NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN
WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO ANY
JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE
RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
NOTHING IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE OR
FORM A PART OF ANY OFFER, INVITATION OR RECOMMENDATION TO PURCHASE,
SELL OR SUBSCRIBE FOR ANY SECURITIES IN ANY
JURISDICTION. NOTHING IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD BE
INTERPRETED AS A TERM OR CONDITION OF THE EQUITY
RAISE. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL
FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED UPON IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ACT AS
AN INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO, ANY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY. ANY DECISION
TO PURCHASE, SUBSCRIBE FOR OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE, OR TO SELL OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF, ANY SECURITIES MENTIONED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
MUST BE MADE ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN AND
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE CIRCULAR. PLEASE SEE THE
IMPORTANT NOTICES AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Unless otherwise stated, defined terms used in
this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Circular
published by the Company on 21 May 2024 (the “Circular”).
11 June 2024
Superdry plc
(“Superdry” or the
“Company”)
Restructuring Plan – Results of
meetings of the Plan Creditors
On 16 April
2024 the Company announced that C-Retail Limited (the
“Plan Company”),
a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, had launched a
restructuring plan pursuant to Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006,
which will affect certain of the Plan Company’s creditors (the
“Plan
Creditors”) in order to implement a restructuring of
the Plan Company’s UK property estate and retail cost base (the
“Restructuring
Plan”).
The
Restructuring Plan is, along with the Equity Raise and the
Delisting, part of the Capital and Restructuring Measures being
undertaken by the Group. Each element of this package is
inter-conditional upon the others, such that the package as a whole
requires each of the Restructuring Plan, the Equity Raise and the
Delisting to be approved.
Meetings of
each of the thirteen classes of the Plan Creditors to vote on the
Restructuring Plan were held on 10 June 2024 (the
“Plan
Meetings”).
The Company is
pleased to announce that there was a high level of turnout at the
Plan Meetings and 99% by value of the Plan Creditors which attended
the Plan Meetings (in person or by proxy) voted in favour of the
measures proposed in the Restructuring Plan.
The Company is
grateful for the support shown by the Plan Creditors at the Plan
Meetings. This will allow the Plan Company to continue with the
next step in the Capital and Restructuring Measures which is the
Shareholders’ vote on the Resolutions to approve the
Equity Raise, the Delisting, certain articles and share capital
changes and the Rule 9 Waiver and Related Party Transaction to be
proposed at the General Meeting to be held at Unit 60 The Runnings,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 9NW on 14 June 2024 at 9.00
a.m. The Board unanimously recommends that
Shareholders vote in favour of the Resolutions.
If the
Resolutions are passed, the Plan Company will ask the High Court to
sanction the Restructuring Plan at a hearing to commence on 17 June
2024.
The
Restructuring Plan is, together with the Equity Raise and
Delisting, part of a key package of measures that are needed to
avoid the Company and the Plan Company entering into insolvency,
and will allow Superdry to return to a more stable
footing, accelerate its turnaround plan and drive it towards a
viable and sustainable future. The background to, and
reasons for, the Capital and Restructuring Measures are set out in
the announcement made by the Company on 21 May 2024.
Commenting on
the result of the Plan Creditors meeting, Gavin Maher,
Senior Managing Director at Teneo, said “Having 99% of those
creditors that voted being in favour means that the Plan Company
has achieved an important milestone in securing creditor support
for the Restructuring Plan.”
Enquiries
Superdry
Peter Sjӧlander, Chairman
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44 (0) 1242
586747
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Teneo Financial
Advisory Limited (Financial Adviser to the Plan Company)
Gavin Maher
Jonathan Lees
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44 (0) 208 052
2345
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Peel Hunt LLP (Sole
Sponsor and Financial Adviser to Superdry)
George Sellar
Michael Nicholson
Andrew Clark
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44 (0) 207 418
8900
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Brunswick Group LLP
(Financial PR to Superdry)
Tim Danaher
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44 (0) 207 404
5959
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N. M. Rothschild
& Sons Limited (Financial Adviser to Julian
Dunkerton)
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44 (0) 121 600
5252
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John Byrne
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Charles Fenwick
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