TIDM91VA

RNS Number : 4197T

Elenia Finance Oyj

14 November 2019

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ELENIA FINANCE OYJ ANNOUNCES THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE NOTES VALIDLY TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE OFFER

14 November 2019

Further to its announcement on 4 November 2019, Elenia Finance Oyj (the "Issuer"), announces today the aggregate principal amount of the Notes validly tendered pursuant to its invitation to eligible holders of its outstanding EUR500,000,000 2.875 per cent. Fixed Rate Bonds due December 2020 (ISIN: XS1005068587) (the "Notes") to tender their Notes for purchase by the Issuer for cash (the "Offer") and to approve the STID Proposal.

The Offer was made on the terms and subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the tender offer memorandum dated 4 November 2019 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum"). Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Aggregate principal amount of the Notes validly tendered for purchase at the Expiration Deadline

As at the Expiration Deadline of 17.00 CET on 13 November 2019, the Issuer had received valid tenders for purchase of approximately EUR410,976,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Noteholders should note that this is not an announcement of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which the Issuer has decided to accept for purchase pursuant to the Offer.

Following the earlier of (i) the expiration of the STID Proposal decision period (29 November 2019) and (ii) the date on which the Security Trustee has received the requisite votes in favour of the STID Proposal, the Issuer will announce, amongst other things, the result of the STID Proposal and the final aggregate principal amount of the Notes validly tendered and accepted by the Issuer for purchase pursuant to the Offer.

Further Information

A complete description of the terms and conditions of the Offer is set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum. Further details can be obtained as follows:

Questions and requests for assistance in connection with the Offer may be directed to the Dealer Managers:

 
              The Dealer Managers 
                Danske Bank A/S 
               2-12 Holmens Kanal 
              DK-1092 Copenhagen K 
                     Denmark 
           Telephone: +45 33 64 88 51 
         Attention: Debt Capital Markets 
    Email: liabilitymanagement@danskebank.dk 
 
               NatWest Markets Plc 
                 250 Bishopsgate 
                 London EC2M 4AA 
                 United Kingdom 
           Telephone: +44 20 7678 5222 
         Attention: Liability Management 
  Email: liabilitymanagement@natwestmarkets.com 
 

Questions and requests for assistance in connection with the procedures, and for any documents or materials relating to, the Offer may be directed to the Tender Agent:

 
                      The Tender Agent 
                Lucid Issuer Services Limited 
                       Tankerton Works 
                        12 Argyle Walk 
                       London WC1H 8HA 
                        United Kingdom 
                 Telephone: +44 207 704 0880 
                  Attention: Thomas Choquet 
                  Email: elenia@lucid-is.com 
  General enquiries in connection with the Offer or the STID 
           Proposal may be directed to the Issuer: 
                          The Issuer 
                      Elenia Finance Oyj 
                 Töölönkatu 4 
                      FI-00100 Helsinki 
                           Finland 
 
                 Telephone: +358 45 265 1313 
          Attention: Sasu Kämäräinen 
               Email: sasu.kamarainen@elenia.fi 
 

This announcement is released by Elenia Finance Oyj 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 ("MAR"), encompassing information relating to the Offer and STID Proposal. For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made by Sasu Kämäräinen (Treasury Manager) of Elenia Finance Oyj.

DISCLAIMER

This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire or sell any securities is being made pursuant to this announcement. The distribution of this announcement and/or 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 Issuer, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers, the Tender Agent, the Security Trustee and the Bond Trustee to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

If any Noteholder is in any doubt as to the action it should take or is unsure of the impact of the Offer or the STID Proposal, it is recommended to seek its own financial and legal advice, including as to any tax consequences, from its stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial, tax or legal adviser. None of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers, the Security Trustee, the Bond Trustee or the Tender Agent is providing Noteholders with any legal, business, financial, tax or other advice in this announcement or the Tender Offer Memorandum

None of the Dealer Managers, the Tender Agent, the Bond Trustee, the Security Trustee or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates makes any representation or recommendation whatsoever regarding this announcement, the Tender Offer Memorandum, the Offer or the STID Proposal, and none of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers, the Tender Agent, the Bond Trustee, the Security Trustee or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates makes any recommendation as to whether Noteholders should tender Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer and consequently to participate in voting in favour of the STID Proposal. The Tender Agent is the agent of the Issuer and owes no duty to any Noteholders.

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