Citycon Group Intends to Issue NOK-denominated Bond
CITYCON OYJ Stock Exchange Release
HELSINKI, Sept. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- NOT TO BE RELEASED, PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED IN OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (TOGETHER THE "UNITED STATES"), AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
Citycon Group intends to issue a NOK-denominated senior unsecured bond with a maturity of eight years in an amount of up to NOK 1,000 million. The bond would be offered mainly to Nordic institutional investors and would be issued by Citycon Treasury B.V. and guaranteed by Citycon Oyj. Citycon Treasury B.V. would apply for the bond to be admitted to the Official List of the Oslo Stock Exchange (Oslo Børs) and to trading on its regulated market. It would be issued under the issuer's EUR 1,500,000,000 EMTN programme dated 18 July 2017.
The net proceeds from any potential bond issue would be used to refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes of the Group.
Citycon Group has mandated Nordea and SEB as lead managers. Citycon Group will announce further information after the placement of the bond.
CITYCON OYJ
For further information, please contact:
Marcel Kokkeel
CEO
Tel. +358-40-154-6760
marcel.kokkeel@citycon.com
Eero Sihvonen
Executive Vice President and CFO
Tel. +358-50-557-9137
eero.sihvonen@citycon.com
Citycon Oyj (NASDAQ Helsinki: CTY1S) is a leading owner, developer and manager of urban grocery-anchored shopping centres in the Nordic and Baltic regions, managing assets that total approximately EUR 5 billion and with market capitalisation of EUR 2 billion. For more information about Citycon, please visit www.citycon.com.
Important regulatory notice
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction nor shall it (or any part of this announcement) or the fact of its distribution form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, or act as any inducement to enter into, any contract or commitment. Recipients of this announcement who intend to purchase any securities are reminded that any such purchase or subscription must be made solely on the basis of the information contained in any final form prospectus and final terms published in connection with any such securities, which if and when published will be available on the website of the Central Bank of Ireland and, regarding notes denominated in Norwegian krone, on the website of the Oslo Stock Exchange. The Programme described above and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the Programme in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law 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 communication is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or any other jurisdiction where to do so would be unlawful. Neither Citycon Oyj nor Citycon Treasury B.V. has registered, or intends to register, securities in any of these jurisdictions or to conduct an offer of securities for sale in any of these jurisdictions. In particular, no securities of Citycon Oyj or Citycon Treasury B.V. have been or will be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and such securities may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws.
This announcement is directed only at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals falling within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order") or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons in (i), (ii) and (iii) above together being referred to as "relevant persons").
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