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RNS Number : 4630M TSB Bank PLC 14 September 2023
TSB Bank plc announces results of its tender offer for its £750,000,000
Series 2019-1 Floating Rate Covered Bonds due February 2024
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THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW
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14 September 2023. TSB Bank plc (the Offeror) announces today the results of
its invitation to holders of its £750,000,000 Series 2019-1 Floating Rate
Covered Bonds due February 2024 (ISIN: XS1951430138) (the Covered Bonds) to
tender their Covered Bonds for purchase by the Offeror for cash up to an
aggregate nominal amount of up to £250,000,000 (subject as provided in the
Tender Offer Memorandum) and subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the
New Financing Condition (as defined in the Tender Offer Memorandum) (the
Offer).
The Offer was announced on 6 September 2023 and was made on the terms and
subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 6
September 2023 (the Tender Offer Memorandum) prepared by the Offeror.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings
given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
The Expiration Deadline for the Offer was 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 13
September 2023. As at the Expiration Deadline, the Offeror had received valid
tenders of £409,815,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the Covered Bonds for
purchase pursuant to the Offer, as reported by the Tender Agent.
The Offeror announces that (subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New
Financing Condition on or prior to the Settlement Date) it has decided to
accept for purchase an aggregate nominal amount of £249,999,000 of Covered
Bonds validly tendered pursuant to the Offer (the Final Acceptance Amount), at
a cash purchase price equal to 100.33 per cent. of the nominal amount of the
relevant Covered Bonds, together with an Accrued Interest Payment. All Tender
Instructions will be accepted subject to a Scaling Factor of 60.9999 per cent,
subject to adjustments, as applicable.
Subject to satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition on or prior
to such date, the expected Settlement Date for the Offer is 15 September 2023.
Following the Settlement Date, the Offeror intends to cancel the Covered Bonds
purchased pursuant to the Offer. Accordingly, following settlement of the
Offer and such cancellation, £500,001,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the
Covered Bonds will remain outstanding.
Covered Bonds that have not been tendered or accepted for purchase pursuant to
the Offer will remain outstanding.
THE DEALER MANAGERS
Banco de Sabadell, S.A. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc
Avenida Óscar Esplá 37 10 Gresham Street
03007, Alicante London EC2V 7AE
Spain United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 7158 1726 / 1717
Telephone: +34 91 540 26 95 Attention: Liability Management
Attention: Debt Capital Markets Email: lbcmliabilitymanagement@lloydsbanking.com
(mailto:lbcmliabilitymanagement@lloydsbanking.com)
Email: martinezdemurguiay@bancsabadell.com
(mailto:martinezdemurguiay@bancsabadell.com)
NatWest Markets Plc Nomura International plc
250 Bishopsgate 1 Angel Lane
London EC2M 4AA London EC4R 3AB
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7678 5222 Telephone: +44 20 7103 2410 / +44 20 7103 2454
Attention: Liability Management Attention: Liability Management Group
Email: NWMLiabilityManagement@NatWestMarkets.com Email: liability.management@nomura.com
(mailto:NWMLiabilityManagement@NatWestMarkets.com) (mailto:liability.management@nomura.com)
RBC Europe Limited
100 Bishopsgate
London EC2N 4AA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7029 7161
Attention: Liability Management
Email: liability.management@rbccm.com (mailto:liability.management@rbccm.com)
THE TENDER AGENT
Kroll Issuer Services Limited
The Shard
32 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9SG
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880
Attention: Jacek Kusion
Email: tsb (mailto:tsb@is.kroll.com) @is.kroll.com (mailto:tsb@is.kroll.com)
Website: https://deals.is.kroll.com/ (https://deals.is.kroll.com/tsb) tsb
(https://deals.is.kroll.com/tsb)
This announcement is released by TSB Bank plc and contains information that
qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of
Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK
domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (UK MAR), encompassing information relating
to the Offer described above. For the purposes of UK MAR and the Implementing
Technical Standards, this announcement is made by Alison Straszewski,
Treasurer at the Offeror.
DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer
Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire any securities is being made
pursuant to this announcement. The distribution of this announcement and the
Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law.
Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Tender Offer
Memorandum come(s) are required by each of the Offeror, the LLP, the Dealer
Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any
such restrictions.
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