16.6.2026 20:45:49 CEST | Bohus ASA | Mandatory notification of trade primary insiders
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Oslo, 16 June 2026: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements by Bohus ASA (“Bohus” or the “Company”) regarding the successful completion of the initial public offering of 34,200,000 existing shares in the Company (the “Offer Shares”) at an offer price of NOK 31.00 per Offer Share (the “Offering”).
As described in the prospectus for the Offering dated 8 June 2026 (the “Prospectus”), the Company has also settled its synthetic shares by resolving to issue a total of 1,752,385 new shares to the previous holders of synthetic shares.
The following primary insiders of the Company and close associates have been allocated Offer Shares and shares to settle the synthetic shares at NOK 31.00 per share in accordance with the Prospectus:
Erik Volden, chairperson of the board of directors of the Company, has been allocated 32,258 Offer Shares and 49,415 shares to settle the synthetic shares.
Vellebua Holding AS, a company closely associated with board member Arve Olav Nymoen, has been allocated 64,516 Offer Shares.
OK-Eiendom AS, a company closely associated with board member Ole Kristian Sagvik, has been allocated 48,387 Offer Shares.
Hobøl Invest AS, a company closely associated with board member Kjersti Helen Krokeide Hobøl, has been been allocated 48,387 Offer Shares and 33,276 shares to settle the synthetic shares.
Verdihagen AS, a company closely associated with board member Stine Rolstad Brenna, has been allocated 48,387 Offer Shares.
Halinus AS, a company closely associated with the CEO John Müller Thomasgaard has been allocated 64,516 Offer Shares and 679,181 shares to settle the synthetic shares.
Crit AS, a company closely associated with the CFO Krister A. Pedersen, has been allocated 64,516 Offer Shares and 116,321 shares to settle the synthetic shares.
HBER AS, a company closely associated with the Property and Expansion Director Henrik Berghas been allocated 64,516 Offer Shares and 133,107 shares to settle the synthetic shares.
Cathrine Weberg Abrahamsen, the Company’s CCO, has been allocated 64,516 Offer Shares and 108,273 shares to settle the synthetic shares.
Bredde-Prytz Holding AS, a company closely associated with the Logistics director Håkon Bredde-Prytz, has been allocated 64,516 Offer Shares and 99,830 shares to settle the synthetic shares.
Ulv Bjørnar Tørmoen, the Company’s Retail operations director, has been allocated 64,516 Offer Shares and 133,107 shares to settle the synthetic shares.
Members of the Company’s board of directors and management have received full allocation for any application up to and including an application amount of NOK 2,000,000 per applicant.
The primary insiders referred to above will be subject to a 360-day lock-up for their shareholdings. The shares issued to settle the synthetic shares as referred to above will further be subject to a lock-up (50% of the shares for 12 months and the remaining 50% for 24 months). See the Prospectus for further details.As set out in the Prospectus each existing shareholder of the company have sold Offer Shares and borrowed shares to DNB Carnegie, a part of DNB Bank ASA, to facilitate stabilization activities in the Offering as follows:
Arve Nymoen, member of the board of directors, has through his wholly-owned company Vellebua Holding AS and the close associate Vibo-Holding AS, sold 1,376,507 and 115,109 Offer Shares respectively. In addition, the same companies have lent 192,710 and 16,115 shares respectively to DNB Carnegie, a part of DNB Bank ASA, to facilitate stabilization activities as further described in the Prospectus.
Nye Hustad Eiendom AS, a company closely associated with board member Ole Kristian Sagvik, has sold 4,716,730 Offer Shares and lent 660,358 shares to DNB Carnegie, a part of DNB Bank ASA, to facilitate stabilization activities as further described in the Prospectus.
Please see attached primary insider notification forms for the above-mentioned transactions.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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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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