Siem to take over Farstad
As discussed in Farstad Shipping ASA's ("Farstad" or the "Company") financial report for Q2 2016, the Company is working on an overall restructuring plan to strengthen the Company's balance sheet and liquidity position going forward.
Farstad, represented by its independent board members, and Siem Oilservice Invest Holdings Limited have today signed a binding term sheet ("Term Sheet") for a restructuring of Farstad along the following lines (the "Restructuring"):
Farstad will issue a minimum of 702 000 000 ordinary shares (the "New Shares") for a total subscription of minimum NOK 1 billion at a price per share of approximately NOK 1.4245 (the "Cash Issue"). Siem will underwrite NOK 1 billion of the Cash Issue, and subscribe for and be allocated a minimum number of New Shares so that Siem owns 50,1% of the shares in Farstad, post restructuring. Tyrholm & Farstad AS, the largest shareholder of Farstad, is cooperating with Siem for the purposes of the restructuring, and will be offered a preferential right to subscribe 105 300 000 New Shares for a subscription of NOK 150 million. The rest of the New Shares will be offered to a mix of existing shareholders and other stakeholders to be finally agreed.
Siem will carry out a mandatory offer for the existing shares of Farstad in accordance with chapter 6 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
A substantial majority of the senior secured lenders are supportive to the binding term sheet. The senior secured lenders will be requested to convert parts of the group’s secured debt into equity in Farstad, and provide amortisation deferrals so as to provide the company with a financial runway throughout 2021.
The bondholders in Farstad’s bond loans will be requested to convert all outstanding amounts, in total NOK 1.4 billion, under the bond loans into equity in Farstad.
Certain other creditors will also be requested to contribute in the restructuring.
The head office and centre of operation of Farstad will remain in Alesund.
The Term Sheet is inter-alia subject to reaching final agreements with other key Farstad stakeholders including the senior secured lenders, the bondholders and certain other creditors. Farstad is continuing its negotiations with these stakeholders.
Source: Farstad ShippingPosted On:25-Nov-2016
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MOL Moves into Offshore Vessel Support Field - Aiming to Expand Offshore Business Following FPSO, FSRU, and Shuttle Tanker
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that it has teamed up with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and AKOFS Offshore AS to purchase the subsea support vessel Skandi Santos from the current shipowner through a three-way joint venture company called Avium Subsea AS and started the business effective on November 23.
Brazil's national oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., has chartered the Skandi Santos from AKOFS since 2010, using it to install subsea facilities in deep-sea oil and gas fields off Brazil.
[ Subsea Support Vessel "Skandi Santos" ]
Length/Breadth/Draft : 120m/23m/7m
Deadweight tonnage : 6,012MT
Delivery/Flag nationality : December 2009/Norway
Operation site : Oil and gas fields off Brazil
Details of operations : Installation and maintenance of subsea facilities in deep-sea oil and gas fields
The project is MOL's first step into the subsea business, where the company expects stable demand and steady earnings through the overall lifecycle of oil and gas projects-from survey of subsea oil and gas fields, to installation, inspection, maintenance, repair, and decommissioning of subsea facilities. MOL has also agreed to examine opportunities to expand cooperative ties, based on a long-term perspective, with Mitsui & Co., AKOFS, and its parent company Akastor ASA (Akastor; CEO: Kristian Rokke; Headquarters: Norway).
The subsea support vessel business is a field in which MOL can make use of extensive experience gained over two decades of managing cable-laying vessels, and represents a new offshore business following its floating production, storage & offloading (FPSO) system (*1), floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) (*2), and shuttle tanker (*3) operations. MOL is pooling its individual strengths to promote and expand the subsea support vessel business, which requires advanced technologies.
[ Outline of JV Avium Subsea AS ]
Headquarters : Norway
Investment ratio : MOL 25%, Mitsui & Co. 25%, and AKOFS 50%
Business : Owner and leasing of subsea support vessels
[ Outline of AKOFS ]
Headquarters : Norway
Investment ratio : Akastor 100%
Business : A range of services using subsea support vessels, such as construction and refurbishment of subsea oil and gas fields
(*1) For details on the FPSO system, please refer to "Offshore Business" on MOL's website.
(*2)The FSRU has capability to reload LNG cargo to shuttle tankers as well as send gas through pipelines. For details, please refer to the press release on July 22, 2016:
"MOL Signs Deal on Long-Term Charter Contract for Uruguay LNG FSRU Project."
(*3)For details, please refer to the press release on September 3, 2014:
"MOL, Viken Shipping Conclude Partnership."
161124aPosted On:25-Nov-2016
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