R.E.A.Hldgs PLC
14 August 2006
R.E.A. Holdings plc ('REA')
Further issue of 7.5 per cent dollar notes 2012/14 ('dollar notes')
REA announces that it has today concluded arrangements with Guy Butler Limited
for the placing of $1,927,719 nominal of dollar notes at an issue price of 92.5
per cent of par, payable in full on subscription. The redemption yield at the
issue price is 9.3 per cent.
The dollar notes now being issued (the 'final dollar notes') form the final
tranche of an issue of $30,000,000 nominal of dollar notes which are constituted
pursuant to a trust deed dated 12 September 2005 and made between R.E.A.
Holdings plc and The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc. $28,072,281 nominal of
dollar notes have been previously issued. Of these, $4,972,281 nominal were
issued at par pursuant to a reorganisation of the company's former 4 per cent
convertible loan stock 2012 that became wholly unconditional on 12 September
2005, $19,000,000 nominal were issued at par on 21 February 2006 as
consideration for the acquisition by the company of a minority interest in its
subsidiary, Makassar Investments Limited, and the balance of $4,100,000 nominal
was issued for cash on 3 July 2006 at a subscription price of 92.5 per cent of
par.
The final dollar notes rank pari passu in all respects with the dollar notes
previously issued. As such, they are unsecured obligations of REA, will bear
interest at 7.5 per cent per annum payable half yearly on 30 June and 31
December (but as respects interest payable on 31 December 2006 calculated as if
it accrued from 1 July 2006) and will be redeemable by three equal annual
instalments commencing 31 December 2012 (subject to reduction where dollar notes
have been previously purchased by REA and cancelled in which event the amount of
dollar notes that REA will be obliged to redeem on any given redemption date
will be reduced by the nominal amount of dollar notes purchased and cancelled
prior to that redemption date save in so far as such notes were purchased and
cancelled prior to a previous redemption date and taken into account in reducing
the note redemption requirement in relation to that previous redemption date).
The proceeds of issue of the final dollar notes are estimated to amount to $1.73
million, net of estimated expenses (including a 2.5 per cent placing commission
payable to Guy Butler Limited) of $50,000. It is intended that the net proceeds
of the issue will be applied in reducing group indebtedness to banks in
Indonesia.
Application has been made for the final dollar notes to be admitted to the
Official List of the Financial Services Authority and to trading on the London
Stock Exchange's market for listed securities. It is expected that such
admissions will become effective and that dealings in the final dollar notes
will commence on 15 August 2006.
The final dollar notes will be issued on the basis of the base prospectus
published by REA on 17 August 2005, the supplementary prospectus published by
REA on 15 February 2006 and a document setting out the final terms of issue of
the final dollar notes which REA is now publishing. Copies of these documents
have been or are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will be
available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing
Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority,
25 The North Colonnade,
Canary Wharf,
London E14 5HS
Telephone: 020 7676 1000
Copies may also be inspected at the offices of REA at 3rd Floor, 40-42 Osnaburgh
Street, London NW1 3ND and in electronic form on the website maintained by REA
at www.rea.co.uk.
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