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.
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ØRSTED A/S
ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ITS CASH TENDER OFFER
12 March 2024 - Ørsted A/S (the Offeror) announces today the results of its invitation to holders of its outstanding €500,000,000 Callable Subordinated Capital Securities due 3017 (ISIN: XS1720192696) (the Capital Securities) to tender any and all such Capital Securities for purchase by the Offeror for cash subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Issue Condition (such invitation, the Offer).
The Offer was announced on 5 March 2024 and was made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 5 March 2024 (the Tender Offer Memorandum) prepared by the Offeror. Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
The expiration deadline for the Offer was 5.00 p.m. (CET) on 11 March 2024 (the Expiration Deadline).
Results of the Offer
As at the Expiration Deadline, €249,544,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Capital Securities was validly tendered for purchase in the Offer. The Offeror announces that (subject to satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Issue Condition on or prior to the Settlement Date) it accepts for purchase all such Capital Securities validly tendered in the Offer in full.
A summary of the final results of the Offer appears below:
Aggregate principal | |||
amount validly tendered | |||
Description of the Capital | ISIN / | and accepted for purchase | |
Securities | Common Code | pursuant to the Offer | Purchase Price |
98.75 per cent. | |||
€500,000,000 Callable | of the principal | ||
Subordinated Capital | XS1720192696 / 172019269 | €249,544,000 | amount of the |
Securities due 3017 | Capital | ||
Securities |
Settlement
On the Settlement Date, expected to be 14 March 2024, the Offeror will (subject to satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Issue Condition on or prior to the Settlement Date) pay, or procure the payment of, the Purchase Price plus Accrued Interest to all Holders whose tenders have been validly accepted by the Offeror pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Offer. After such settlement, €250,456,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Capital Securities will remain outstanding.
Further Information
A complete description of the terms and conditions of the Offer is set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
THE OFFEROR
Ørsted A/S
Kraftværksvej 53
Skærbæk
DK - 7000 Fredericia
Denmark
Telephone: +45 9955 1111
Attention: Torben Bagger
Email: funding@orsted.com / tobag@orsted.com
DEALER MANAGERS | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Limited | Danske Bank A/S | |
Citigroup Centre | 2-12 Holmens Kanal | |
33 Canada Square | DK-1092 Copenhagen K | |
Canary Wharf | Denmark | |
London E14 5LB | ||
Telephone: +44 20 7986 8969 | Telephone: +45 33 64 88 51 | |
Attention: Debt Capital Markets | ||
Attention: Liability Management Group | ||
Email: liabilitymanagement@danskebank.dk | ||
Email: liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com | ||
HSBC Continental Europe | J.P. Morgan SE |
38, avenue Kléber | Taunustor 1 (TaunusTurm) |
75116 Paris | 60310 Frankfurt am Main |
France | Germany |
Telephone: +44 20 7992 6237 | Telephone: +44 20 7134 2468 |
Attention: EMEA Liability Management Group | |
Attention: Liability Management, DCM | |
Email: liability_management_EMEA@jpmorgan.com | |
Email: LM_EMEA@hsbc.com | |
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | |
25 Cabot Square | |
Canary Wharf | |
London E14 4QA | |
United Kingdom |
Telephone: +44 20 7677 5040
Attention: Liability Management Team, Global Capital Markets
Email: debt_advisory@morganstanley.com
TENDER AND INFORMATION AGENT
Kroll Issuer Services Limited
The Shard
32 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9SG
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880
Attention: David Shilson
Email: orsted@is.kroll.com
Offer Website: https://deals.is.kroll.com/orsted
This announcement is released by Ørsted A/S 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 described above. For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made by Kasper Kiim Jensen (KASKJ@orsted.com), Vice President, Treasury and Capital Planning.
DISCLAIMER
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. The offer period for the Offer expired on the Expiration Deadline and no further tenders of Notes may be made. No offer or invitation to acquire 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 come(s) are required by each of the Offeror, the Dealer Managers and the Tender and Information Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.
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