Bondholder meeting results

RNS Number : 7723G

Man Group plc

11 June 2013

 



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Man Strategic Holdings Limited (formerly Man Group plc) announces Results of Tender Offer and Noteholders' Meeting for its U.S.$232,089,000 5.00 per cent. Subordinated Notes due 2017

11 June 2013. On 3 May 2013, Man Strategic Holdings Limited (the Company) announced its invitations to:

(i)         holders (the Noteholders) of its U.S.$232,089,000 5.00 per cent. Subordinated Notes due 2017 (ISIN: XS0531882149) (the Notes) to tender any and all of their Notes for purchase by the Company for cash (such invitation the Offer); and

(ii)        Noteholders to approve, by Extraordinary Resolution, the modification of the terms and conditions of the Notes (the Conditions) to provide for the Company to redeem (the Issuer Early Redemption) all, but not some only, of the Notes remaining (if any) on completion of the Offer (together the Proposal).

The Offer and the Proposal were made on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum dated 3 May 2013 (the Tender Offer Memorandum).  Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

The Offer expired at 4.00 p.m., London time, on 22 May 2013 (the Expiration Deadline). As at the Expiration Deadline, U.S.$141,363,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the Notes had been validly tendered for purchase pursuant to the Offer.  The Company has decided to accept for purchase all Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer. The Company will pay:

(i)         to each Noteholder who validly tendered its Notes by 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 14 May 2013 (the Early Tender Deadline), 102 per cent. of the nominal amount of such Noteholder's Notes (representing the aggregate of the Purchase Price of 100 per cent. and the Early Tender Payment of 2 per cent.), together with the relevant Accrued Interest Payment;

(ii)        to each Noteholder who validly tendered its Notes after the Early Tender Deadline but before the Expiration Deadline, 100 per cent. of the nominal amount of such Noteholder's Notes (representing the Purchase Price), together with the relevant Accrued Interest Payment; and

(iii)       to any Noteholder who submitted a valid Voting Only Instruction in favour of the Proposal by the Early Tender Deadline, 2 per cent. of the nominal amount of such Noteholder's Notes (representing the Early Consent Amount).

Settlement of the Offer is expected to take place on 14 June 2013.

The adjourned Meeting to consider the Proposal was held earlier today, and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Noteholders that:

(a)        at the adjourned Meeting, the Extraordinary Resolution was duly passed and the Proposal approved;

(b)        the Supplemental Trust Deed referred to in the Extraordinary Resolution has been executed by the Company and the Trustee, and the Conditions have been amended accordingly; and

(c)        the Company will redeem all Notes (other than those Notes that have been accepted for purchase by the Company pursuant to the Offer) pursuant to the Issuer Early Redemption on 14 June 2013 at the Early Redemption Amount of 100 per cent. of the nominal amount of the relevant Notes, together with Accrued Interest.

All Notes which are purchased pursuant to the Offer or redeemed pursuant to the Issuer Early Redemption will forthwith be cancelled.

The Company (a 100 per cent. direct subsidiary of Man Group plc) expects to register a one-off pre-tax finance expense of approximately U.S.$5 million to reflect the effect of buying back the Notes at a premium to the carrying book value. Following the buyback of the Notes, Man Group plc's annualised pre-tax gross interest expense will reduce by approximately U.S.$12 million, cash resources will reduce by approximately U.S.$236 million, and gross debt will reduce by approximately U.S.$231 million. The Notes qualify in part as regulatory capital resources and therefore the buyback of the Notes will reduce Man Group plc's pro-forma regulatory capital surplus as at 1 January 2014 by approximately U.S.$170 million.

Merrill Lynch International (Telephone: [phone]; Attention: John Cavanagh / Tommaso Gros-Pietro; Email: [e-mail] / [e-mail]) and UBS Limited (Telephone: [phone]; Attention: Liability Management Group; Email: [e-mail]) are acting as Dealer Managers.  Lucid Issuer Services Limited (Telephone: [phone]; Attention: David Shilson / Paul Kamminga; Email: [e-mail]) is acting as Tender Agent. 

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/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 Company, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.

 

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