AMSC American Shipping Company ASA

American Shipping Company ASA : Primary Insider Notification

American Shipping Company ASA : Primary Insider Notification

Primary Insider Notification

Reference is made to previous stock exchange announcement of 15 November 2018 relating to Aker ASA's ("Aker") indirect total return swap ("TRS") agreements with financial exposure to 18,687,620 underlying shares in American Shipping Company ASA ("AMSC"), equal to 30.83 per cent of the share capital in AMSC.

Aker, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Aker Capital AS, has today terminated said agreements. Concurrently with the termination Aker Capital AS has entered into two new TRS agreements with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB ("SEB") and DNB Bank ASA ("DNB") with financial exposure to 9,182,520 and 9,505,100 underlying shares in AMSC respectively. The expiry date of the new TRS agreements has been set to 4 December 2020. The swap prices for the contracts with SEB and DNB are NOK 36.4312 and NOK 36.3956 per share respectively.

In addition to the financial exposure provided by the abovementioned two swap agreements, Aker Capital AS also holds 11,557,022 shares in AMSC, equaling 19.07 per cent of the shares and votes of AMSC.

The information contained herein is subject to the disclosure requirements of section 4-2 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

EN
20/11/2019

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Reports on American Shipping Company ASA

Jørgen Lian
  • Jørgen Lian

A brewing challenge for the yards

Our 17th Annual Energy & Shipping Conference was well attended by investors and industry executives showcasing the still-growing interest for the sectors. Limited yard capacity is fuelling high newbuilding prices and raising freight rate expectations for the vast fleet renewal necessary in the coming decade. Long lead times underpin a bullish supply story for much of shipping in the coming years, albeit exposed to geopolitical risks affecting trade patterns. Our overall impression was general op...

Jørgen Lian
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AMSC ASA (Hold, TP: NOK23.30) - Set to be a derivative of Solstad

While AMSC is likely set to be a derivative of Solstad NewCo in the near term, we believe the platform from which it can make new, accretive deals has strengthened. AMSC is well capitalised for possible new ventures, and would diversify its offshore exposure through its potential stake in Solstad’s high-quality fleet of offshore support vessels. Any upside to NewCo’s value would benefit AMSC, while we await AMSC’s next move and finalisation of the Solstad transaction. We reiterate our HOLD but h...

Jørgen Lian
  • Jørgen Lian

AMSC ASA (Hold, TP: NOK47.50) - Waiting for EGM approval

We believe the sale of its Jones Act tanker fleet is likely to be approved at September’s EGM, which would result in NOK37/share in cash to the company, prompting a considerable dividend and still leaving a sizeable ‘war chest’ for future projects with a newfound flexibility in AMSC’s post-Jones Act era. As we identify the opportunities and await the conclusion, we have downgraded to HOLD (BUY) and cut our target price to NOK47.5 (52).

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