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SAS carries out the reverse split 1:30

June 1, 2010 11:00

The Annual General Meeting on 7 April 2010 resolved upon a reverse split of SAS shares and authorized the Board of Directors to decide the record date for the reverse split. Following the authorization the Board of Directors has decided that the record date shall be 9 June 2010. 

The last day of trade in SAS’ shares on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen and Oslo Børs before the reverse split is 4 June 2010. The first day of trade in SAS’ shares after the reverse split is 7 June 2010, which implies that the share price from and including 7 June 2010 will reflect the effect of the reverse split. In connection to the reverse split the SAS share will change ISIN code. From and including 7 June 2010 the share will be traded with a new ISIN code. The new ISIN code is SE0003366871. 

A reverse split 1:30 implies that 30 shares in SAS, each with a quota value of SEK 0.67 will be consolidated into one share with a quota value of SEK 20.10. Following the reverse split the number of shares will be reduced from 9,870,000,000 to 329,000,000. 

For those shareholders who on the record date for the reverse split do not hold a number of shares corresponding to a whole number of new shares, ownership of the excess shares will pass from such shareholders to SAS and thereafter be sold. The proceeds from the sale will be distributed among the shareholders who are entitled thereto. This will occur around 10 June 2010 in Denmark and around 15 June 2010 in Sweden and Norway. The currency conversion for payment in DKK of the proceeds from the sale will be determined based on ECB’s fixing exchange rate on 8 June 2010, according to the following formula: EUR/DKK ÷ (EUR/SEK-0.05). For payment in NOK, the currency conversion will be based on ECB’s fixing exchange rate on 14 June 2010, according to the following formula: EUR/NOK ÷ (EUR/SEK-0.05). 

”The reverse split is carried out to facilitate the trade in the SAS share, and thereby improve the liquidity of the share. The reverse split does not require the shareholders to take any direct measurements. However, to avoid selling excess shares, the number of shares on the record date shall be equally divisible by 30. The last trading day to obtain a number of shares that is equally divisible by 30 is 4 June 2010”, says Sture Stölen, Head of SAS Group Investor Relations. 

Time table for the reverse split
4 June  Last day of trade in the SAS’ shares before the reverse split
– Last day with the possibility of obtaining a number of shares in SAS equally divisible by thirty
7 June  First day of trade in the SAS’ shares after the reverse split
– New share price and ISIN-code
9 June Record date for the reverse split
around 10 June Payment of proceeds from sale of excess shares in Denmark
around 15 June Payment of proceeds from sale of excess shares in Sweden and Norway

An information sheet with information about the reverse split is available on SAS website.
 

For further information, please contact
Sture Stølen, Head of SAS Group Investor Relations, +46 70 997 14 51
SAS Group Investor Relations

SAS discloses this information pursuant to the Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was provided for publication on 1 June 2010, at 11:00 a.m. CET. 

Disclaimer
This document is not being distributed to persons in any state or jurisdiction where the offer or sale of the rights or shares is not permitted. 

These materials are not an offer for sale of securities in the United States. Securities may not be sold in the United States absent registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The issuer of the securities does not intend to register any part of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of the Rights or the Shares in the United States. 

This document is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons in (i), (ii) and (iii) above together being referred to as “relevant persons”). The Rights and the Shares are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents. 

This document is an advertisement and is not a prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (such Directive, together with any applicable implementing measures in the relevant home Member State under such Directive, the “Prospectus Directive”). A prospectus prepared pursuant to the Prospectus Directive will be published, which, when published, can be obtained from the SAS Group. Investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this document except on the basis of information contained in the prospectus. 

In any EEA Member State that has implemented the Prospective Directive, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.

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