RSL Fin (No.1) Plc Result of Tender offer
March 30 2023 - 6:44AM
UK Regulatory
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Clarion Housing Association Limited announces Final Results of its Tender Offer
for the £342,950,000 6.625 per cent. Secured Loan-Backed Bonds due 2038 issued
by RSL Finance (No. 1) plc
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON
LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES AND
POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN
SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS), ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (the United States) OR IN OR INTO
OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE OR TO WHOM
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO RELEASE, PUBLISH OR DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR
MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF
THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW
BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED (EUWA).
30 March 2023. RSL Finance (No. 1) plc (the Issuer) has been informed that,
further to the indicative results announcement published earlier today, Clarion
Housing Association Limited (the Offeror) is now announcing the final results
of the Offeror's invitation to holders of the Issuer's outstanding £342,950,000
6.625 per cent. Secured Loan-Backed Bonds due 2038 (ISIN: XS0155451866) (the
Bonds) to tender their Bonds for purchase by the Offeror for cash (the Offer).
The Offer was announced on 22 March 2023 and was made on the terms and subject
to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 22 March 2023
(the Tender Offer Memorandum) prepared by the Offeror. 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 Offer was 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 29 March
2023.
As at the Expiration Deadline, the Offeror had received valid tenders of £
118,166,000 in aggregate original nominal amount of the Bonds for purchase
(equivalent to approximately £94,695,455.50 in aggregate outstanding
(amortised) nominal amount of the Bonds).
The Issuer understands that (i) the Offeror has decided to set the Final
Acceptance Amount at £40,000,000 in aggregate original nominal amount of Bonds
(equivalent to approximately £32,055,060 in aggregate outstanding (amortised)
nominal amount of the Bonds), and (ii) on the basis of such Final Acceptance
Amount, the Offeror will accept for purchase Bonds validly tendered pursuant to
the Offer subject to a Pro-ration Factor of approximately 33.871 per cent.
Pricing for the Offer took place at or around 11.00 a.m. (London time) today,
and a summary of the final pricing for the Offer is set out in the following
table:
Benchmark Purchase Spread Purchase Yield Purchase Price Pro-ration
Security Rate (semi-annual) Factor
(semi-annual)
3.403 per cent. +105 bps 4.453 per cent. 115.948 per 33.871 per
cent. cent.
The expected Settlement Date for the Offer, when payment of the Purchase Price
will be made by or on behalf of the Offeror in respect of Bonds accepted for
purchase pursuant to the Offer, is 31 March 2023. In respect of the Purchase
Price, each Bondholder whose Bonds are accepted for purchase pursuant to the
Offer will receive (i) a payment of £14.2531 per £1,000 in original nominal
amount of Bonds so accepted (corresponding to the scheduled amortisation amount
due (pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Bonds) on 31 March 2023 in
respect of Bonds not accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer) and (ii) a
separate payment representing the balance of the Purchase Price payable to such
Bondholder.
As 31 March 2023 is an interest payment date in respect of the Bonds, the
Issuer will make payment of accrued interest in respect of all outstanding
Bonds on such date in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bonds,
and accordingly no Accrued Interest will be payable by the Offeror in
connection with settlement of the Offer.
In accordance with the Loan Agreement, the Offeror shall (following settlement
of the Offer) surrender all purchased Bonds to the Issuer to be cancelled and,
following such surrender and cancellation, the Facility shall be deemed to have
been prepaid in full. Following settlement of the Offer, based on information
shown in the records of the Clearing Systems, £170,450,000 in aggregate
original nominal amount of the Bonds will remain outstanding.
NatWest Markets Plc (Telephone: +44 20 7678 5222; Attention: Liability
Management; Email: NWMLiabilityManagement@natwestmarkets.com) is acting as Sole
Dealer Manager for the Offer.
Kroll Issuer Services Limited (Telephone: +40 20 7704 0880; Attention: Owen
Morris; Email: rslfinance@is.kroll.com; Offer Website: https://
deals.is.kroll.com/rslfinance) is acting as Tender Agent for the Offer.
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 Offeror, the Sole Dealer Manager
and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such
restrictions.
This announcement is made by RSL Finance (No. 1) plc and contains information
that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of
Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK
domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (UK MAR), encompassing information relating
to the indicative results of the Offer described above. For the purposes of UK
MAR and the Implementing Technical Standards, this announcement is made by the
Directors of the Issuer.
The Issuer has no involvement in the Offer. Neither the Issuer nor any of its
directors, officers, employees or affiliates expresses any opinion on the
merits of, or makes any representation or recommendation whatsoever regarding,
the Offer, and neither the Issuer nor any of its directors, officers, employees
or affiliates accepts any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of
any of the information concerning the Offer, the Issuer, the Offeror or any
other person in connection with the Offer, or the factual statements contained
in, or the effect or effectiveness of, the Tender Offer Memorandum.
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