70% of Boskalis shareholders elects stock dividend
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that 70.19 percent of the shareholders have elected a stock dividend distributed in the form of ordinary shares, said in the company's press release. As a result, 3,284,415 new ordinary shares will be issued today. The admission of these shares to trading on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam is required under the rules of Euronext Rulebook Book I. The admission will take place on 4 June 2013. With the admission, the total number of the ordinary shares of Boskalis is 120,265,063. An information document as referred to in articles 5:3 sub d and 5:4 sub e of the Financial Markets Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht) is simultaneously with this press release made available through the website of Boskalis (www.boskalis.com) and hence no obligation to publish a prospectus in connection with this admission exists.
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors. The company provides creative and innovative all-round solutions to infrastructural challenges in the maritime, coastal and delta regions of the world with the construction and maintenance of ports and waterways, land reclamation, coastal defense and riverbank protection. In addition, Boskalis offers a wide variety of marine services and contracting for the offshore energy sector including subsea, heavy transport, lifting and installation (through Boskalis Offshore and Dockwise) and towage and salvage (through SMIT). It also has strategic partnerships in the Middle East (Archirodon) and in terminal services (Smit Lamnalco). With a versatile fleet of over 1,100 units Boskalis operates in around 75 countries across six continents. Including its share in partnerships, Boskalis has approximately 15,600 employees.
