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Dec 03, 2010 09:07 ETDryShips Announces Proposed Private Offering of Shares
by Ocean Rig UDW Inc.
ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwire - December 3, 2010) - DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ:
DRYS) (the "Company" or "DryShips"), a global provider of marine
transportation services for drybulk cargoes and off-shore contract drilling
oil services, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Ocean Rig UDW
Inc. ("Ocean Rig"), intends to offer through a private placement, subject
to market and other conditions, approximately $500 million worth of shares
of Ocean Rig's common stock (the "Shares"). The offering will be made to
Norwegian professional investors and eligible counterparties as defined in
the Norwegian Securities Trading Regulation 10-2 to 10-4, to non-United
States persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act") and in a concurrent private placement in
the United States only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule
144A under the Securities Act. The offering is expected to close in December
2010.
The net proceeds of the offering are expected to be used to finance the
construction costs of the ultra deepwater newbuilding drillships under
construction at Samsung, exercise options to build further ultra deepwater
drillships and general corporate purposes. Following this transaction
Dryships Inc will own approximately 78% to 80% of OceanRig UDW Inc.
The Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or the
securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in
the United States or to or for the benefit of U.S. persons unless so
registered except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and
applicable securities laws in other jurisdictions.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy the Shares, nor shall there be any sale of the Shares in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. Any
offer of the Shares will be made only by means of a private placement
memorandum.
In the European Economic Area, with respect to any Member State that has
implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any applicable implementing
measures in any Member State, the "Prospectus Directive") the information in
respect of the Share offering is only addressed to and is only directed at
qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the
Prospectus Directive.
The Managers for this transaction are DnB Nor Markets, Fearnley Fonds ASA
and Pareto Securities AS.