TSB Bank plc announces results of its tender offer for its £750,000,000 Series 2019-1 Floating Rate Covered Bonds due February 2024
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14 September 2023. TSB Bank plc (the Offeror) announces today the results of its invitation to holders of its £750,000,000 Series 2019-1 Floating Rate Covered Bonds due February 2024 (ISIN: XS1951430138) (the Covered Bonds) to tender their Covered Bonds for purchase by the Offeror for cash up to an aggregate nominal amount of up to £250,000,000 (subject as provided in the Tender Offer Memorandum) and subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition (as defined in the Tender Offer Memorandum) (the Offer).
The Offer was announced on 6 September 2023 and was made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 6 September 2023 (the Tender Offer Memorandum) prepared by the Offeror. Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
The Expiration Deadline for the Offer was 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 13 September 2023. As at the Expiration Deadline, the Offeror had received valid tenders of £409,815,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the Covered Bonds for purchase pursuant to the Offer, as reported by the Tender Agent.
The Offeror announces that (subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition on or prior to the Settlement Date) it has decided to accept for purchase an aggregate nominal amount of £249,999,000 of Covered Bonds validly tendered pursuant to the Offer (the Final Acceptance Amount), at a cash purchase price equal to 100.33 per cent. of the nominal amount of the relevant Covered Bonds, together with an Accrued Interest Payment. All Tender Instructions will be accepted subject to a Scaling Factor of 60.9999 per cent, subject to adjustments, as applicable.
Subject to satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition on or prior to such date, the expected Settlement Date for the Offer is 15 September 2023.
Following the Settlement Date, the Offeror intends to cancel the Covered Bonds purchased pursuant to the Offer. Accordingly, following settlement of the Offer and such cancellation, £500,001,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the Covered Bonds will remain outstanding.
Covered Bonds that have not been tendered or accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer will remain outstanding.
THE DEALER MANAGERS |
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Banco de Sabadell, S.A. Avenida Óscar Esplá 37 03007, Alicante Spain
Telephone: +34 91 540 26 95 Attention: Debt Capital Markets |
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc 10 Gresham Street London EC2V 7AE United Kingdom Telephone: +44 7158 1726 / 1717 Attention: Liability Management |
NatWest Markets Plc 250 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4AA United Kingdom Telephone: +44 20 7678 5222 Attention: Liability Management Email: NWMLiabilityManagement@NatWestMarkets.com
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Nomura International plc 1 Angel Lane London EC4R 3AB United Kingdom Telephone: +44 20 7103 2410 / +44 20 7103 2454 Attention: Liability Management Group |
RBC Europe Limited 100 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4AA United Kingdom Telephone: +44 20 7029 7161 Attention: Liability Management |
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THE TENDER AGENT |
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Kroll Issuer Services Limited The Shard 32 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG United Kingdom Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880 Attention: Jacek Kusion Email: tsb@is.kroll.com Website: https://deals.is.kroll.com/tsb |
This announcement is released by TSB Bank plc 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 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (UK MAR), encompassing information relating to the Offer described above. For the purposes of UK MAR and the Implementing Technical Standards, this announcement is made by Alison Straszewski, Treasurer at the Offeror.
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 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 LLP, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.