7 March 2014
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Premier Foods plc
PRICING OF DUAL TRANCHE £500,000,000 SENIOR SECURED NOTES
TO BE ISSUED BY PREMIER FOODS FINANCE PLC
Further to the announcement of its capital refinancing plan on 4 March 2014 and the publication of a prospectus related to that plan (the "Prospectus"), Premier Foods plc ("Premier Foods") today announced the pricing of the offering by Premier Foods Finance plc of an aggregate of £500,000,000 senior secured notes to be issued at par in the following two tranches: (i) £325,000,000 6.50% senior secured notes due 2021 and (ii) £175,000,000 senior secured floating rate notes due 2020 at 3-month GBP LIBOR plus 5.00%, reset quarterly (together the "Notes").
The gross proceeds from the offering of each tranche of the Notes will, when the offering is completed, be placed into escrow accounts. The release of the escrowed proceeds will be subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions in connection with the capital refinancing plan including the receipt of proceeds by Premier Foods from the placing and rights issue announced on 4 March 2014.
As a result of the proceeds of the issuance of the Notes having been increased by £25 million as compared to the originally envisaged issuance size and in light of the expected proceeds of the placing and the rights issue set out in the Prospectus, it is expected that the available amount under the revolving credit facility referred to in the Prospectus will be reduced to approximately £272 million.
For further information, please contact:
Institutional investors and analysts: |
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Alastair Murray, Chief Financial Officer |
+44 (0) 1727 815 850 |
Richard Godden, Head of Investor Relations |
+44 (0) 1727 815 850 |
Media enquiries: |
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Richard Johnson, Group Corporate Affairs Director |
+44 (0) 1727 815 850 |
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR ANY OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (AS DEFINED IN THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (the "SECURITIES ACT")), OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
Any securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold, resold, pledged, taken up, delivered, distributed or transferred, directly or indirectly, into or within the United States 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 securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. No public offering of any securities is being made in the United States.
This announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" that are based on estimates and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical fact or statements in the present tense, and can be identified by words such as "targets", "aims", "aspires", "assumes", "believes", "estimates", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "hopes", "may", "would", "should", "could", "will", "plans", "predicts" and "potential", as well as the negatives of these terms and other words of similar meaning. Any forward-looking statements in this announcement are made based upon Premier Foods' estimates, expectations and beliefs concerning future events affecting the Group and subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Premier Foods Group's present and future business strategies and the environment in which it will operate, which may prove not to be accurate. Premier Foods cautions that these forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Undue reliance should, therefore, not be placed on such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement apply only as at the date of this announcement and are not intended to give any assurance as to future results. Premier Foods will update this announcement as required by applicable law, including the Prospectus Rules, the Listing Rules, the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, London Stock Exchange and any other applicable law or regulations, but otherwise expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
