Issuance of Senior Secured Fixed Rate Notes

RNS Number : 0819Q

Premier Foods plc

04 June 2018

 

4 June 2018

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Premier Foods plc

ISSUANCE BY PREMIER FOODS FINANCE PLC

OF £300,000,000 SENIOR SECURED NOTES

Further to the announcement on 15 May 2018 of a proposed bond issue and the announcement on 18 May 2018 of the pricing of the offering by Premier Foods Finance plc (the "Issuer") of £300,000,000 senior secured notes due 15 October 2023, with a coupon of 6.250% per annum (the "Notes"), Premier Foods plc ("Premier Foods") announced today the closing of the offering of the Notes by the Issuer and the receipt of proceeds thereof.

The gross proceeds of the offering will be used, together with cash on hand and drawings under a revolving credit facility, to (i) pay the total consideration, including any accrued and unpaid interest, in connection with the Issuer's tender offer for the purchase for cash of any and all of its outstanding 6¹/₂% £325,000,000 senior secured notes due 2021 (the "2021 Notes"), (ii) pay any consideration, including any accrued and unpaid interest, in connection with the redemption of the 2021 Notes not tendered in the tender offer, and (iii) pay certain administrative costs, expenses and fees in connection with the foregoing.

With the successful closing of this offering, the Issuer has raised funds which, together with cash on hand, are sufficient to redeem the outstanding 2021 Notes not tendered in the tender offer. As such, the Refinancing Condition (as stated in the notice of redemption with respect to the 2021 Notes issued on 15 May 2018) has been satisfied, and the redemption of such 2021 Notes will occur on 14 June 2018 as previously described in such notice.

Ondra acted as financial adviser to Premier Foods on this transaction.

For further information, please contact:

Institutional investors and analysts:

Alastair Murray, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Richard Godden, Director of Investor Relations and Treasury	[phone]
Maitland	[phone]
Clinton Manning
Joanna Davidson

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR ANY OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (AS DEFINED IN THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT")), OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Any securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold, resold, pledged, taken up, delivered, distributed or transferred, directly or indirectly, into or within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. No public offering of any securities is being made in the United States.

The communication of this announcement and any documents or materials relating to this announcement is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom.

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 is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons.

In addition to (and without prejudice to) the foregoing, in the European Economic Area (the "EEA") this announcement is directed only at persons who are not retail investors. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU ("MiFID II"); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) a "qualified investor" within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC as amended by Directive 2010/73/EU). This announcement does not constitute a prospectus for the purposes of Article 2 (1) (e) of the Prospectus Directive. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

This announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" that are based on estimates and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical fact or statements in the present tense, and can be identified by words such as "targets", "aims", "aspires", "assumes", "believes", "estimates", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "hopes", "may", "would", "should", "could", "will", "plans", "predicts" and "potential", as well as the negatives of these terms and other words of similar meaning. Any forward-looking statements in this announcement are made based upon Premier Foods' estimates, expectations and beliefs concerning future events affecting the Group and subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Group's present and future business strategies and the environment in which it will operate, which may prove not to be accurate. Premier Foods cautions that these forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Undue reliance should, therefore, not be placed on such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement apply only as at the date of this announcement and are not intended to give any assurance as to future results. Premier Foods will update this announcement as required by applicable law, including the Prospectus Rules, the Listing Rules, the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, London Stock Exchange and any other applicable law or regulations, but otherwise expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

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