NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR
DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, INTO OR
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CANADA, SOUTH
AFRICA OR JAPAN, OR ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EEA, OR ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION WHERE, OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON TO WHOM, TO DO SO MIGHT
CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OR BREACH OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR
REGULATION. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AMOUNTS TO A
FINANCIAL PROMOTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 21 OF THE FINANCIAL
SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000, AS AMENDED (“FSMA”) AND HAS BEEN
APPROVED BY WINTERFLOOD SECURITIES LIMITED WHICH IS AUTHORISED AND
REGULATED BY THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY (the "FCA") (FRN
141455).
10 March 2025
M&G Credit Income Investment
Trust plc
WRAP Retail Offer
M&G Credit Income Investment Trust plc (the
“Company”) is
pleased to announce a retail offer of new ordinary shares in the
Company ("Ordinary
Shares") via the Winterflood Retail
Access Platform (“WRAP”) (the “WRAP Retail Offer”).
The WRAP Retail Offer is being undertaken alongside a placing
(the “Placing”)
of Ordinary Shares as announced earlier today. The new Ordinary
Shares to be issued in connection with the WRAP Retail Offer and
the Placing will be issued pursuant to the Company’s existing
shareholder authorities granted at the Company’s general meeting
held on 27 February 2025. Any Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to
the Placing and WRAP Retail Offer will be issued at a price equal
to a 1.0% premium to the last published cum-income NAV per Ordinary
Share prior to the Placing close (the “Issue Price”). The Issue Price is
expected to be announced on 18 March 2025. For the avoidance of
doubt, the WRAP Retail Offer is not part of the Placing. The new
Ordinary Shares will not be subject to stamp duty.
The net proceeds of the WRAP Retail Offer will be invested in
accordance with the Company’s investment policy.
Applications will be made to the FCA for
admission of the new Ordinary Shares to the closed-ended investment
funds category and to the London Stock Exchange for admission to
trading of the new Ordinary Shares on its main market for listed
securities (“Admission”). It is expected that
Admission will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on 25 March 2025 and
that dealings in the new Ordinary Shares will commence at that
time.
Further information on the Company can be found at the
Company’s website: https://www.mandg.com/investments/private-investor/en-gb/funds/mg-credit-income-investment-trust-plc/gb00bfyyl325
WRAP Retail Offer
The Company values its retail shareholder base and believes
that it is appropriate to provide its existing retail shareholders,
along with new qualifying investors, in the United Kingdom the
opportunity to participate in the WRAP Retail Offer.
Therefore, the Company is making the Retail Offer open to
eligible investors in the United Kingdom following release of this
announcement and through certain financial intermediaries. To be
eligible to participate in the WRAP Retail Offer, applicants must
be customers of a participating intermediary (including individuals
aged 18 years or over), companies and other bodies corporate,
partnerships, trusts, associations and other unincorporated
organisations (“Eligible
Retail Investors”). Eligible Retail Investors can
contact their broker or wealth manager to participate in the Retail
Offer.
The WRAP Retail Offer is expected to close at 2:00 p.m. on 20
March 2025. Eligible Retail Investors should note that financial
intermediaries may have earlier closing times. The result of the
WRAP Retail Offer is expected to be announced by the Company
alongside the result of the Placing on or around 21 March
2025.
Intermediaries wishing to participate in the WRAP Retail
Offer on behalf of Eligible Retail Investors, should contact
WRAP@winterflood.com.
There is a minimum subscription of GBP 100 per Eligible
Retail Investor under the WRAP Retail Offer. The terms and
conditions on which Eligible Retail Investors subscribe will be
provided by the relevant financial intermediaries including
relevant commissions, fees, or charges.
The Company reserves the right to scale back any order under
the WRAP Retail Offer or amend the size of the WRAP Retail Offer at
its discretion. The Company reserves the right to reject any
application for subscription under the WRAP Retail Offer without
giving any reason for such rejection.
It is vital to note that once an application for new Ordinary
Shares has been made and accepted via an intermediary, it cannot be
withdrawn.
The new Ordinary Shares will, when issued, be credited as
fully paid, and have the right to receive all dividends and other
distributions declared, if any, by reference to a record date after
the date of their issue and in all other respects will rank pari
passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.
It is a term of the WRAP Retail Offer that the total value of
the Ordinary Shares available for subscription through the WRAP
Retail Offer does not exceed EUR 4 million (or the equivalent
amount in GBP, calculated in accordance with FSMA), or such size as
agreed by the Company.
Investors should make their own
investigations into the merits of an investment in the Company.
Nothing in this announcement amounts to a recommendation to invest
in the Company or amounts to investment, taxation or legal
advice.
It should be noted that a
subscription for new Ordinary Shares and investment in the Company
carries a number of risks, including the risk that investors may
lose their entire investment. Investors should take independent
advice from a person experienced in advising on investment in
securities such as the new Ordinary Shares if they are in any
doubt.
An investment in the Company will
place capital at risk. The value of investments, and any income,
can go down as well as up, so investors could get back less than
the amount invested.
Neither past performance nor any
forecasts should be considered a reliable indicator of future
results.
The WRAP Retail Offer is offered in the United Kingdom under
the exemption from the requirement to publish a prospectus in
sections 86(1)(e) and 86(4) of FSMA. As such, there is no need for
publication of a prospectus pursuant to the United Kingdom version
of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of United Kingdom law
by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended),
or for approval of the same by the FCA. The WRAP Retail Offer is
not being made into any jurisdiction other than the United
Kingdom.
MUFG Corporate Governance Limited
(Company Secretary)
Paula O’Reilly
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+44 (0)20 3757 1912
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Winterflood Securities
Limited
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+44 (0)20 3100 0000
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Neil Morgan
Darren Willis
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Winterflood Retail Access
Platform
Joe Winkley
Sophia Bechev
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WRAP@winterflood.com
+44(0) 20 3100 0286
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The Company's LEI is: 549300E9W63X1E5A3N24
This announcement should be read in its entirety. In
particular, the information in the “Important Notices” section of
the announcement should be read and understood.
Important Notices
This announcement, which has been prepared by and is the sole
responsibility of the Company has been approved for the purposes of
Section 21 of FSMA by Winterflood Securities Limited
(“Winterflood”),
which is authorised and regulated by the FCA.
The release, publication or distribution of this announcement
may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into
whose possession any document or other information referred to
herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such
restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may
constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.
This announcement and the information contained herein is not
for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly,
in whole or in part, in or into or from the United States
(including its territories and possessions, any state of the United
States and the District of Columbia (the “United States” or
“US”)),
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of South
Africa, any member state of the EEA or any other jurisdiction where
to do so might constitute a violation of the relevant laws or
regulations of such jurisdiction.
The Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered
under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“US Securities
Act”) or under the securities laws of any state or
other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered or
sold directly or indirectly in or into the United States or to, or
for the account or benefit of, any US Person (within the meaning of
Regulation S under the US Securities Act (“Regulation S”)), except pursuant to
an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the US Securities Act and in
compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or
other jurisdiction in the United States, and under circumstances
that that would not result in the Company being in violation of the
US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“US Investment Company
Act”). No public offering of the Ordinary Shares is
being made in the United States. The Ordinary Shares are being
offered and sold outside the United States in “offshore transactions”, as defined
in, and in compliance with, Regulation S to non-US persons (within
the meaning of Regulation S). In addition, the Company has not
been, and will not be, registered under the US Investment Company
Act.
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or
issue or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for
Ordinary Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, any member state of
the EEA or any other jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is or may be unlawful. No public offer of the
securities referred to herein is being made in any such
jurisdiction.
WRAP is a proprietary technology platform owned and operated
by Winterflood (registered address at Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane,
London, EC4R 3GA; FRN 141455). Winterflood is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively
for the Company and for no-one else and will not regard any other
person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as its
client in relation to the WRAP Retail Offer and will not be
responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the
protections afforded to its clients, nor for providing advice in
connection with the WRAP Retail Offer, Admission and the other
arrangements referred to in this announcement.
The value of Ordinary Shares and the
income from them is not guaranteed and can fall as well as rise due
to stock market movements. When you sell your investment, you may
get back less than you originally invested. Figures refer to past
performance and past performance is not a reliable indicator of
future results. Returns may
increase or decrease as a result of currency
fluctuations.
Certain statements in this announcement may be
forward-looking statements which are based on the Company's
expectations, intentions and projections regarding its future
performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that
are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements, which
may use words such as “aim”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”,
“estimate”, “expect” and words of similar meaning, include all
matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking
statements involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could
cause the actual results of operations, financial condition,
liquidity and dividend policy and the development of the industries
in which the Company's businesses operate to differ materially from
the impression created by the forward-looking statements. These
statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject
to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Given
those risks and uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of
this announcement and cannot be relied upon as a guide to future
performance. The Company and Winterflood expressly disclaim any
obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking
statements contained herein to reflect actual results or any change
in the assumptions, conditions or circumstances on which any such
statements are based unless required to do so by the FCA, the
London Stock Exchange or applicable law.
The information in this announcement is for background
purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. Neither
Winterflood nor any of its affiliates, accepts any responsibility
or liability whatsoever for, or makes any representation or
warranty, express or implied, as to this announcement, including
the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information in this
announcement (or whether any information has been omitted from the
announcement) or any other information relating to the Company or
associated companies, whether written, oral or in a visual or
electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available or for
any loss howsoever arising from any use of the announcement or its
contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith. Winterflood
and its affiliates, accordingly disclaim all and any liability
whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which they might
otherwise be found to have in respect of this announcement or its
contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith.
Any indication in this announcement of the price at which the
Ordinary Shares have been bought or sold in the past cannot be
relied upon as a guide to future performance. Persons needing
advice should consult an independent financial adviser. No
statement in this announcement is intended to be a profit forecast
and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean
that earnings or target dividend per share of the Company for the
current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed
the historical published earnings or dividends per share of the
Company.
Neither the content of the Company's website (or any other
website) nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks
on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated
into or forms part of this announcement. The Ordinary Shares to be
issued or sold pursuant to the WRAP Retail Offer will not be
admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the London
Stock Exchange.