The Supreme Court of Bermuda sanctions the redomestication
By order of the Supreme Court of Bermuda (the “Bermuda Court”), the Board of Directors of VNV Global Ltd. (“VNV Global” or the “Company”) convened a special meeting of holders of Swedish Depository Receipts (“SDRs”) in the Company on 28 April 2020 (the “Scheme Meeting”) to vote on the proposed change of domicile of the VNV group from Bermuda to Sweden (the “Redomestication”), by way of a Bermuda scheme of arrangement (the “Scheme of Arrangement”). The Scheme Meeting, which was held immediately following the Annual General Meeting of the Company on 12 May 2020, resolved unanimously to approve the Scheme of Arrangement and, by extension, the Redomestication. On 2 June 2020, the Company applied to the Bermuda Court for an order sanctioning the Redomestication by way of the Scheme of Arrangement. The Bermuda Court heard and sanctioned the Company’s application at a hearing on 9 June 2020.
As ordered by the court, the Company will now implement the sanctioned Scheme of Arrangement, whereby SDRs representing common shares in VNV Global Ltd. will be exchanged for common shares in the new group parent company VNV Global AB (publ). SDR holders do not need to take any action to get their SDRs exchanged as the SDRs in VNV Global Ltd. automatically will be exchanged to shares in VNV Global AB (publ). The record date for the exchange of the SDRs in the Company to common shares in VNV Global AB (publ) in the VPC register is expected to be 30 June 2020.
As part of the above, the Company intends to execute a termination and delisting of the SDRs, whereby a notice of termination of the SDRs is expected to be published in Svenska Dagbladet on 12 June 2020 and the last day of trading is expected to be 26 June 2020. SDR holders who do not wish to have their SDRs exchanged for common shares in VNV Global AB (publ) must therefore sell their holdings of SDRs no later than 26 June 2020. VNV Global AB (publ) has also applied for admission to trading of the common share on Nasdaq Stockholm, with expected ticker VNV (ISIN SE0014428835) and expected first day of trading on 29 June 2020. VNV Global AB (publ)’s application for listing of the common share on Nasdaq Stockholm is subject to certain customary conditions which include the approval and publication of a prospectus, which is expected to occur on 24 June 2020.
An information brochure describing the Redomstication and certain tax considerations will be sent to directly registered SDR holders by mail. Such information brochure, together with other documents describing the Redomestication, are also being held available on VNV Global’s website, www.vnv.global.