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HAMMERSON PLC ANNOUNCES
FINAL RESULTS OF TENDER OFFERS IN RESPECT OF ITS
AND
8 October 2024.
Hammerson plc (the Company) announces today the final results of the separate invitations to holders of its (a)
The Offers were announced on 27 September 2024 and were made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 27 September 2024 prepared by the Company as updated by the announcement from the Company on 3 October 2024 (together the Tender Offer Memorandum), and are subject to the offer restrictions described in the Tender Offer Memorandum. Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
The Expiration Deadline for the Offers was 4.00 p.m. (
New Issue Condition
The Company confirms that the issue of the New Bonds settled earlier today, and therefore the New Issue Condition has been satisfied.
Final Acceptance Amount
As at the Expiration Deadline, the Company had received valid tenders for purchase pursuant to the Offers of (i)
The Company confirms that the Final Acceptance Amount is
2026 Bonds
The Company will accept for purchase the 2026 Bonds validly tendered pursuant to the relevant Offer in full with no pro rata scaling. Accordingly, the relevant Series Acceptance Amount is
Pricing in respect of the Offer for the 2026 Bonds took place at around 11.00 a.m. (
A summary of the final results of, and pricing for, the Offer for the 2026 Bonds appears below:
Series Acceptance Amount |
Benchmark Security Rate |
Purchase Spread |
Purchase Yield |
Purchase Price1 |
|
3.830 per cent. |
85 bps |
4.735 per cent. |
101.613 per cent. |
1. Expressed as a percentage of the nominal amount of the 2026 Bonds.
2028 Bonds
The Company will accept for purchase the 2028 Bonds validly tendered pursuant to the relevant Offer in full with no pro rata scaling. Accordingly, the relevant Series Acceptance Amount is
Pricing in respect of the Offer for the 2028 Bonds took place at around 11.00 a.m. (
A summary of the final results of, and pricing for, the Offer for the 2028 Bonds appears below:
Series Acceptance Amount |
Benchmark Security Rate |
Purchase Spread |
Purchase Yield |
Purchase Price1 |
|
3.858 per cent. |
120 bps |
5.122 per cent. |
106.677 per cent. |
1. Expressed as a percentage of the nominal amount of the 2028 Bonds.
2025 Bonds
The Company will not accept for purchase any of the 2025 Bonds validly tendered pursuant to the relevant Offer.
General
The Settlement Date in respect of the Bonds accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offers is expected to be 9 October 2024. Following settlement of the Offers and cancellation of the relevant Bonds accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offers,
The Company will also pay an Accrued Interest Payment in respect of the Bonds accepted for purchase pursuant to the relevant Offer.
Barclays Bank PLC (Tel: +44 20 3134 8515; Attn: Liability Management Group; Email: eu.lm@barclays.com); BNP Paribas (Tel: +44 20 7595 8668; Attn: Liability Management Group; Email: liability.management@bnpparibas.com); Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc (Tel: +44 (0) 20 7158 1719/1726; Attn: Liability Management, Commercial Banking; Email: LBCMLiabilityManagement@lloydsbanking.com); and Mizuho International plc (Tel: +34 91 790 7559; Attn: Liability Management; Email: liabilitymanagement@uk.mizuho-sc.com) are acting as Dealer Managers for the Offers (as made to the Relevant Bondholders).
Kroll Issuer Services Limited (Tel: +44 20 7704 0880; Attn: Arlind Bytyqi; Email: hammerson@is.kroll.com; Website: https://deals.is.kroll.com/hammerson) is acting as Tender Agent.
DISCLAIMER: This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire any securities is being made pursuant to this announcement. The distribution of this announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Tender Offer Memorandum comes are required by each of the Company, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. The Offers have now expired.
Neither this announcement nor the Tender Offer Memorandum is an offer of securities for sale in
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