Air Liquide Finance Launches a Tender Offer for Part of Three Bond Series Maturing on June 5, 2024, June 13, 2024 and April 2, 2025
November 06 2023 - 7:44AM
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Air Liquide (Paris:AI):
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Air Liquide Finance (the “Company”) announces the launch
of a tender offer in cash (the “Tender Offer”) for part of
the following three bond series, subject to an aggregate maximum
acceptance amount of €300,000,000 in principal amount of the
following notes: €500,000,000 1.875 per cent. notes due June 5,
2024 (ISIN: FR0011951771) issued by the Company on June 5, 2014,
unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by L’Air Liquide S.A.
(the “5 June 2024 Notes”), €500,000,000 0.75 per cent. notes
due June 13, 2024 (ISIN: FR0013182839) issued by the Company on
June 13, 2016, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by L’Air
Liquide S.A. (the “13 June 2024 Notes”) and €500,000,000
1.000 per cent. notes due April 2, 2025 (ISIN: FR0013505559) issued
by the Company on April 2, 2020, unconditionally and irrevocably
guaranteed by L’Air Liquide S.A. (the “2 April 2025 Notes”
and, together with the 5 June 2024 Notes and the 13 June 2024
Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes are admitted to trading on
the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
The tender consideration offered by the Company in the context
of the Tender Offer for the Notes validly submitted for tender and
accepted by the Company is as follows: (i) an amount in cash equal
to 99.10% for each €100,000 in principal amount of the 5 June 2024
Notes, (ii) an amount in cash equal to 98.45% for each €100,000 in
principal amount of the 13 June 2024 Notes and (iii) the tender
price calculated by reference to the 2 April 2025 Notes
Interpolated Mid-Swap Rate at the pricing time minus a spread of 30
basis points, in each case plus any accrued interest on the
relevant Notes.
The Tender Offer will be open during the period from November 6,
2023 up to 4 p.m. CET on November 13, 2023 and the final result of
the Tender Offer will be announced on November 14, 2023 as soon as
practicable after the pricing time of the 2 April 2025 Notes
(subject to change as a result of any extension, termination,
withdrawal, re-opening or amendment of the Tender Offer).
Once completed, this transaction will enable the Company to
proactively optimise its funding structure.
Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, Crédit Industriel et Commercial S.A.
and Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. are acting as Dealer Managers.
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WARNING
This regulated information contains certain forward-looking
statements regarding future events, trends, projects or targets.
These forward-looking statements are subject to identified and
unidentified risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the results anticipated in the
forward-looking statements. The Company makes no undertaking in any
form to publish updates or adjustments to these forward-looking
statements, nor to report new information, new future events or any
other circumstances that might cause these statements to be
revised.
This regulated information does not constitute an invitation to
participate in the Tender Offer in or from any jurisdiction in or
from which, or to or from any person to or from whom, it is
unlawful to make such invitation under applicable securities laws.
The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may
be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this
announcement comes are required to inform themselves about, and to
observe, any such restrictions.
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 73 countries with
approximately 67,100 employees and serves more than 3.9 million
customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential
small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air
Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the
company’s activities since its creation in 1902.
Taking action today while preparing the future is at the heart
of Air Liquide’s strategy. With ADVANCE, its strategic plan for
2025, Air Liquide is targeting a global performance, combining
financial and extra-financial dimensions. Positioned on new
markets, the Group benefits from major assets such as its business
model combining resilience and strength, its ability to innovate
and its technological expertise. The Group develops solutions
contributing to climate and the energy transition—particularly with
hydrogen—and takes action to progress in areas of healthcare,
digital and high technologies.
Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to more than 29.9 billion euros
in 2022. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange
(compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, EURO STOXX
50, FTSE4Good and DJSI Europe indexes.
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