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11 July 2024
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Globalworth Real Estate Investments
Limited
("Globalworth" or the
"Company")
Launch of Cash Tender Offers
for Notes due 2029 and Notes due 2030 and Trading
Update
Highlights
Globalworth (AIM:
GWI), a leading real
estate investor in Central and Eastern Europe, proposes
to purchase an aggregate Maximum Acceptance Amount (as defined
in the tender offer memorandum dated 11 July 2024) of up
to €60,000,000 (or such greater
or lesser amount as it may determine in its sole and absolute
discretion) of its €307,109,200 6.25% Notes
due 2029 and €333,350,400 6.25% Notes due
2030 pursuant to an unmodified Dutch
auction procedure. In addition, subject to outstanding
conditions precedent, Globalworth expects to dispose of its
interest in logistics assets owned via joint ventures for a
consideration of €56.0
million.
Tender Offers for Notes
The Company announces a tender offer
addressed to the holders of its €307,109,200 6.25% Notes due
2029 and €333,350,400 6.25% Notes due 2030 (the "Tender
Offers").
Under the Tender Offers, the holders
of the 6.25% notes due 31 March 2029 (ISIN: XS2809858561)
(the "2029 Notes") and the holders of the 6.25% notes due 31
March 2030 (ISIN: XS2809868446) (the "2030 Notes" and,
together with the 2029 Notes, the "Notes"; each of the 2029 Notes
and the 2030 Notes a "Series") are invited to tender their Notes
for purchase by the Company for cash. In respect of any Notes of a
Series validly tendered by a holder and which will be purchased by
the Company pursuant to the relevant offer, the Company will pay a
cash purchase price equal to the particular purchase price
specified (or deemed to be specified) by the relevant holder in the
relevant tender instruction, subject to a minimum purchase price of
96.25% of the principal amount for the 2029 Notes and 94.00% of the
principal amount for the 2030 Notes. The Company proposes to accept
up to €60,000,000 of Notes (the "Maximum Acceptance Amount"). The
Company reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to
(i) increase the Maximum Acceptance Amount or (ii) purchase Notes
in an aggregate amount which is less than the Maximum Acceptance
Amount.
The Tender Offers are being made on
the terms, and subject to the conditions, contained in the tender
offer memorandum dated 11 July 2024 prepared by the
Company in connection with the Tender Offers, which will be made
available to holders of the Notes, subject to the offer and
distribution restrictions. The Tender Offers will expire at 5:00pm
Central European Summer time on 17 July 2024. Holders of Notes
should refer to the tender offer memorandum for full details of the
Tender Offers.
Rationale for the Tender
Offers
The purpose of the Tender Offers is,
amongst other things, to manage the Company's leverage, aim to
maintain an optimal capital structure, and to reduce interest costs
using available liquidity. Furthermore, the Tender Offers will
provide a degree of liquidity to those holders whose Notes are
accepted in the Tender Offers.
Merrill Lynch International and
Raiffeisen Bank International AG have been
appointed by the Company to act as Dealer Managers and Kroll
Issuer Services Limited as the Tender Agent in connection with
the Tender Offers.
Trading Update
In line with the Company's focus on
deleveraging and enhancing liquidity,
Globalworth expects to dispose of its 50% interests in logistics
assets in Romania owned via a joint venture (the "JV Portfolio")
for a total net consideration to the Company of €56.0 million.
The JV Portfolio is
not consolidated in the Company's financial
statements. The agreement related to the
disposal of the JV Portfolio is subject to customary conditions
precedent as well as the receipt of certain third party consents,
which are outside of the Company's control. The disposal is
expected to complete by no later than 18
July 2024, however there can be no
assurances that the Company will be able to obtain such consents
and complete the disposal.
For further information visit
www.globalworth.com or contact:
Enquiries
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Rashid Mukhtar
Group CFO
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Tel: +40 732 800 000
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Panmure Liberum Limited (Nominated
Adviser and Broker)
Atholl Tweedie
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Tel: +44 20 7886 2500
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About Globalworth / Note to
Editors:
Globalworth is a listed real estate
company active in Central and Eastern Europe, quoted on the
AIM-segment of the London Stock Exchange. It has become the
pre-eminent office investor in the CEE real estate market through
its market-leading positions both in Poland and Romania.
Globalworth acquires, develops and directly manages high-quality
office and industrial real estate assets in prime locations,
generating rental income from high quality tenants from around the
globe. Managed by over 269 professionals across Cyprus, Guernsey,
Poland and Romania the combined value of its portfolio is €3.0
billion, as at 31 December 2023. Approximately 96.8% of
the portfolio is in income-producing assets, predominately in the
office sector, and leased to a diversified array of
over 715 national and multinational corporates. In Poland
Globalworth is present in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lodz, Krakow, Gdansk and
Katowice, while in Romania it has assets in Bucharest and
seven other cities.
For more information, please
visit www.globalworth.com and
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This announcement does not
constitute, or form part of, any invitation to sell, or any
solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the United
States or any other jurisdiction, nor shall it (or any part of
this announcement) or the fact of its distribution form the basis
of, or be relied upon in connection with, or act as any inducement
to enter into, any contract or commitment. Recipients of this
announcement who intend to sell any securities are reminded that
any such sale must be made solely on the basis of the tender offer
memorandum dated 11 July 2024 prepared by the Company in
connection with the Tender Offers, subject to the relevant offer
and distribution restrictions. In certain jurisdictions, the
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