SC 14D9/A 1 d11006390_sc14d-9a.htm


 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 

SCHEDULE 14D-9 
(RULE 14d-101) 
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
UNDER SECTION 14(D)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 6)
 

Euronav NV
(Name of Subject Company)
 
 

Euronav NV
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
 
 

Ordinary shares, no par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
B38564108
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Seward & Kissel LLP
Attention: Keith Billotti, Esq.
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, New York 10004
(212) 574-1200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications
on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)

With copies to
Euronav NV
De Gerlachekaai 20
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
Tel: 011-32-3-247-4411
Keith Billotti, Esq.
Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, New York 10004
(212) 574-1200 (telephone number)
(212) 480-8421 (facsimile number)
 
 

 
 Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.
 
 
 





PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT

This Amendment No. 6 (the “Amendment No. 6”) amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 originally filed by Euronav NV, a company incorporated under the laws of Belgium (“Euronav”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC”) on February 14, 2024, and amended by Amendment No. 5 filed with the SEC on March 15, 2024, Amendment No. 4 filed with the SEC on March 14, 2024, Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on March 4, 2024, Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on March 1, 2024 and Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on February 27, 2024 (the “Statement”), relating to the tender offer (the “U.S. Offer”) by Compagnie Maritime Belge NV, a public limited liability company (“naamloze vennootschap”) under Belgian law (“CMB”), in respect of ordinary shares, no par value, of Euronav. CMB is making the U.S. Offer pursuant to the U.S. Offer to Purchase (as amended, “U.S. Offer to Purchase”), as amended, which it included in its Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, as amended, that it filed on February 14, 2024 with the SEC.

Any capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in the Statement. Except as otherwise set forth below, the information set forth in the Statement remains unchanged and is incorporated herein by reference as relevant to the items in this Amendment No. 6. This Amendment No. 6 is being filed to reflect certain updates that are set forth below.

Item 8. Additional Information

Item 8 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following.

On March 18, 2024, Euronav issued a press release announcing that Euronav confirms that the acceptance period of the mandatory public takeover bid launched by CMB for all shares issued by Euronav not already owned by CMB or its affiliates (the “Bid”) expired on March 15, 2024. During the acceptance period, 69,241,955 shares in Euronav, representing 31.47% of the outstanding shares in Euronav, were tendered in the Bid.

Item 9. Exhibits

Item 9 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following exhibit in the exhibit index.

     
Exhibit
No.
 
Description
   
(a)(27)
 




SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
 
             
Dated: March 18, 2024
 
 
 
 
       
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Ludovic Saverys
 
 
 
 
Name: 
 
Ludovic Saverys
       
Title:
 
Chief Financial Officer