
4 June 2025
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Ocean Wilsons Holdings Limited
("Ocean Wilsons" or the "Company")
Completion of sale of interest in Wilson Sons S.A. to SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl
Further to the Company's announcements on 21 October 2024, 20 March 2025 and 20 May 2025, Ocean Wilsons is pleased to announce the completion earlier today of the sale by its wholly-owned subsidiary, OW Overseas (Investments) Limited ("OWOIL"), of its 56% interest in Wilson Sons S.A. to SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (the "Transaction").
The gross cash consideration for the Transaction was approximately
In accordance with UKLR 7.3.3R(2), the Company confirms that there has been no material change affecting any of the matters contained in the Company's announcements of 21 October 2024 and 20 March 2025.
As previously announced, the Board of Ocean Wilsons confirms that it intends shortly to return a portion of the net proceeds of the Transaction to shareholders by way of a tender offer for up to 7,072,608 ordinary shares of
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IMPORTANT NOTICES
No statement in this announcement is intended as a profit forecast and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that the future earnings per share, profits, margins or cash flows of Ocean Wilsons following the Transaction will necessarily match or be greater than the historical published earnings per share, profits, margins or cash flows of Ocean Wilsons.
This announcement may include statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes", "estimates", "plans", "projects", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "may", "will" or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, objectives, goals, future events or intentions. Forward-looking statements may and often do differ materially from actual results. Any forward-looking statements reflect Ocean Wilsons' current view with respect to future events and are subject to risks relating to future events and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to Ocean Wilsons' business, results of operations, financial position, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made.
You are advised to read this announcement in its entirety and the Company's other disclosures (including, without limitation, its annual report in respect of the year ended 31 December 2024) for a further discussion of the factors that could affect the Group's future performance. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events described in the forward-looking statements in this announcement may not occur.
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