Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV Raises EUR 320 Million Through Equity Offering

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (Boskalis) announced that it raised EUR 320 million of equity at a price of EUR 33.00 per ordinary share. A total number of 9,696,969 new ordinary shares (the Shares) were placed, 4,896,180 through an accelerated bookbuild offering (the ABB Offering) and 4,800,789 through a private placement (the Private Placement) with HAL Investments and Project Holland Fund. The net proceeds of the equity offering will be used to partly finance the public offer for Dockwise Ltd. Allocation of the Shares has taken place on January 11, 2013. Settlement of the ABB Offering and the Private Placement and the admittance of the Shares to listing and trading on NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam are expected to take place on January 16, 2013. After settlement of the ABB Offering and the Private Placement, Boskalis' total number of outstanding shares will amount to 116,980,648 shares.