Norse Atlantic seeks $45 million private equity raise

Norse Atlantic Airways is hoping to raise US$45 million (NOK 501 million) in a new privately placed offering of new shares for a fixed price of NOK 11.00 per share.  Norse confirmed that it has received pre-commitments covering the entire offer size and noted that it may propose a subsequent offering for existing shareholders not participating in the private placement.  Pareto Securities and SpareBank 1 Markets are joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners in the private placement. Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma acts as Norse’s legal counsel, and Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm acts as legal counsel to the joint bookrunners.  Norse intends to use