TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC Upsizing and Pricing of £400 million Senior Notes (0671U)
January 12 2017 - 10:29AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMTALK
RNS Number : 0671U
TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
12 January 2017
RNS Announcement
Thursday, 12 January 2017
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND DOES
NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF ANY OFFER OR INVITATION TO SELL OR
ISSUE, OR ANY SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE
FOR, ANY SECURITIES OF TALKTALK TELECOM GROUP PLC. NOT FOR
DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR OTHERWISE THAN TO
PERSONS WHOM IT CAN BE LAWFULLY DISTRIBUTED. PLEASE SEE THE
IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
For Immediate Release
TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC (the "Company")
Successful Upsizing and Pricing of GBP400 million Senior Notes
due 2022
TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC announces today that it has priced
its offering (the "Offering") of GBP400 million senior notes due
2022 (the "Notes") with a coupon of 5.375%. The Offering was
multiple times over-subscribed, leading to an upsizing from the
previously announced GBP300 million aggregate principal amount.
The Offering is expected to close on 17 January 2017 upon the
satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions. The
proceeds of the Offering will be used to repay certain existing
facilities and to pay the fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the Offering. The transaction is expected to strengthen the
Company's financial position by extending the Company's debt
maturity profile (from an average of 2.6 years to 3.5 years) and
diversifying its funding sources(1) , and is consistent with the
Company's intention to reduce leverage to a target of 2x net debt /
EBITDA.
There will be no public offering of the Notes. The Notes are
being offered and sold in offshore transactions outside the United
States in compliance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"). The Notes may
not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States (as
defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act), except
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to,
the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act.
Important notice
This press release shall not constitute an offer of securities
for sale in the United States or any other jurisdiction. The
securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the
U.S. Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the
United States or any other jurisdiction and the securities may not
be offered or sold within the United States except pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable
state or local securities laws.
This announcement is for informational purposes only and is
directed only at persons who are located outside the United States
and are (a) persons in member states of the European Economic Area
(the "EEA") who are qualified investors (as defined in EU
Prospectus Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, including by EU
Directive 2010/73/EU to the extent implemented in the relevant
member state)); (b) persons in the United Kingdom who are qualified
investors and who are (i) investment professionals falling within
Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"); or (ii) persons
falling within Article 49(2) (a) to (d) of the Order; or (iii)
persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment
activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale
of any Notes may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be
communicated (all such persons in (a) and (b) together being
referred to as "relevant persons"). This announcement must not be
acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any
investment or investment activity to which this announcement
relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged
in only with relevant persons.
Further information:
Investor Relations: Mal Patel +44 (0) 20 3417 1037
Media: Isobel Bradshaw +44 (0) 75 8470 8351
Company Secretary: Tim Morris +44 (0) 20 3417 1652
(________________________________________________________)
(1) The transaction is expected to increase the current year
interest charge by c. GBP3 million to c. GBP30 million - GBP31
million.
On an adjusted basis, the average annual interest rate on
borrowings is expected to increase to 4.5%-4.7%. After the
transaction is completed, the Company will have total funding
facilities of GBP1.2 billion, comprising GBP400 million Notes, $185
million USPP notes, bank facilities of GBP660 million and
receivables financing of GBP75 million.
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