Viking Supply Ships A/S is Contemplating Issuance of New Unsecured Bond

Viking Supply Ships A/S is contemplating the issuance of a new unsecured short term bond in the Norwegian bond market with maturity in September 2014. The contemplated bond issue will have a nominal value of NOK 100 million and settlement is expected to be in June 2013. The net proceeds shall be employed for general corporate purpose.
Rederi AB TransAtlantic (RABT) is a leading Swedish shipping company with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden and additional offices in Europe. The company is organized into two business areas: Viking Supply Ships and Industrial Shipping. Viking Supply Ships, operating within offshore and icebreaking, is also a wholly owned subsidiary of RABT. The Industrial Shipping business area consists of three divisions: Bulk, Container and RoRo. The Group has about 800 employees and the turnover in 2012 was MSEK 3,274. The company’s B-shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Small Cap segment. www.rabt.se
TransAtlantic is obliged to make this information public according to the Financial Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act (Sw: lagen om värdepappersmarknaden and lagen om handel med finansiella instrument). The information was submitted for publication on June 7, 2013 at 09.00 am.
Source: Viking Supply Ships A/S