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13 June 2017
Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited
GLOBALWORTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS LIMITED SUCCESSFULLY PRICES EUR 550.0 MILLION EUROBOND
Globalworth Real Estate Investment Limited (AIM: GWI) (the "Company"), a leading real estate investment firm focused on the CEE region, has successfully priced a EUR 550 million Eurobond (the "Bond"). The five-year euro-denominated Bond matures on 20 June 2022 and carries a fixed interest rate of 2.875 per cent payable annually beginning on 20 June 2018.
The Company has applied for the Bond to be admitted to the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange and to trade on its regulated market. The Bond has been rated BB+/Stable by Standard & Poor's and Ba2/Stable by Moody's.
The net proceeds from the offering will be used to repay certain of the Company's indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.
Deutsche Bank AG, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and UBS Limited acted as joint bookrunners, while BT Capital Partners S.A. and Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited (London Branch) acted as Co-managers.
Dimitris Raptis, Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer commented: "We are delighted by the strong interest shown from international investors in our inaugural Eurobond transaction and a landmark bond issue for a real estate investment company active in the broader CEE region. With this transaction we are greatly simplifying our debt capital structure, significantly reducing our average cost of debt and further increasing our war chest for the next phase of our growth in Romania and the broader CEE region, predominantly in Poland."
For further information visit www.globalworth.com or contact:
Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Tel: +44 20 7886 2500
Andrew Potts
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 20 7894 7000
Rick Thompson
David Foreman
Milbourne (Public Relations) Tel: +44 7903 802545
Tim Draper
About Globalworth:
Globalworth is a real estate investment company active in the SEE and CEE regions with a prime focus on Romania. The Company is internally managed by c.70 professionals and its portfolio comprises high quality real estate investments valued at c. Euro 977.5 million at 31 December 2016, all located in Romania.
Important regulatory notice
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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. Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited has not 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 Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited 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.
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