YIT Announces Final Tender Offer Results for its outstanding notes due 2020 and 2021
YIT Corporation Stock Exchange Release June 5, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
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YIT Announces Final Tender Offer Results for its outstanding notes due 2020 and 2021
YIT Corporation announces today the final results of the invitation to the holders of its EUR 100 million 6.250 per cent notes due March 25, 2020 (ISIN: FI4000148937) and holders of its EUR 50 million 5.500 per cent notes due March 24, 2021 (ISIN: FI4000201181) to tender the 2020 and 2021 Notes for cash on the terms and conditions set out in the tender offer memorandum dated May 25, 2018.
The aggregate nominal amount of the notes validly tendered by the noteholders for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer was EUR 98.8 million for the 2020 Notes and EUR 50 million for the 2021 Notes.
The acceptance by the company of any 2020 or 2021 Notes for purchase is subject to, without limitation, the pricing of the issue of new notes as announced on May 25, 2018. The company announces that the new issue condition has been fulfilled and accordingly, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the tender offer memorandum, any and all 2020 and 2021 notes validly tendered by the noteholders for purchase will be accepted in full.
The purchase price of the 2020 Notes is EUR 103,125 per note with nominal amount of EUR 100,000. The purchase price of the 2021 Notes is EUR 104,200 per note with nominal amount of EUR 100,000. The company will also pay accrued and unpaid interest on the 2020 and 2021 Notes (amounting to 1.319 per cent for 2020 Notes and 1.176 per cent for 2021 Notes) accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer.
The settlement date of the Tender Offer is set to June 11, 2018. All 2020 and 2021 Notes purchased by the Company will be cancelled. The 2020 Notes not tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer will be voluntarily redeemed as announced on May 25, 2018.
OP Corporate Bank plc and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) act as Dealer Managers, and OP Corporate Bank plc acts as Tender Agent for the Tender Offer. Information in respect of the Tender Offer may be obtained from the Dealer Managers.
Dealer Managers:
OP Corporate Bank plc, +358 10 252 1668, liabilitymanagement@op.fi
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), +358 9 616 28263, SEBLiabilityManagement@seb.se
Tender Agent:
OP Corporate Bank plc
Additional information:
Ilkka Salonen, Chief Financial Officer, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 45 359 4434, ilkka.salonen@yit.fi
Hanna Jaakkola, VP, Investor Relations, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 40 566 6070, hanna.jaakkola@yit.fi
YIT CORPORATION
Hanna Jaakkola
Vice President, Investor Relations
Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki, major media, www.yitgroup.com
YIT is the largest Finnish and significant North European construction company. We develop and build apartments, business premises and entire areas. We are also specialised in demanding infrastructure construction and paving. Together with our customers our 10,000 professionals are creating more functional, more attractive and more sustainable cities and environments. We work in 11 countries: Finland, Russia, Scandinavia, the Baltic States, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The new YIT was born when over 100-year-old YIT Corporation and Lemminkäinen Corporation merged on February 1, 2018. Our pro forma revenue for 2017 was over EUR 3.8 billion. YIT Corporation's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy.www.yitgroup.com
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