SRV´s EUR 45 million hybrid bonds more than three times oversubscribed
SRV GROUP PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 9.3.2016, AT 17:40
SRV´s EUR 45 million hybrid bonds more than three times oversubscribed
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SRV Group Plc (“SRV”) successfully placed EUR 45 million hybrid bonds on 9 March, 2016 (the “new hybrid bonds”). The new hybrid bonds were more than three times oversubscribed and were allocated to 79 investors. The new hybrid bonds are expected to be issued on 22 March, 2016.
“We are very pleased to have successfully placed the hybrid bonds. This success for its part secures that our equity financing stays on a sufficient level also during the upcoming years and enables both the development of our current and future megaprojects and new projects. It is yet again an important indication of the investors’ trust in the company and also creates a good basis for successful execution of a senior bond issuance in the near future”, says SRV’s CEO Juha Pekka Ojala.
The initial coupon rate of the new hybrid bonds is fixed at 8.75 percent per annum, but it will be subject to a coupon reset on each 4th anniversary of the issue date of the new hybrid bonds. The new hybrid bonds have no specified maturity date, but SRV may exercise its redemption option on the 4th anniversary of the issue date of the new hybrid bonds and on each annual interest payment date thereafter.
The launch of the voluntary cash tender offer announced on 7 March 2016 by SRV for its outstanding hybrid bonds issued in December 2012 (the “2012 hybrid bonds”) is conditional upon the successful issue of the new hybrid bonds, and SRV considers it has received indications of a sufficient amount of subscriptions for the new hybrid bonds to proceed with the tender offer. As a result, in the absence of any unforeseen development, SRV expects that it will complete the tender offer in accordance with, but subject always to, the terms and conditions of the tender offer contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 7 March 2016.
The new hybrid bonds, similarly as SRV’s 2012 hybrid bonds that are the subject of the tender offer, are debt instruments that are subordinated to SRV’s other debt obligations and are treated as equity in the SRV’s consolidated IFRS financial statements. The new hybrid bonds do not confer on their holders the rights of a shareholder and does not dilute the holdings of the current shareholders.
SRV has appointed Danske Bank A/S, Pohjola Bank plc and Nordea Bank Finland Plc as joint lead managers in connection with the issue of the new hybrid bond. SRV has appointed Danske Bank Oyj as tender agent and Danske Bank Oyj and Pohjola Bank plc as dealer managers in connection with the tender offer.
Further information:
Juha Pekka Ojala, President and CEO, tel. +358 (0)40 733 4173
Ilkka Pitkänen, CFO, tel. +358 (0)40 667 0906
Päivi Kauhanen, Senior Vice President, Communications, tel. +358 (0)50 598 9560
www.srv.fi
DISCLAIMER
This release is for information purposes only and is not to be construed as an offer to purchase or sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell with respect to any securities of SRV. The distribution of this release and the related material concerning the tender offer or issuance of the new hybrid bonds are prohibited or restricted by law in certain countries. The tender offer is not being made and the new hybrid bonds are not being and will not be offered to the public either inside or outside of Finland. Persons resident outside of Finland may receive this release and any offering material or documentation related to the new hybrid bonds only in compliance with applicable exemptions or restrictions. Persons into whose possession this release and any such offering material or documentation may come are required to inform themselves about and comply with such restrictions. This release and any such offering material or documentation may not be distributed or published in any country or jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction or would require actions under the laws of a state or jurisdiction other than Finland, including the United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa, Singapore and Japan. The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or tender, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any of SRV’s securities, including new hybrid bonds or the 2012 hybrid bonds, to any persons in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale or tender would be unlawful. None of SRV, the joint lead managers or their respective representatives assume any legal responsibility for such violations, regardless of whether persons contemplating investing in or divesting SRV’s securities, including new hybrid bonds or the 2012 hybrid bonds, are aware of these restrictions or not.
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