Worldline - Results of the tender offer on 2024 bonds
May 17 2023 - 9:05AM
Worldline - Results of the tender offer on 2024 bonds
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Worldline announces
the results of the tender offer
on its bonds due September
2024
Paris La Défense,
17 May 2023 –
Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global leader in payment
services, today announces the results of the
tender offer on its bonds due in September
2024.
Worldline announces today the results of the tender
offer (the “Tender Offer”) on its € 600,000,000 1.625% bonds
due September 2024 (ISIN: FR0013281946) issued in 2017 (the “Series
A Bonds”) and on its € 500,000,000 0.25% bonds due September
2024 (ISIN: FR0013448032) issued in 2019 (the “Series B Bonds” and
together with the Series B Bonds, the "Bonds"). The Bonds are
admitted to trading on Euronext Paris.
The nominal amount validly tendered and accepted
for purchase by Worldline in connection with the Tender Offer
amounted to € 385,600,000 and is split as follows:
-
€ 245,300,000 of the Series A Bonds at a purchase price of
97.656% plus 1.117% accrued interest, of which € 354,700,000
will remain outstanding after cancellation of the repurchased
Bonds, and;
-
€ 140,300,000 of the Series B Bonds at a purchase price of
95.891% plus 0.168% accrued interest, of which € 359,700,000
will remain outstanding after cancellation of the repurchased
Bonds.
The settlement date for the Tender Offer is
expected to be 22 May 2023. The Bonds redeemed will be
cancelled.
HSBC and Natixis acted as Dealer Managers.
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herein do not constitute an offer to repurchase the Bonds or an
invitation to sell the Bonds, or an invitation to participate in
such an offer to repurchase in, or from, any country in or from
which, or from or to any person to whom, such invitation is
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