NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR
TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS
TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR
INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY NOTES
SYNTHOMER PLC
ANNOUNCEMENT OF TENDER OFFER RESULTS
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS INTENDED
FOR HOLDERS OF THE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025 HELD IN THE REGULATION S
GLOBAL NOTE BEARING ISIN NUMBER XS2194288390 (COMMON CODE:
219428839)
April 17, 2024 - Synthomer PLC
(the "Company") announces today the
results of its cash tender offer (the "Tender
Offer") for its outstanding Senior
Notes due 2025 held in the Regulation S
global notes bearing ISIN number XS2194288390 (Common Code:
219428839) (the "Notes") issued by the Company
from holders of the Notes (each holder, a "Noteholder" and together, the
"Noteholders"), as further described in the tender
offer memorandum dated April 9, 2024 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum").
The Tender
Offer expired at 4:00 p.m., London time, on April
16, 2024 (the "Expiration Deadline"). The Tender
Offer was made upon the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer
Memorandum. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in
this announcement have the meanings ascribed to them in the Tender
Offer Memorandum.
The Company hereby announces that
€412,403,000.00 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes were
validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Expiration Deadline
and €370,000,000.00 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes will
be accepted for repurchase (the "Final Acceptance Amount") for an
Aggregate Tender Consideration of €370,000,000.00 (excluding
Accrued Interest), subject to the conditions set forth in the
Tender Offer Memorandum, including the satisfaction of the
Financing Condition. As the aggregate nominal amount of Notes
validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Expiration Deadline
is greater than the Maximum Acceptance Amount (as defined in the
Tender Offer Memorandum), the Issuer intends to accept (i) all
Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to a Tender and
Priority Acceptance Instruction, and (ii) an amount of Non-Priority
Tendered Notes subject to a scaling factor of 82.8342% (subject to
adjustments, as applicable), as further described on the Tender
Offer Memorandum. Where Tender and Priority Acceptance Instructions
have been submitted representing an aggregate principal amount of
Notes greater than the aggregate principal amount of New Notes
allocated to the relevant Noteholder in distribution of New Notes,
any such excess amount has been treated as Non-Priority Tendered
Notes. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
waive any and all Conditions.
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Outstanding Principal
Amount(1)
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Purchase Price per
€1,000
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Aggregate Tender
Consideration
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Senior
Notes due 2025
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€520,000,000
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XS2194288390/
219428839
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July 1,
2025
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3⅞%
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€100,000
and integral multiples of €1,000 thereafter
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€1,000
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€370,000,000
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€370,000,000 (excluding Accrued Interest)
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(1) The Outstanding
Principal Amount comprises the Notes, which were originally sold
pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act (ISIN:
XS2194288390; Common Code: 219428839), and does not include the
notes issued under the Indenture (as defined herein) and originally
sold pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (ISIN:
XS2194288630; Common Code: 219428863) (the "Rule 144A Notes"), if any. There
can be no assurance that the Outstanding Principal Amount continues
to be held pursuant to the Regulation S global notes. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Tender Offer being made pursuant to the
Tender Offer Memorandum is only being made in respect of the Notes
which are held pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities
Act.
Following the Tender Offer,
€150,000,000.00 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes will
remain outstanding.
Subject to the Financing Condition,
the Tender Offer is expected to settle on April 19, 2024 (the
"Payment Date") and all
payments for the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to
the Expiration Date will be made on the Payment
Date.
The Tender Offer is part of a
refinancing transaction in connection with the Company's issuance
of €350,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes on or
prior to the Payment Date (the "New Notes"), on terms and conditions
reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the "New Issuance"). The proceeds of the New
Notes, together with cash on balance sheet, will be used to (i) to
complete the Tender Offer or otherwise repurchase the Notes (the
"Refinancing"), including
the payment of accrued and unpaid interest and (ii) to pay the fees
and expenses in connection with the New Issuance and the
Refinancing.
The Tender Offer is conditioned,
amongst other conditions, on the "Financing Condition," which is
the issuance by the Company of the New Notes, on or prior to the
Payment Date, in an amount and on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to the Company. The Company priced the New Issuance on
April 11, 2024 at an issue price of 100%. The New Notes will bear
interest at 7.375%. There can be no assurance that the Company will
be able to complete the New Issuance and satisfy the Financing
Condition.
Citigroup Global Markets Limited,
Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and HSBC Bank plc are
acting as "Dealer
Managers"
for the Tender Offer. In
connection with the
Tender Offer, Citibank, N. A., London
Branch has been appointed as tender agent (in such capacity, the "Tender Agent"). Holders with
questions about the Tender Offer
should contact the Dealer Managers or the
Tender Agent.
THE COMPANY
Synthomer
plc
45 Pall
Mall
London
SW1Y 5JG
United
Kingdom
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Requests for information in
relation to the Tender Offer should be directed
to:
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THE DEALER
MANAGERS
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Citigroup Global Markets
Limited
Citigroup
Centre
Canada
Square
Canary
Wharf
London
E14 5LB
United
Kingdom
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Attn:
Liability Management Group
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Tel:
+44 20 7986 8969
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Email:
liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com
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Goldman Sachs Bank Europe
SE
Marienturm
Taunusanlage 9-10
60329
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Attention: Liability Management Group
Tel: +44
20 7774 4836
Email:
liabilitymanagement.eu@gs.com
HSBC Bank
plc
8 Canada
Square
London
E14 5HQ
Attention: Liability Management, DCM
Tel: +44
20 7992 6237
Email:
LM_EMEA@hsbc.com
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Requests for information in
relation to the procedures for tendering Notes and participating in
the Tender Offer and the submission of an Electronic Instruction
should be directed to the Tender Agent:
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THE TENDER
AGENT
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Citibank, N. A., London
Branch
Citigroup
Centre
Canada
Square
Canary
Wharf
London
E14 5LB
United
Kingdom
Attention: Agency & Trust: Exchange Team
Tel: +44
20 7508 3867
E-mail:
Citiexchanges@citi.com
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This announcement is not
an offer to purchase any Notes or a
solicitation of an
offer to sell any
Notes. The Tender Offer is being made solely by
means of the
Tender Offer Memorandum.
DISCLAIMER
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION FROM, WITHIN, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, ITS
TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND
AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS) OR ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The Tender Offer is not being made and will not be made, directly or
indirectly, in or into, or by use of the mails of, or by any means or
instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of,
or of any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States. This includes, but is not
limited to, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telephone and
the internet. The Notes may not be tendered
in the Tender Offer by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility from or within the
United States or by persons located
or resident in the United States.
Accordingly, copies of this announcement, the Tender Offer Memorandum and any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly,
mailed or otherwise transmitted,
distributed or forwarded (including,
without limitation, by custodians, nominees
or trustees) in or
into the United States or to any persons
located or resident in the United States.
Any purported tender of Notes in the Tender
Offer resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of these restrictions will be
invalid and any purported tender of Notes
made by a person located or resident in the United States, or any agent, fiduciary or
other Intermediary acting on a
non-discretionary basis for a principal
giving instructions from within the United States will be invalid and will not be
accepted.
The distribution of the Tender Offer Memorandum
in certain jurisdictions may be restricted
by law. Persons into whose possession the Tender Offer
Memorandum comes are required by the Company, the Dealer Managers and the Tender
Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.
This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor the
solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities described
herein, nor shall there be any offer or sale of such securities in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful. The Tender Offer is made solely pursuant to the Tender
Offer Memorandum dated April 9, 2024.
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. This announcement and the Tender
Offer Memorandum contain important
information which should be read carefully
before any decision is made with respect to
the Tender Offer. If any Holder is in any
doubt as to the action it should take, it is recommended that such
Holder seeks its own financial and legal advice, including as to any tax
consequences, immediately from its stockbroker, bank manager,
solicitor, accountant or other independent
financial or legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Notes are held on its behalf by a broker,
dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or
other nominee or intermediary must contact
such entity if it wishes to tender Notes in the Tender Offer. None
of the Company, the Dealer Managers
or the Tender Agent makes any
recommendation as to whether Noteholders should participate in the
Tender Offer.
Any deadlines set by any intermediary will
be earlier than the deadlines specified in
the Tender Offer Memorandum.
The information contained in this
announcement does not constitute an
invitation or inducement to engage in
investment activity within the meaning of
the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. In the United Kingdom, this announcement is
being distributed only to, and is directed only at (i) persons who
are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) persons in the United Kingdom
falling within the definition of investment
professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the
"Financial Promotion Order")), (iii) persons who are within
Article 43 of the Financial Promotion Order
or (iv) any other persons to whom it may
otherwise lawfully be made under the
Financial Promotion Order (all such persons together being referred
to as "relevant
persons"). This announcement and the Tender
Offer Memorandum is directed only at
relevant persons and must not be acted
on or relied
on by persons who
are not relevant persons.
This announcement contains
forward-looking statements and information that is necessarily
subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. No assurance can
be given that the transactions described herein will be consummated
or as to the terms of any such transactions. The Company assumes no
obligation to update or correct the
information contained in this announcement.