THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR
DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO, OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN OR
AT ANY ADDRESS IN, THE UNITED STATES OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR
RESIDENT IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO
DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Jet2 plc launches repurchase
of the entire outstanding principal amount of its existing
convertible bonds due 2026
Jet2 plc, the Leisure Travel group (the "Purchaser"), announces an invitation,
on the terms and conditions set out below, to the holders (the
"Bondholders") of its
existing £387,400,000 1.625% Guaranteed Senior Unsecured
Convertible Bonds due 2026 (£304,400,000 of which are currently
outstanding) with ISIN code: XS2351465179 (the "Bonds") to offer to sell any and all
of their Bonds to the Purchaser for cash at the Final Repurchase
Price (as defined below) by way of a reverse bookbuilding process
(the "Invitation").
The Invitation is expected to close at 4.30pm (UKT)
on Tuesday, 11 March 2025, subject to the right of the Purchaser,
in its sole discretion, to extend, re-open, amend or terminate the
Invitation at any time prior to announcement of the final aggregate
principal amount of the Bonds accepted for purchase pursuant to the
Invitation.
To the extent that the Purchaser, in its sole
discretion, accepts any Bonds tendered by Eligible Bondholders (as
defined below) in connection with the Invitation, such Eligible
Bondholders will receive an amount in cash per £100,000 in
principal amount of Bonds equal to £102,500 (the "Initial Repurchase Price"), to be adjusted for
the difference between the average of the daily VWAPs of the
underlying Purchaser's shares with ISIN code GB00B1722W11 quoted on
the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange (the "Shares") on Tuesday, 11 March 2025 and
Wednesday, 12 March 2025 and the closing price of the Shares on
Monday, 10 March 2025 (the "Final Repurchase Price"), plus accrued
and unpaid interest up to (but excluding) the Settlement Date (as
defined below) of such Invitation.
It is the intention of the Purchaser to repurchase up
to 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds. If at any
time after, or as a result of, the Invitation, the number of
outstanding Bonds represents less than 15% of the total number of
the Bonds originally issued, the Purchaser intends to redeem the
remaining outstanding Bonds, in whole but not in part, at their
principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest to the relevant
date fixed for redemption) in accordance with their terms and
conditions.
The Invitation is not being made,
and will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into the United
States by use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality
(including, without limitation, e-mail, facsimile transmission,
telephone, the internet and other forms of electronic
communication) of interstate or foreign commerce, or of any
facility of a national securities exchange of the United States and
the Invitation cannot be accepted, and no Bonds can be offered for
sale, by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from
within the United States. The Invitation is not open to any persons
located or resident in the United States, or persons acting for the
account or benefit of any such persons, or in any other
jurisdiction where the Invitation or any participation therein
would be unlawful. The Invitation is targeted at Bondholders
that are outside the United States and to whom the Invitation may
otherwise be lawfully made and who are otherwise lawfully able to
participate in the Invitation in accordance with the Invitation and
Distribution Restrictions set out under "Important Information" below (such
Bondholders being the "Eligible
Bondholders").
Eligible Bondholders wishing to tender any or all of
their Bonds to the Purchaser in connection with the Invitation must
do so in accordance with the procedures set out in the invitation
term sheet that has been prepared by the Purchaser in connection
with the Invitation (the "Invitation Term Sheet"). The Invitation
Term Sheet will be made available to Eligible Bondholders, at their
request, by HSBC Bank plc and Jefferies International Limited (the
"Joint Dealer Managers")
who are acting as dealer managers in respect of the Invitation.
Rothschild & Co is acting as financial adviser to the
Purchaser.
The Purchaser expressly reserves the right, in its
sole discretion, subject to applicable law, at any time, to amend
any term of the Invitation in any respect (including, without
limitation, any acceptance deadline). The Purchaser may continue,
in its sole discretion, to also purchase Bonds through open market
transactions.
The aggregate principal amount of Bonds accepted for
purchase pursuant to the Invitation is expected to be announced on
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, following the end of the repurchase period
(as defined in the Invitation Term Sheet). The Final Repurchase
Price is expected to be announced on Wednesday, 12 March 2025
following the close of trading.
Settlement of the repurchases pursuant to the
Invitation is expected to occur on or around Tuesday, 18
March 2025 (the "Settlement Date"). Any Bonds
repurchased by the Purchaser in connection with the Invitation will
be cancelled thereafter in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Bonds.
This announcement is
released by Jet2
plc and contains information in relation to the Bonds that
qualified or may have qualified as inside information for
the purposes of
Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as amended and as it forms
part of United Kingdom domestic law ("UK MAR"). For the
purposes of UK MAR
and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055
as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law, this announcement
is made by Gary Brown, Jet2 plc.
For further
information please contact:
Jet2 plc
Steve Heapy, Chief Executive Officer
Gary Brown, Group Chief Financial Officer
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0113 239
7692
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Cavendish Capital
Markets Limited
Nominated
Adviser
Katy Birkin / Camilla Hume / George Lawson
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020 7220
0500
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Rothschild &
Co
Financial
Adviser
John Deans / Peter Nicklin / Colm Burns
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020 7280
5000
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HSBC Bank
plc
Joint Dealer
Manager
Dan Kosary / Giorgio Milanese
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020 7991
5647
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Jefferies
International Limited
Joint Dealer
Manager
Ed Matthews / Dominik Gansloser / Patrick
Kindler
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020 7029
8000
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Burson
Buchanan
Financial
PR
Richard Oldworth / Toto Berger
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020 7466
5000
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IMPORTANT
INFORMATION
GENERAL
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO BUY
OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL BONDS AND TENDERS OF BONDS
FOR PURCHASE PURSUANT TO THE INVITATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM
HOLDERS OF BONDS IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR
SOLICITATION IS UNLAWFUL. IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE
SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS REQUIRE THE INVITATION TO BE
MADE BY A LICENSED BROKER OR DEALER AND THE JOINT DEALER MANAGERS
OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES ARE SUCH A LICENSED BROKER OR
DEALER IN ANY SUCH JURISDICTION, THE INVITATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO
BE MADE BY SUCH JOINT DEALER MANAGER OR SUCH AFFILIATE, AS THE CASE
MAY BE, ON BEHALF OF THE PURCHASER IN SUCH JURISDICTION.
ROTHSCHILD & CO EQUITY MARKETS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
("ROTHSCHILD & CO"), WHICH IS AUTHORISED AND REGULATED BY THE
FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IS ACTING
EXCLUSIVELY FOR JET2 PLC AND FOR NO ONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE
CONVERTIBLE BONDS REPURCHASE AND WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE TO ANYONE
OTHER THAN JET2 PLC FOR PROVIDING THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO ITS
CLIENTS OR FOR PROVIDING ADVICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONVERTIBLE
BONDS REPURCHASE.
INVITATION AND
DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN INVITATION
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVITATION IN ANY JURISDICTION IN 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 BY THE PURCHASER AND THE JOINT DEALER MANAGERS TO INFORM
THEMSELVES ABOUT, AND TO OBSERVE, ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS.
UNITED
STATES
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION,
DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR
SALE OR AN INVITATION TO OFFER OR SELL SECURITIES IN THE UNITED
STATES. THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL
NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
(AS AMENDED, THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT SUCH REGISTRATION, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO
AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INVITATION ARE NOT BEING
MADE, AND WILL NOT BE MADE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO, OR
BY USE OF THE MAIL 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,
TELEX, TELEPHONE AND THE INTERNET.
THE BONDS MAY NOT BE TENDERED PURSUANT TO THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT OR THE INVITATION BY ANY SUCH USE, MEANS,
INSTRUMENTALITY OR FACILITY FROM OR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR BY
PERSONS LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES AS DEFINED IN
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. ACCORDINGLY, COPIES OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR MATERIALS RELATING TO THE
INVITATION 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. PERSONS INTO WHOSE
POSSESSION THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THE INVITATION OR ANY DOCUMENT OR
OTHER INFORMATION REFERRED TO HEREIN COMES, SHOULD INFORM
THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS. ANY PURPORTED
TENDER OF BONDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVITATION OR ANY DOCUMENT
OR OTHER INFORMATION REFERRED TO HEREIN RESULTING DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY FROM A VIOLATION OF THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE INVALID
AND ANY PURPORTED TENDER OF BONDS IN THE INVITATION MADE BY A
PERSON LOCATED 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.
EACH HOLDER OF BONDS PARTICIPATING IN THE INVITATION
WILL REPRESENT THAT IT IS NOT LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AND IS
NOT PARTICIPATING IN SUCH INVITATION FROM THE UNITED STATES, OR IT
IS ACTING ON A NON-DISCRETIONARY BASIS FOR A PRINCIPAL LOCATED
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES THAT IS NOT GIVING AN ORDER TO
PARTICIPATE IN SUCH INVITATION FROM THE UNITED STATES. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS AND THE ABOVE PARAGRAPHS, "UNITED STATES" MEANS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
UNITED
KINGDOM
THE COMMUNICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OTHER
DOCUMENTS OR MATERIALS RELATING TO THE INVITATION IS NOT BEING
MADE, AND THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY SUCH DOCUMENTS AND/OR MATERIALS
HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED, BY AN AUTHORISED PERSON FOR THE PURPOSES OF
SECTION 21 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000, AS
AMENDED. ACCORDINGLY, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY SUCH DOCUMENTS
AND/OR MATERIALS ARE NOT BEING DISTRIBUTED TO, AND MUST NOT BE
PASSED ON TO, THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE
COMMUNICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY SUCH DOCUMENTS AND/OR
MATERIALS AS A FINANCIAL PROMOTION IS ONLY BEING MADE TO THOSE
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") OR PERSONS WHO ARE WITHIN
ARTICLE 43(2) OR 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE FINANCIAL PROMOTION ORDER
OR ANY OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE MADE
UNDER THE FINANCIAL PROMOTION ORDER.
ITALY
NONE OF THE INVITATION, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY
OTHER DOCUMENTS OR MATERIALS RELATING TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR THE
INVITATION HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLEARANCE
PROCEDURE OF THE COMMISSIONE NAZIONALE PER LE SOCIETÀ E LA BORSA
("CONSOB") PURSUANT TO ITALIAN LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
THE INVITATION IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE REPUBLIC
OF ITALY AS EXEMPTED OFFERS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 101-BIS, PARAGRAPH
3-BIS OF THE LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO. 58 OF 24 FEBRUARY 1998, AS
AMENDED (THE "ITALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT") AND ARTICLE 35-BIS,
PARAGRAPH 3, OF CONSOB REGULATION NO. 11971 OF 14 MAY 1999, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE "ISSUERS' REGULATION"). ACCORDINGLY,
THE INVITATION IS ONLY ADDRESSED TO HOLDERS OF BONDS LOCATED IN THE
REPUBLIC OF ITALY WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" (INVESTITORI
QUALIFICATI), AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO AND WITHIN THE MEANING OF
ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF THE REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129 AND ARTICLE
34-TER, FIRST PARAGRAPH, LETTER B) OF THE ISSUERS' REGULATION.
HOLDERS OR BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THE BONDS LOCATED IN
THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY CAN TENDER SOME OR ALL OF THEIR BONDS
PURSUANT TO THE INVITATION THROUGH AUTHORISED PERSONS (SUCH AS
INVESTMENT FIRMS, BANKS OR FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES PERMITTED TO
CONDUCT SUCH ACTIVITIES IN ITALY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ITALIAN
FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT, CONSOB REGULATION NO. 20307 OF 15 FEBRUARY
2018, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO. 385
OF 1 SEPTEMBER 1993, AS AMENDED) AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE
LAWS AND REGULATIONS OR WITH REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY CONSOB OR ANY
OTHER ITALIAN AUTHORITY.
EACH INTERMEDIARY MUST COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE
LAWS AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING INFORMATION DUTIES VIS-À-VIS ITS
CLIENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE BONDS OR THE INVITATION.
FRANCE
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OTHER OFFERING MATERIAL
RELATING TO THE INVITATION MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE REPUBLIC
OF FRANCE EXCEPT TO QUALIFIED INVESTORS AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 2(E)
OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND
OTHER FACTORS
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY INCLUDE FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE USE
OF FORWARD-LOOKING TERMINOLOGY SUCH AS THE WORDS "BELIEVE",
"ANTICIPATE", "ESTIMATE", "EXPECT", "INTEND", "PREDICT", "PROJECT",
"COULD", "MAY", "WILL", "PLAN" OR BY THE USE OF SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS
OR VARIATIONS ON SUCH EXPRESSIONS. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE
BASED ON CURRENT PLANS, ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS AND ARE SUBJECT
TO INHERENT RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER FACTORS WHICH COULD
CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THE FUTURE RESULTS
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. ANY
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS MADE IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SPEAK ONLY AS
OF THE DATE HEREOF. THE PURCHASER DOES NOT INTEND TO PUBLICLY
UPDATE OR REVISE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS
OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER THE DATE OF THIS INVITATION NOR ASSUMES ANY
RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO.