Schibsted ASA (SCHA/SCHB) – Capital increase registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises
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Reference is made to announcement made 22 November 2017 regarding a successful completion of the placement of shares. The capital increase is registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises today. New share capital is NOK 119,343,994, comprising of 108,003,615 A shares with a nominal value of NOK 0.50 and 130,684,373 B shares with a nominal value of NOK 0.50. Updated Articles of association are available on www.schibsted.com.
27 November 2017
SCHIBSTED ASA
Jo Christian Steigedal
Head of IR
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