Notification of Early Closure of Retail Bond Offer Period
Provident Financial plc published Final Terms on 11 March 2013 (the Final Terms) in respect of its proposed issue of GBP 6 per cent. Notes due 27 September 2021 guaranteed by Provident Financial Management Services Limited, Provident Personal Credit Limited, Greenwood Personal Credit Limited and Provident Investments plc under the £2,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the Notes).
This announcement confirms that the Offer Period will close at 5pm (London time) on 14 March 2013 (the Offer Period End Point), such date and time being earlier than the originally scheduled end to the Offer Period which was 1.00 p.m. (London time) on 22 March 2013.
Provident Financial plc will release its announcement constituting the Final Terms Confirmation Announcement as referred to in the Final Terms at a time and date shortly after the Offer Period End Point.
To view the Final Terms and the Offering Circular, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5206Z_-2013-3-7.pdf
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7134Z_-2013-3-11.pdf
For further information, please contact
Ken Mullen - General Counsel and Company Secretary
Phil Shepherd - Group Treasurer
Tel: +44 (0) 1274 351 351
DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES
Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be taken or transmitted into the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan or to a resident, national or citizen of the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan. The offering and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the offer 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 announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase, any Notes. Any purchase of Notes pursuant to the offer should only be made on the basis of the information contained in the Offering Circular together with the Final Terms, available as described above.
The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) (the Securities Act) and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold within the United States. The Notes are being offered and sold outside of the United States in reliance on Regulation S of the Securities Act.
