Debt repurchase results

RNS Number : 2425C

Man Group plc

27 April 2012

 



Man Group plc announces results of its offer for its outstanding €600,000,000 6.00 per cent. Notes due 2015

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27 April 2012.  Further to its announcement dated 16 April 2012, Man Group plc (the Company) now announces the final results in respect of the invitation by the Company to holders of its outstanding €600,000,000 6.00 per cent. Notes due 2015 (ISIN: XS0488168351) (the Senior Notes) to tender their Senior Notes for purchase by the Company for cash (the Offer). 

The Offer was announced on 16 April 2012, and was made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 16 April 2012 (the Tender Offer Memorandum) prepared by the Company.  Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

The Expiration Deadline for the Offer was 5.00 p.m. (London time) on 26 April 2012. 

Results of the Offer

As at the Expiration Deadline, €165,001,000 in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes had been validly tendered for purchase. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Tender Offer Memorandum, the Company has decided to accept all valid tenders of Senior Notes for purchase.

A summary of the final results for the Offer appears below:

Aggregate Principal Amount tendered	Aggregate Principal Amount accepted	Purchase Price	Accrued Interest
€165,001,000	€165,001,000	€1,090 per €1,000	1.1803 per cent.

The Settlement Date in respect of those Senior Notes accepted for purchase is expected to be 30 April 2012. Following settlement of the Offer, €216,165,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes will remain outstanding.

Implications for the Company's Pre-Tax Profit and Loss, Gross Debt, Cash and Regulatory Capital

The Company expects to register a one-off pre-tax finance expense of approximately U.S.$20 million to reflect the effect of buying back the Senior Notes at a premium to the carrying book value. Following the buyback of the Senior Notes, the Company's annualised pre-tax gross interest expense will reduce by approximately U.S.$13 million, cash resources will reduce by approximately U.S.$240 million, and gross debt will reduce by approximately U.S.$217 million. The Senior Notes do not qualify as regulatory capital, therefore the buyback of the Senior Notes will have no effect on the Company's regulatory capital position.

BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc are acting as Dealer Managers and Lucid Issuer Services Limited is acting as Tender Agent for the Offer.

THE DEALER MANAGERS
BNP Paribas 10 Harewood Avenue London NW1 6AA United Kingdom Telephone: + 44 20 7595 8668 Attention: Debt Restructuring Group Email: [e-mail]	Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited One Cabot Square London E14 4QJ United Kingdom Telephone: [phone] Attention: Andrew Burton Email: [e-mail]	The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 135 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3UR United Kingdom Telephone: [phone] Attention: Liability Management Group Email: [e-mail]
THE TENDER AGENT
Lucid Issuer Services Limited Leroy House 436 Essex Road London N1 3QP United Kingdom Telephone: [phone] Attention: David Shilson / Paul Kamminga Email: [e-mail]

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 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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