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for giving advice in connection with the contents of this announcement or any matter referred to in it.
Neither the Managers nor any of their respective affiliates makes any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this announcement, and none of them accepts any responsibility for its contents or for any matter referred to in it.
This announcement is provided for information purposes only and should not be relied on as a substitute for independent judgment. It does not constitute investment advice and must not, in any circumstances, be used or regarded as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation to buy or sell any securities of the Company. Neither the Managers nor any of their respective affiliates accepts any liability arising from the use of this announcement.
The Company, the Managers and their respective affiliates expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update, review or revise any statement contained in this announcement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
The distribution of this announcement and other information may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Any person who receives this announcement or such other information must inform themselves of, and comply with, all applicable restrictions.
This announcement is not a prospectus; it is an advertisement. Investors should not subscribe for or purchase any securities, or make any investment decision referred to herein, except on the basis of the information contained in the prospectus issued by the Company. The prospectus has been published and made available on the Company’s website.
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