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Šiaulių Bankas AB, company code 112025254, address Tilžės st. 149, LT-76348 Šiauliai, Lithuania.
On 3 December 2018 the Bank of Lithuania approved the prospectus of admission of 200,000 bonds with a nominal value of EUR 100 each, ISIN LT0000432015 (hereinafter, the “Bonds”) of Šiaulių Bankas AB (hereinafter, the “Bank”) to trading on the regulated market Nasdaq Vilnius AB (hereinafter, the “Prospectus”).
The approved Prospectus is not designated to public offering of Bonds and is usedsolely for the purpose of admission thereof to trading on the abovementioned regulated market. Decision on issuance of the Bonds was adopted by the Management Board of the Bank, the Bonds were issued and privately placed on 21 December 2017.
Law firm TGS Baltic was legal advisor in the process of preparation of the Prospectus and listing of bonds in Nasdaq Vilnius AB.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This notification is not for distribution to the United States newswire services or for dissemination in the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia or elsewhere where such dissemination is not appropriate.
Distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the securities may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Persons who receive this announcement or such other relevant information must getfamiliarand comply with these restrictions referred to therein.
No offer or invitation to acquire securities of the Bank is being made by or in connection with this notification. The Prospectus is the only legally binding document containing information on the Bank, the Bonds and their admission to trading on the regulated market. The Prospectus is published on the website of the Bank (www.sb.lt) as well as on www.nasdaqbaltic.comand www.crib.lt.
Furthermore, the Prospectus has been prepared on the basis that there was no and there will be no public offers of Bonds based on the Prospectus, as it is established under the Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and amending Directive 2001/34/EC, as implemented in Lithuania.
The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to US persons unless the securities are registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. No public offering of the securities will be made in the United States.
Director of Markets and Treasury department Tomas Varenbergas provides the additional information and is available on tel. +370 5 2032 200.
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