Adoption of the decisions of AS PRFoods noteholders by written procedure
07 March 2025 - 3:39AM
UK Regulatory
Adoption of the decisions of AS PRFoods noteholders by written
procedure
AS PRFoods (registry code 11560713, registered
address at Pärnu mnt 141, 11314 Tallinn, Estonia;
“PRFoods”) hereby proposes to persons holding the
notes (the “Noteholders”) of the Issuer, due on 31
March 2025 and bearing ISIN code EE3300001577
(the “Notes”), issued under the Terms and
Conditions of Secured Note Issue of AS PRFoods dated
14 January 2020 (as most recently amended on 17 January 2025)
(the “Terms”), to adopt the decisions of the
Noteholders, without convening a meeting, by way of written
procedure (the “Written Procedure”) pursuant to
section 12.3 of the Terms.
The list of Noteholders with voting rights will
be fixed as at the close of settlement day on 12.03.2025 in the
Nasdaq CSD settlement system. Voting is possible during the period
from 06.03.2025 until the end of the day on 21.03.2025 (i.e. until
11.59 p.m.). The voting ballot is annexed to this notice as Annex
1.
Noteholders have the following options to cast
their votes:
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by submitting the voting ballot, completed and digitally signed by
the Noteholder entitled to vote or by his/her authorised
representative, or by submitting a paper ballot, signed by the
Noteholder entitled to vote or by his/her authorised representative
and scanned, by e-mail to investor@prfoods.ee no later
than 21.03.2025 at 11.59 p.m.
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by submitting or by sending the original paper ballot, completed
and signed by hand by the Noteholder entitled to vote or his/her
authorised representative, to the office of AS PRFoods at Pärnu mnt
141, 11314 Tallinn, Estonia, in such a way that it arrives no later
than 21.03.2025 at 5.00 p.m.
Background
PRFoods has, in the market announcements
published on 3 July 2024, 31 October 2024 and 30 November 2024,
notified the Noteholders and other investors, of the necessity to
restructure their debt obligations (including the Notes and the
subordinated convertible notes issued by PRFoods in 2021) in order
to ensure the sustainability of the business operations of PRFoods
and its subsidiaries and to protect the interests of investors of
PRFoods and the employees of the whole group. Additionally, PRFoods
has notified the Noteholders and other investors, in the market
notice published on 2 January 2025, that PRFoods is in the process
of preparing a restructuring plan with the goal of publishing and
submitting it for approval such that it could be adopted by the
Noteholders’ meeting before 31 March 2025, on which the maturity
date of the Notes arrives pursuant to the current Terms.
The management board of PRFoods notifies that
the preparation of the restructuring plan has progressed; however,
due to technical complexity of the relevant task, the finalising
and coordination of all details has taken longer than expected. For
this reason, for PRFoods to be able to finalise the restructuring
plan and to present it to the investors at least three weeks before
voting on the restructuring plan by the Noteholders, while
maintaining the perspective of the restructuring plan, it is
necessary to extend the maturity date of the Notes to some extent,
as well as to postpone the next interest payment of the Notes.
In the view of the above, PRFoods requests the
Noteholders to extend the maturity date of the Notes (currently 31
March 2025) and to set the new maturity date at 30 April 2025, and
to prolong the current interest period and to accordingly postpone
the next interest payment date (currently 31 March 2025) and to set
the new interest payment date at 30 April 2025.
Decisions to be adopted by written
procedure:
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PRFoods proposes to the Noteholders the adoption of the following
decisions:
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to consent to the postponement of the Maturity Date of the Notes
(as defined in the Terms and the Final Terms), currently scheduled
to be 31 March 2025, and to set the new Maturity Date of the Notes
for 30 April 2025; to consent to the extending of the current
interest period and accordingly to the postponement of the next
Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Terms and the Final
Terms), currently scheduled to be 31 March 2025, and to set the new
Interest Payment Date for 30 April 2025, and to agree that the
non-redemption of the Notes on the Maturity Date (31 March 2025)
and non-payment by PRFoods of the Interest on the Interest Payment
Date (31 March 2025) shall not constitute a breach of the Terms or
the Final Terms by PRFoods or the occurrence of an Extraordinary
Early Redemption Event (as defined in the Terms), and to authorize
PRFoods to amend, enter into, confirm and submit all necessary
documentation and instruments, including the Final Terms of the
Notes, that are necessary to reflect the amended Maturity Date (30
April 2025) and the new Interest Payment Date (30 April 2025).
Participation and voting
In accordance with section 12.5.2. of the Terms,
only persons appearing as Noteholders in the Estonian Register of
Securities (the “Register”) at the close of
settlement day of the Register, seven (7) banking days preceding
the end of the voting period, shall be entitled to participate and
vote in the Written Procedure.
Noteholders holding their Notes directly may
participate and vote in the Written Procedure directly themselves
or through their authorised representatives. If the Notes of a
Noteholder are held through a custodian, such custodian must
provide a proxy to the Noteholder in order for such Noteholder to
participate in the Written Procedure. The form for such proxy has
been attached to this notice as Annex 2.
The voting ballot submitted by e-mail must be
digitally signed in order to enable the identification of the
Noteholder. If the paper ballot is signed and scanned and sent by
e-mail or if the paper ballot is sent by post, a copy of the page
of the Noteholder's or Noteholder's representative's identity
document (e.g. passport or ID-card) containing the personal data
(including the date of expiry of the document) must be sent
together with the paper ballot. The Noteholder's authorised
representative must additionally submit a valid power of attorney
in a form that can be reproduced in writing in Estonian or English.
In the case of a Noteholder who is a legal entity registered in a
foreign country, PRFoods may require it, if necessary, to submit a
copy of the extract from the relevant foreign commercial register,
which proves the representative's right to represent the Noteholder
(statutory power of attorney). The extract must be in English or
translated into Estonian or English by a sworn translator or by an
official deemed equal with a sworn translator.
Majority requirements
In accordance with Sections 5.5, 12.4.1 and
16.1.3 of the Terms, the resolution set out in this market notice
is considered adopted in case Noteholders holding in aggregate
Notes with the nominal value representing at least 2/3 of the
aggregate nominal value of all Notes held by the Noteholders
participating in the Written Procedure vote in favour of the
resolution.
PRFoods and Related Parties (as defined in the
Terms) shall not have the right to vote in the Written Procedure
and the Notes held thereby shall not be counted in determining the
majority requirements.
When the Noteholders approve, with the required
majority, the amendment of the maturity date of the Notes and of
the interest payment date, such resolutions shall be binding on all
Noteholders.
Please send questions regarding the draft
decisions to e-mail address investor@prfoods.ee or to AS PRFoods
address at Pärnu mnt 141, 11314 Tallinn, Estonia, by 14.03.2025 at
the latest.
Annexes:
Annex 1 – Voting Ballot
Annex 2 - Form of proxy for appointing a proxy holder chosen by
Noteholder
Additional information:
Timo Pärn / Kristjan Kotkas
AS PRFoods
Member of the management board
investor@prfoods.ee
www.prfoods.ee
- Lisa 2 _ Annex 2 - Volikirja vorm_Form of proxy(680484.1)
- Annex 1_Voting Ballot for written procedure
(ENG)(680478.1)
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