NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR
TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS
TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR
INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY NOTES
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SYNTHOMER PLC
NOTICE OF TENDER OFFER
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS INTENDED
FOR HOLDERS OF THE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025 HELD IN THE REGULATION S
GLOBAL NOTE BEARING ISIN NUMBER XS2194288390 (COMMON CODE:
219428839)
Synthomer PLC (the "Company") offers to purchase for cash its
outstanding Senior Notes due 2025 held in the
Regulation S global notes bearing ISIN number
XS2194288390 (Common Code: 219428839) (the "Notes") issued by the
Company, up to the Maximum Acceptance Amount (as set forth below)
and subject to the Financing Condition and the other terms and
conditions set forth below.
April 9, 2024 - the Company
announces today that it is offering to purchase for cash up
to the Maximum Acceptance Amount (as set
forth below and which may be increased or
decreased at the Company's sole and
absolute discretion) of its outstanding Notes (the "Tender Offer"), as further described in
the tender offer memorandum dated as of the date hereof (the
"Tender Offer Memorandum").
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined are as set
forth in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
The Tender
Offer begins on the
date hereof and will expire at
4:00 p.m., London time, on April 16, 2024, unless extended or
earlier terminated by the Company
(such time and date, as the same
may be extended,
the "Expiration Deadline").
Noteholders must
validly tender their Notes, and not
validly withdraw their Notes, at or prior to the
Expiration Deadline in order to
receive the Purchase Price (as set forth below) and Accrued Interest
(as defined below) on the
Payment Date (as defined below).
Subject to a tender of the Notes in minimum principal
amounts of €100,000 and multiples of €1,000 thereafter, the amount in cash to be paid to each Noteholder for the Notes accepted for purchase
will be an amount
(rounded to the nearest €0.01 with
€0.005 rounded upwards) equal to:
(i) the aggregate amount
of the Notes of such Noteholder accepted for
purchase pursuant to the Tender
Offer at the purchase price (the
"Purchase
Price") of
€1,000 per €1,000 aggregate principal
amount of Notes accepted; plus (ii) amounts for accrued and unpaid interest up to but not
including the Payment Date (as
defined herein)
on the Notes
which are accepted for purchase in the Tender
Offer ("Accrued
Interest").
The "Payment Date" will be promptly after
the Expiration Deadline in respect of any Notes that are (i)
validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) at or prior to the
Expiration Deadline and (ii) accepted for purchase in accordance
with the terms hereof. The Payment Date is expected to be no later
than April 19, 2024, unless otherwise extended, amended or
terminated.
The aggregate cash consideration
(excluding any Accrued Interest payments) to be paid by the Company
(the "Aggregate Tender
Consideration") to purchase the aggregate nominal amount (if
any) of Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer that
the Company decides, in its sole and absolute discretion, to accept
for purchase (the "Final
Acceptance Amount"), may be more or less than the initial
Maximum Acceptance Amount (as set forth below and as decided in the
Company's sole and absolute discretion).
The Company is commencing the Tender
Offer as part of a refinancing transaction in connection with the
Company's expected issuance of senior notes on or prior to the
Payment Date (the "New
Notes"), in an amount and on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to the Company (the "New Issuance"). The proceeds of the New
Notes, together with cash on balance sheet, will be used (i) to
complete the Tender Offer or otherwise repurchase the Notes (the
"Refinancing"), including
the payment of accrued and unpaid interest and (ii) to pay the fees
and expenses in connection with the New Issuance and the
Refinancing.
The Company will, in connection with
the allocation of the New Notes, consider among other factors
whether or not the relevant investor seeking an allocation of the
New Notes has, prior to such allocation, validly tendered or given
a firm intention to the Company or the Dealer Managers that they
intend to tender their Notes pursuant to the Tender Offer and, if
so, the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered or intended to
be tendered by such investor. Therefore, a Noteholder who wishes to
subscribe for New Notes in addition to validly tendering its Notes
for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer may be eligible to
receive, at the sole and absolute discretion of Company, priority
in the allocation of the New Notes, subject to the issue of the New
Notes and such Noteholder also making a separate application for
the purchase of such New Notes to the Dealer Managers (in their
capacity as a manager of the issue of the New Notes) (the
"New Issue
Priority").
However, the Company is not obliged
to allocate the New Notes to a Noteholder who has validly tendered
or indicated a firm intention to tender Notes pursuant to the
Tender Offer and, if New Notes are allocated, the principal amount
thereof may be less or more than the principal amount of Notes
tendered by such holder and accepted by the Company pursuant to the
Tender Offer. Any such allocation will also, among other factors,
take into account the denomination of the New Notes (being
€100,000).
Noteholders that wish to tender
their Notes for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer in addition
to subscribing for New Notes can receive (at the Company's sole and
absolute discretion) priority of acceptance in the Tender Offer
through the use of a unique reference number obtained from the
Dealer Managers (the "Acceptance
Code"), subject to the successful completion (in the sole
determination of the Company) of the offering of the New Notes and
the completion of the Tender Offer.
A Noteholder can obtain such an
Acceptance Code by contacting the Dealer Managers, the contact
details for which are on the last page of the Tender Offer
Memorandum. The receipt of an Acceptance Code in conjunction with
the issue of the New Notes does not constitute acceptance of a
tender of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer by the
Company.
The Tender
Offer is conditioned, amongst other conditions, on the "Financing Condition," which is the
issuance by the Company of the New Notes, on or prior to the Payment Date, in an amount and on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to the Company. There can be no assurance
that the
Company will be
able to
complete the New Issuance and satisfy the Financing
Condition.
The Tender Offer is subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in the Tender Offer Memorandum,
including the Financing Condition and certain other customary
conditions.
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Outstanding Principal
Amount(1)
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase Price per
€1,000
|
Maximum Acceptance
Amount
|
Senior
Notes due 2025
|
€520,000,000
|
XS2194288390/
219428839
|
July 1,
2025
|
3⅞%
|
€100,000
and integral multiples of €1,000 thereafter
|
€1,000
|
€370,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (subject to the
Company's right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to increase
or decrease the aggregate principal amount of Notes accepted for
purchase)
|
(1) The Outstanding
Principal Amount comprises the Notes, which were originally sold
pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act (ISIN:
XS2194288390; Common Code: 219428839), and does not include the
notes issued under the Indenture (as defined herein) and originally
sold pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (ISIN:
XS2194288630; Common Code: 219428863) (the "Rule 144A Notes"), if any. There
can be no assurance that the Outstanding Principal Amount continues
to be held pursuant to the Regulation S global notes. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Tender Offer being made pursuant to the
Tender Offer Memorandum is only being made in respect of the Notes
which are held pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities
Act.
Below is an
indicative timetable providing information
with respect to the expected dates
and times for the
Tender Offer. The timetable is subject to change,
and dates and times may be extended, amended or terminated by the
Company as described in the Tender
Offer Memorandum.
Date
|
Calendar Date and
Time
|
Event
|
Commencement
Date
|
April 9,
2024
|
Commencement of the Tender Offer upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Tender
Offer Memorandum.
|
Expiration
Deadline
|
4:00 p.m.,
London time, on April 16, 2024
|
Deadline for Notes to be validly
tendered. The Tender Offer will expire on the Expiration
Deadline unless extended, re-opened, amended or terminated prior to
such Expiration Deadline. The Company may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, re-open, extend, amend or terminate the Tender
Offer.
|
Announcement of Final
Results
|
As soon as
practicable after the Expiration Deadline
|
As soon as practicable after the
Expiration Deadline, the Company will announce the results of the
Tender Offer, including the Final Acceptance Amount (as defined
herein) and the Aggregate Tender Consideration.
|
Payment
Date
|
No later
than April 19, 2024
|
Subject to satisfaction and/or waiver
of the Conditions (including the Financing Condition), the Company
will pay the Purchase Price (plus Accrued Interest) for the Final
Acceptance Amount in an amount equal to the Aggregate Tender
Consideration (which may be increased or decreased in the Company's
sole and absolute discretion). If the Company accepts the
tender of Noteholders' Notes pursuant to the Tender Offer,
Noteholders, or the custodial entity acting on such Noteholders'
behalf, must deliver to the Company good and marketable title to
such Notes.
|
The Company will only accept tenders
with respect to the Notes, which are held in the Regulation S
global notes bearing ISIN number XS2194288390 (Common Code:
219428839). The Company will not accept tenders with respect
to Rule 144A Notes. Each Noteholder participating in the Tender Offer will represent that it is not a U.S.
Person and it is not located and it is not resident
in the United States and is not participating in the Tender
Offer from the United States or it is acting on a
non-discretionary basis for a principal who is
not a U.S. Person and is located and resident outside
the United States that is not giving an order to
participate in the Tender Offer from the
United States. For the purposes
hereof, "United
States" means the United States of America, its
territories and possessions, any state
of the United
States of America
and the District of Columbia.
Citigroup Global Markets Limited,
Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and HSBC Bank plc are
acting as "Dealer
Managers"
for the Tender Offer. In
connection with the
Tender Offer, Citibank, N. A., London
Branch has been appointed as tender agent (in such capacity, the "Tender Agent"). Holders with
questions about the Tender Offer
should contact the Dealer Managers or the
Tender Agent. Any extension, amendment or termination of the
Tender Offer shall be published by the Company by
press release or notice to the Tender Agent.
None of the
Company, the Dealer
Managers, the Tender Agent or any of their respective affiliates are making any recommendations to
the Noteholders as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering
their Notes in the Tender Offer. Noteholders
must decide how
many Notes they will tender, if any.
Noteholders who have Notes registered in the
name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust
company or other
nominee must
contact, and issue appropriate instructions to, such broker,
dealer, commercial
bank, trust company or other nominee if such
Noteholder desires
to tender those Notes. The deadlines set by the clearing
systems for submission of tender
instructions may be
earlier than the
relevant deadlines
specified in the
Tender Offer Memorandum.
Copies of the Tender Offer
Memorandum can be obtained by
eligible Noteholders from the Tender Agent at the
telephone number below.
THE COMPANY
Synthomer
plc
45 Pall
Mall
London
SW1Y 5JG
United
Kingdom
|
Requests for information in
relation to the Tender Offer should be directed
to:
|
THE DEALER
MANAGERS
|
Citigroup Global Markets
Limited
Citigroup
Centre
Canada
Square
Canary
Wharf
London
E14 5LB
United
Kingdom
|
Attn:
Liability Management Group
|
Tel:
+44 20 7986 8969
|
Email:
liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com
|
Goldman Sachs Bank Europe
SE
Marienturm
Taunusanlage 9-10
60329
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Attention: Liability Management Group
Tel: +44
20 7774 4836
Email:
liabilitymanagement.eu@gs.com
HSBC Bank
plc
8 Canada
Square
London
E14 5HQ
Attention: Liability Management, DCM
Tel: +44
20 7992 6237
Email:
LM_EMEA@hsbc.com
|
Requests for information in
relation to the procedures for tendering Notes and participating in
the Tender Offer and the submission of an Electronic Instruction
should be directed to the Tender Agent:
|
THE TENDER
AGENT
|
Citibank, N. A., London
Branch
Citigroup
Centre
Canada
Square
Canary
Wharf
London
E14 5LB
United
Kingdom
Attention: Agency & Trust: Exchange Team
Tel: +44
20 7508 3867
E-mail:
Citiexchanges@citi.com
|
None of
the Company, the Trustee, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent makes any recommendation as to whether you should tender any or all of your Notes.
This announcement
is not an offer to
purchase any Notes
or a solicitation of an offer to sell any Notes. The Tender Offer is
being made solely
by means of the
Tender Offer Memorandum.
DISCLAIMER
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION FROM, WITHIN, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, ITS
TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND
AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS) OR ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The Tender Offer is not being made and will not be made, directly or
indirectly, in or into, or by use of the mails of, or by any means or
instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of,
or of any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States. This includes, but is not
limited to, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telephone and
the internet. The Notes may not be tendered
in the Tender Offer by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility from or within the
United States or by persons located
or resident in the United States.
Accordingly, copies of this announcement, the Tender Offer Memorandum and any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly,
mailed or otherwise transmitted,
distributed or forwarded (including,
without limitation, by custodians, nominees
or trustees) in or
into the United States or to any persons
located or resident in the United States.
Any purported tender of Notes in the Tender
Offer resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of these restrictions will be
invalid and any purported tender of Notes
made by a person located or resident in the United States, or any agent, fiduciary or
other Intermediary acting on a
non-discretionary basis for a principal
giving instructions from within the United States will be invalid and will not be
accepted.
The distribution of the Tender Offer Memorandum
in certain jurisdictions may be restricted
by law. Persons into whose possession the Tender Offer
Memorandum comes are required by the Company, the Dealer Managers and the Tender
Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.
This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor the
solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities described
herein, nor shall there be any offer or sale of such securities in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful. The Tender Offers are made solely pursuant to the Tender
Offer Memorandum dated April 9, 2024.
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. This announcement and the Tender
Offer Memorandum contain important
information which should be read carefully
before any decision is made with respect to
the Tender Offer. If any Holder is in any
doubt as to the action it should take, it is recommended that such
Holder seeks its own financial and legal advice, including as to any tax
consequences, immediately from its stockbroker, bank manager,
solicitor, accountant or other independent
financial or legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Notes are held on its behalf by a broker,
dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or
other nominee or intermediary must contact
such entity if it wishes to tender Notes in the Tender Offer. None
of the Company, the Dealer Managers
or the Tender Agent makes any
recommendation as to whether Noteholders should participate in the
Tender Offer.
Any deadlines set by any intermediary will
be earlier than the deadlines specified in
the Tender Offer Memorandum.
The information contained in this
announcement does not constitute an invitation or inducement to
engage in investment activity within the meaning of the United
Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. In the United
Kingdom, this announcement is being distributed only to, and is
directed only at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom,
(ii) persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of
investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order
2005 (the "Financial Promotion Order")), (iii) persons who are
within Article 43 of the Financial Promotion Order or (iv) any
other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the
Financial Promotion Order (all such persons together being referred
to as "relevant persons"). This announcement and the Tender
Offer Memorandum is directed only at relevant persons and
must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant
persons.
This announcement contains
forward-looking statements and information that is necessarily
subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. No assurance can
be given that the transactions described herein will be consummated
or as to the terms of any such transactions. The Company assumes no
obligation to update or correct the information contained in this
announcement.