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BERMUDA - Ocean Wilsons Holdings Limited has completed its tender offer, purchasing 7,072,608 shares representing 20% of its issued share capital at a price of 1,543 pence per share, according to a company press release issued Monday.
The total cost of the share buyback amounts to approximately £109 million. The strike price represents a premium of 11.9% to the three-month volume weighted average price of 1,378 pence per share and a 3.9% premium to the closing price of 1,485 pence on June 13, 2025.
The tender offer, which closed on July 18, was oversubscribed with 9,020,700 shares tendered at the strike price. Due to the oversubscription, scaling-down arrangements were implemented. All shares validly tendered up to the guaranteed entitlement for each holding were accepted in full, while shareholders with fewer than 100 shares who tendered their entire holdings had their excess shares accepted in full.
For other shareholders, excess shares beyond the guaranteed entitlement were scaled down to approximately 73% of the number of excess shares. Shares tendered at prices higher than the strike price were rejected.
The shares will be purchased from shareholders by Peel Hunt pursuant to the tender offer, with Ocean Wilsons subsequently purchasing the shares from Peel Hunt under an option agreement. Following the purchase, the company intends to cancel the shares, reducing its issued share capital from 35,363,040 to 28,290,432 shares.
The tender offer is expected to become unconditional on July 23, with proceeds payable to qualifying shareholders by July 25.
Ocean Wilsons is a Bermuda-based investment holding company listed on both the London Stock Exchange (LON:LSEG) and the Bermuda Stock Exchange. Its active business comprises Ocean Wilsons (Investments) Limited, which holds an actively managed diversified portfolio of international investments.
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