HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Jan. 31, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHT ) ("DHT") announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements with investors to purchase an aggregate of 30,300,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $7.50 per share in a registered direct offering. Net proceeds to DHT are expected to be approximately $217.0 million after the payment of placement agent fees. DHT intends to use the net proceeds to fund the expansion of its fleet, its pending vessel acquisitions and shipbuilding contracts and for other general corporate purposes. The offering is expected to close on or about February 5, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions.
DHT's common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "DHT".
RS Platou Markets, Inc. and DNB Markets, Inc. are acting as joint lead managers and placement agents, and RS Platou Markets AS is acting as placement agent.
This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. A prospectus supplement related to the offering will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and will be available on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov . When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from RS Platou Markets, Inc., 410 Park Avenue, 7th Floor, Suite 710, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Raquel Lucas, telephone +1 212 317 7080, toll free 855 864 2265 (or by e-mail at officeny@platou.com ) and DNB Markets, Inc., 200 Park Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10166, telephone: +1 212 551 9800.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
THE ISSUER HAS FILED A REGISTRATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING A PROSPECTUS) WITH THE SEC FOR THE REGISTERED DIRECT OFFERING TO WHICH THIS COMMUNICATION RELATES. BEFORE YOU INVEST, YOU SHOULD READ THE PROSPECTUS IN THAT REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THE ISSUER HAS FILED WITH THE SEC FOR MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER AND THE REGISTERED DIRECT OFFERING. YOU MAY OBTAIN THESE DOCUMENTS FOR FREE BY VISITING EDGAR ON THE SEC WEB SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV . ALTERNATIVELY, THE ISSUER OR ANY PLACEMENT AGENT FOR THE REGISTERED DIRECT OFFERING WILL ARRANGE TO SEND YOU THE PROSPECTUS AND THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IF YOU REQUEST THEM FROM RS PLATOU MARKETS, INC. BY CALLING +1 212 317 7080, TOLL FREE AT 855 864 2265 OR EMAIL TO OFFICENY@PLATOU.COM , OR DNB MARKETS, INC. 200 PARK AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10166, TELEPHONE: +1 212 551 9800.
About DHT Holdings, Inc.
DHT is an independent crude oil tanker company. Our fleet trades internationally and consists of crude oil tankers in the VLCC, Aframax and Suezmax segments. We operate out of Oslo, Norway, through our wholly owned management company. You shall recognize us by our business approach with an experienced organization with focus on first rate operations and customer service, quality ships built at quality shipyards, prudent capital structure with robust cash break even levels to accommodate staying power through the business cycles, a combination of market exposure and fixed income contracts for our fleet and a clean corporate structure maintaining a high level of integrity and good governance. For further information: www.dhtankers.com .
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions and beliefs about future events. When used in this document, words such as "believe," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "forecast," "plan," "potential," "will," "may," "should" and "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. These statements reflect DHT's current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent DHT's estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release and are not intended to give any assurance as to future results. Investing in DHT's securities involves risk, and investors should be able to bear the loss of their investment. For a detailed discussion of the risk factors that might cause future results to differ, please refer to DHT's Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed with the SEC on April 29, 2013.
DHT undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release might not occur, and DHT's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
CONTACT:
Eirik Ubøe, CFO
Phone: +1 441 299 4912 and +47 412 92 712
E-mail: eu@dhtankers.com
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