YIT Announces Final Tender Offer Results for its outstanding notes due 2021 and 2023
YIT Corporation Stock Exchange Release 25 March 2021 at 8:30 p.m.
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YIT Announces Final Tender Offer Results for its outstanding notes due 2021 and 2023
YIT Corporation announces today the final results of the invitation to the holders of its EUR 100 million 3.150 per cent notes due 11 June 2021 (ISIN: FI4000330824) (the “2021 Notes”) and holders of its EUR 150 million 4.250 per cent notes due 11 June 2023 (ISIN: FI4000330832) (the “2023 Notes” and, together with the 2021 Notes, the “Notes”) to tender the Notes for cash on the terms and conditions set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum dated 16 March 2021.
The aggregate nominal amount of the notes validly tendered by the noteholders for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer was EUR 96.53 million for the 2021 Notes and EUR 104.939 million for the 2023 Notes.
The acceptance by the company of any Notes for purchase is subject to, without limitation, the pricing of the issue of new notes as announced on 25 March 2021. 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 of the 2021 Notes and the 2023 Notes validly tendered by the noteholders for purchase will be accepted in full.
The purchase price of the 2021 Notes is EUR 1,007.88 per note with nominal amount of EUR 1,000. The purchase price of the 2023 Notes is EUR 1,021.25 per note with nominal amount of EUR 1,000. The company will also pay accrued and unpaid interest on the 2021 Notes and the 2023 Notes (amounting to 0.963 per cent for the 2021 Notes and 1.299 per cent for the 2023 Notes) accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer.
The settlement date of the Tender Offer is set to 31 March 2021. All of the 2021 Notes and the 2023 Notes purchased by the company will be cancelled. The 2021 Notes and the 2023 Notes not tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer will be voluntarily redeemed on 8 April 2021 as announced on 16 March 2021.
OP Corporate Bank plc acts as Dealer Manager and Tender Agent for the Tender Offer. Information in respect of the Tender Offer may be obtained from the Dealer Manager.
Dealer Manager:
OP Corporate Bank plc, +358 50 599 1281, liabilitymanagement@op.fi
Tender Agent:
OP Corporate Bank plc
Additional information:
Karo Nukarinen, SVP, Treasury, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 50 564 0920, karo.nukarinen@yit.fi
Tommi Järvenpää, VP, Investor Relations, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 40 576 0288, tommi.jarvenpaa@yit.fi
YIT CORPORATION
Tommi Järvenpää
Vice President, Investor Relations
Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki, major media, www.yitgroup.com
YIT is the largest Finnish and a significant North European urban developer and construction company. Our goal is to create more sustainable, functional and attractive cities and living environments. We develop and build apartments, business premises and entire areas. We also specialise in demanding infrastructure construction. We own properties together with our partners, which supports the implementation of our significant development projects. We also provide our customers with services that increase the value of properties. We employ approximately 7,400 professionals in ten countries: Finland, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. Our revenue in 2020 was approximately EUR 3.1 billion. YIT Corporation's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy. www.yitgroup.com
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