REG - Bank of Ireland Grp - Tender Offer Update - Perpetual Bonds

Bank of IrelandAnnouncement

30/06/2023 16:45

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RNS Number : 6180E  Bank of Ireland Group PLC  30 June 2023

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(SEE "OFFER AND DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS" BELOW)

The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland (acting through its United
Kingdom branch) announces interim results following the Institutional Investor
Tender Deadline and Institutional Investor Consent Deadline with respect to
the Offers relating to the £75,000,000 13(3/8) per cent. Unsecured Perpetual
Subordinated Bonds (ISIN: GB0000510312)

30 June 2023

On 21 June 2023, The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland (acting
through its United Kingdom branch) (the "Offeror" or "BOI") had launched an
invitation to holders of its £75,000,000 13(3/8) per cent. Unsecured
Perpetual Subordinated Bonds (ISIN: GB0000510312) (the "Bonds") to (a) tender
any and all of their Bonds for purchase by Elgin Securities DAC (the
"Purchaser") for cash (the "Tender Offer"); and (b) approve the modification
of the terms and conditions of the Bonds to provide for BOI to redeem all, but
not some only, of the outstanding Bonds on the Redemption Date (the "Consent
Solicitation" and, together with the Tender Offer, the "Offers").

The Offers were made on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the
offer memorandum dated 21 June 2023 (the "Offer Memorandum") and are subject
to the offer and distribution restrictions set out below.

Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this announcement have the same
meaning as assigned to them in the Offer Memorandum.

The Tender Offer for Institutional Investors expired at 1:00 p.m. (UK time) on
29 June 2023 (the "Institutional Investor Tender Deadline").

The Consent Solicitation for Institutional Investors expired at 1:00 p.m. (UK
time) on 29 June 2023 (the "Institutional Investor Consent Deadline").

As at the Institutional Investor Tender Deadline, the Offeror had received
valid tenders for purchase by the Purchaser pursuant to the Tender Offer of
£19,997,811 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

As at the Institutional Investor Consent Deadline, the Offeror had received
Voting Only Instructions in respect of £147,000 in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes, of which £12,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
were in favour of the Consent Solicitation.

The Offeror has received sufficient Tender Instructions and Voting Only
Instructions for the quorum to be achieved at the adjourned Meeting, though
not at the original Meeting. Based on the Tender Instructions and Voting Only
Instructions received as at the above deadlines, the Extraordinary Resolution
would be passed at the adjourned Meeting. If the Extraordinary Resolution is
passed, in order for any Retail Investor to be eligible to receive the Voting
Fee, it would need to have submitted either a Tender Instruction or a Voting
Only Instruction specifying 'Option 2' by the Retail Investor Tender Deadline
or the Retail Investor Consent Deadline, as the case may be.

The aggregate principal amount of the Notes in respect of which either Tender
Instructions (which also constitutes a vote in favour of the Consent
Solicitation) or Voting Only Instructions have been received as at the above
deadlines is set out below:

 

 Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes  Votes in favour of the Consent Solicitation*  Votes against the Consent Solicitation*  Total votes cast*
 £45,903,600                                20,009,811                                    135,000                                  20,144,811

* The number of votes cast on a poll will be equal to 1 vote for each £1.00
in principal amount of Bonds

 Bondholders should note that the Offers remain open to Retail Investors, as
further detailed in the section entitled "Deadlines for Retail Investors"
below and in the Offer Memorandum.

Unless otherwise determined by the Offeror in its sole and absolute
discretion, any Tender Instructions received by the Receiving Agent from
Institutional Investors after the Institutional Investor Tender Deadline have
not been and will not be accepted.

 

DEADLINES FOR RETAIL INVESTORS

 

The Tender Offer for Retail Investors will expire at 1:00 p.m. (UK time) on 2
August 2023 (the "Retail Investor Tender Deadline").

The Consent Solicitation for Retail Investors will expire at 1:00 p.m. (UK
time) on 2 August 2023 (the "Retail Investor Consent Deadline").

Any Retail Investor who either (a) validly tenders its Bonds for purchase
pursuant to the Tender Offer by the Retail Investor Tender Deadline or (b)
validly submits a Voting Only Instruction specifying 'Option 2' by the Retail
Investor Consent Deadline, will be eligible to receive the Voting Fee, subject
to the Extraordinary Resolution being passed at the Meeting (or, if
applicable, the adjourned Meeting) and the implementation of the Extraordinary
Resolution.

 

Bondholders are advised to check with any bank, custodian, securities broker
or other Intermediary through which they hold their Bonds when such
Intermediary would need to receive instructions from a Bondholder in order for
that Bondholder to be able to participate in, or (in the limited circumstances
in which revocation is permitted) revoke their instruction to participate in,
the Offers before the relevant deadlines specified above and below.  The
deadlines set by any such Intermediary will be earlier than the relevant
deadlines specified above and below.

 

A "Retail Investor" means a Bondholder who is not an Institutional Investor
(as defined below). Any Bondholder who is an individual (rather than a company
or other organisation) will be a Retail Investor. Any Bondholder that is a
company or other organisation and is not sure whether they are a Retail
Investor or an Institutional Investor may contact the Retail Information Agent
for further information, using the contact details below.

An "Institutional Investor" means a Bondholder that is:

(i)          an "eligible counterparty" or a "professional client",
each as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or

(ii)      an "eligible counterparty" as defined in the FCA Handbook
Conduct of Business Sourcebook or a "professional client" as defined in
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by
virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MiFIR").

 

INDICATIVE TIMETABLE FOR THE OFFERS

 

The following table sets out the expected dates and times of the key events
relating to the Offers following the date of this announcement.  The below
times and dates are indicative only, and subject to change and to the right of
BOI to extend, reopen, amend and/or terminate the Offers (subject to
applicable law and as provided in the Offer Memorandum).  Accordingly, the
actual timetable may differ from the timetable below.

 

 

 Retail Investor Tender Deadline and Retail Investor Consent Deadline             1:00 p.m. on 2 August 2023
 Retail Investor Tender Deadline

 Deadline for receipt by the Receiving Agent of all Tender Instructions for a
 Bondholder that is a Retail Investor to be eligible (if the Extraordinary
 Resolution is not passed at the Meeting and BOI elects that tenders of such
 Bonds are to be accepted for purchase by the Purchaser) to receive the Tender
 Consideration. Accordingly, this is the latest time and date in the case of
 Retail Investors for (i) receipt of Tender Instruction Forms and the related
 Bonds certificates (or a Letter of Indemnity in lieu thereof, if applicable)
 for tendered Bonds in certificated form; and (ii) settlement of TTE
 Instructions for Bonds tendered in CREST.

 Retail Investor Consent Deadline

 Deadline for receipt by the Receiving Agent of all Voting Only Instructions
 specifying 'Option 2' with respect to the Extraordinary Resolution for a
 Bondholder that is a Retail Investor that is not eligible or chooses not to
 tender its Bonds in the Tender Offer in order to be eligible to receive the
 Voting Fee.
 Retail Investor Tender Record Date                                               6.30 p.m. on 2 August 2023
 Voting Deadline and Bonds Record Time                                            6:30 p.m. on 2 August 2023 (unless the Meeting is adjourned)
 Voting Deadline

 Deadline for receipt by the Receiving Agent of all other Voting Only
 Instructions with respect to the Extraordinary Resolution.

 Bonds Record Time

 Only Bondholders who hold their Bonds as at the Bonds Record Time (and
 continue to hold them until conclusion of the Meeting) will be eligible to
 vote (or to appoint a proxy to vote) at the Meeting (unless the Meeting is
 adjourned).
 Interim Retail Investor Results Announcement                                     3 August 2023
 Following the Retail Investor Tender Deadline and Retail Investor Consent
 Deadline, BOI expects to announce the aggregate principal amount of Bonds
 validly tendered and in respect of which Voting Only Instructions are received
 prior to the Tender Deadlines and Consent Deadlines.
 Meeting                                                                          1:00 p.m. on 4 August 2023
 Meeting of Bondholders to consider and, if thought fit, pass the Extraordinary
 Resolution.
 Results Announcement                                                             4 August 2023
 If the Meeting needs to be adjourned, BOI expects to announce the adjournment
 of the Meeting and the Results Announcement will be delayed.

 If the Meeting is not adjourned, BOI expects to announce the results of the
 Offers, including announcement of (i) whether the Extraordinary Resolution was
 passed at the Meeting and, if passed, whether the Extraordinary Resolution
 will be implemented and the Bonds redeemed; (ii) if the Extraordinary
 Resolution was not passed at the Meeting, the aggregate principal amount of
 Bonds validly tendered prior to the Tender Deadlines; (iii) whether BOI elects
 that tenders of any Bonds are to be accepted for purchase by the Purchaser
 and, if so, the aggregate principal amount of Bonds so accepted for purchase
 pursuant to the Tender Offer; (iv) the total amount (being the Tender
 Consideration or Redemption Consideration plus any Voting Fee) payable in
 respect of each £1,000 principal amount of Bonds to be redeemed or purchased
 and paid to Bondholders on the Redemption Date or the Settlement Date, as the
 case may be pursuant to the Issuer Call or Tender Offer, as the case may be.
 Adjourned Meeting (if necessary)                                                 1:00 p.m. on 18 August 2023
 Adjourned Meeting of Bondholders (if necessary) to consider and, if thought
 fit, pass the Extraordinary Resolution.
 Results Announcement (following any adjourned Meeting)                           18 August 2023
 If the Meeting needs to be adjourned, the above announcement of the results of
 the Offers, including the announcement of items (i) to (iv) above, will be
 made following the adjourned Meeting.
 Settlement Date or Redemption Date (as applicable)                               25 August 2023
 This is the expected redemption date for the Issuer Call, if the Extraordinary
 Resolution is passed at the Meeting (or any adjourned Meeting), or settlement
 date for the Tender Offer, including (i) the redemption of the Bonds pursuant
 to the Issuer Call or purchase of the relevant Bonds in the Tender Offer and
 (ii) payment of (a) the Redemption Consideration plus (for those Bondholders
 that are eligible) any Voting Fee or (b) the Tender Consideration, as
 applicable, in respect of such Bonds.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

BOI and the Purchaser have retained Jefferies International Limited, J&E
Davy Unlimited Company, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc and UBS AG London
Branch to act as dealer managers with respect to Institutional Investors only
for the Offers (the "Dealer Managers"), Link Market Services Limited to act as
receiving agent and tabulation agent for the Offers (the "Receiving Agent" and
the "Registrar") and D.F. King Ltd to act as retail information agent (the
"Retail Information Agent").

 

Retail Investors

(1)     Retail Investors who have questions or require technical assistance
in connection with the delivery of Tender Instructions or Voting Only
Instructions should contact the Receiving Agent using the following contact
details:

 Link Market Services Limited

 Telephone:     0800 029 4524                         (if
 calling from within the UK) 1  (#_ftn1)

 Telephone:    +44 800 029 4524                     (if
 calling from outside the UK)(1)

(2)          Retail Investors who have any other questions regarding the
Offers should contact the Retail Information Agent using the following contact
details:

 D.F. King Ltd

 Telephone:     0800 029 4528                        (if calling
 from within the UK) 2  (#_ftn2)

 Telephone:   +44 800 029 4528                    (if
 calling from outside the UK)(2)

Institutional Investors

Institutional Investors who have questions or require technical assistance in
connection with the delivery of Tender Instructions or Voting Only
Instructions should contact the Receiving Agent using the above contact
details. Institutional Investors who have any other questions regarding the
Offers should contact the Dealer Managers using the contact details set out
below.

If you have any other questions on the merits of the Offers and whether it is
right for you to participate, we recommend you seek your own financial and/or
legal advice, including in respect of any tax consequences of the Offers,
immediately from your broker, solicitor, accountant or other independent
financial, tax, legal or accounting adviser.

 DEALER MANAGERS AND SOLICITATION AGENTS
 J&E Davy Unlimited Company                         Jefferies International Limited

 Tel: +3531 6797788                                 Tel: +44 75 2516 8520

 Email: dcf@davy.ie                                 Email: Liabilitymanagement@jefferies.com

                                                    Attn: Liability Management
 Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc                  UBS AG London Branch

 Tel: +44 20 7158 1726 / 1719                       Tel: +44 20 7568 1121

 Email: lbcmliabilitymanagement@lloydsbanking.com   Email: ol-liabilitymanagement-eu@ubs.com

 Attn: Liability Management                         Attn: Liability Management

Nominees, Banks, Brokers, Custodians and Institutional Investors who have
procedural questions please contact:

D.F. King Ltd

+44 207 920 9700 3  (#_ftn3)

Email: BOI@dfkingltd.co.uk

DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the announcement
relating to the Offers published by the Offeror on 21 June 2023, the Offer
Memorandum and any other announcements published in connection with the
Offers.  This announcement and the Offer Memorandum contain important
information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with
respect to the Offers.  If you are in any doubt as to the contents of this
announcement or the Offer Memorandum or the action you should take, you are
recommended to seek your own financial and legal advice, including as to any
tax consequences, immediately from your broker, solicitor, accountant or other
independent financial or legal adviser. Any person whose Securities are held
on its behalf by a custodian, broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company
or other nominee or intermediary (each an "Intermediary") should contact such
Intermediary urgently if it wishes to tender its Bonds pursuant to the Tender
Offer or otherwise vote on the Extraordinary Resolution. None of BOI, the
Purchaser, the Dealer Managers, the Registrar, the Receiving Agent, the Retail
Information Agent or the Trustee is able to provide financial, legal, tax,
accounting or any other advice in connection with the Offers, or to express
any opinion on the merits of the Offers or otherwise to make any
recommendations as to whether or not Bondholders should participate in the
Offers.

OFFER AND DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS

None of this announcement nor the Offer Memorandum constitutes an invitation
to participate in the Offers in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to
or from whom, it is unlawful to make such invitation or for there to be such
participation under applicable securities laws. The distribution of this
announcement and the Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be
restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the
Offer Memorandum comes are required by each of the Purchaser, BOI, the Dealer
Managers, the Receiving Agent, the Registrar and the Retail Information Agent
to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.

United States.  The Offers are not being made, and will not be made to (or
for the account or benefit of) U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under
the Securities Act) or directly or indirectly in or into, or by use of the
mails of, or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce
of or of any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United
States. This includes, but is not limited to, facsimile transmission,
electronic mail, telex, telephone, the internet and other forms of electronic
communication.  The Bonds may not be tendered in the Offers by any such use,
means, instrumentality or facility from or within the United States or by U.S.
Persons or by persons located or resident in the United States as defined in
Regulation S under the Securities Act. Accordingly, copies of this
announcement, the Offer Memorandum and any other documents or materials
relating to the Offers are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly
mailed or otherwise transmitted, distributed or forwarded (including, without
limitation, by custodians, nominees or trustees) in or into the United States
or to any persons located or resident in the United States or to U.S. Persons.
Any purported tender of Bonds in the Offers resulting directly or indirectly
from a violation of these restrictions will be invalid and any purported
tender of Bonds made by a U.S. Person or a person located in the United States
or any agent, fiduciary or other intermediary acting on a non-discretionary
basis for a principal that is giving instructions from within the United
States will be invalid and will not be accepted.

As used in this document, "United States" means the United States of America,
its territories and possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands),
any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia.

Each Bondholder participating in the Tender Offer will represent that it is
not a U.S. Person, is not located or resident in the United States and is not
participating in the Tender Offer from the United States, or it is acting on a
non-discretionary basis for a principal located outside the United States that
is not a U.S. Person and is not giving an order to participate in the Tender
Offer from the United States.

In addition, nothing in this announcement, the Offer Memorandum or the
transmission thereof constitutes or contemplates an offer of, or the offer to
purchase or the solicitation of an offer to sell securities in the United
States or any other jurisdiction. The Bonds have not been, and will not be,
registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or
other jurisdiction of the United States, and the Bonds may not be offered,
sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, 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
applicable state or local securities laws. Accordingly, neither this
announcement nor the Offer Memorandum shall be distributed in or into the
United States or to U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the
Securities Act) in any circumstances.

United Kingdom.  This announcement has been issued by The Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland (acting through its UK branch) which is
authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the PRA) of the United
Kingdom and regulated by the FCA and the PRA.

This announcement, the Offer Memorandum and any other documents or materials
relating to the Offers are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on
to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of such
documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to, and
may only be acted upon by, those persons in the United Kingdom falling within
Article 43 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Financial Promotion Order") (which
includes an existing creditor of BOI and, therefore, includes the Bondholders)
or within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article
19(5) of the Financial Promotion Order) or any other persons to whom it may
otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order.

BOI is acting solely and exclusively in the capacity of issuer of the Bonds in
convening the Meeting and is not acting for or on behalf of Bondholders or any
other person, and will not regard any person as its "client" in relation to
the Tender Offer or the Consent Solicitation. Accordingly, BOI will not be
responsible to any person for providing the sorts of protections afforded to
persons who receive investment services or advice under the FSMA, UK MiFIR,
the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook, MiFID
II or any other regulatory regime in a capacity as a client.

Italy.  The Offers are not being made, directly or indirectly, in the
Republic of Italy. None of this announcement, the Offer Memorandum or any
other document or materials relating to the Offers have been or will be
submitted to the clearance procedures of the Commissione Nazionale per le
Società e la Borsa ("CONSOB") pursuant to Italian laws and regulations.
Accordingly, (i) none of the Offers, this announcement, the Offer Memorandum
or any other offering material relating to the Offers or the Bonds may be
distributed or made available in the Republic of Italy and (ii) no marketing,
promotional, informative or solicitation activity whatsoever can be performed
in the Republic of Italy.

France.  This announcement, the Offer Memorandum and any documents or
offering materials relating to the Offers may not be distributed in the
Republic of France except to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) as
defined in Article 2(e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended (the
"Prospectus Regulation"), as amended. Neither this announcement nor the Offer
Memorandum have been or will be submitted for clearance to or approved by the
Autorité des marchés financiers.

Ireland.  The Offers are not being made, directly or indirectly, to the
public in Ireland and no Offers of any Bonds under or in connection with such
Offers may be effected to persons in Ireland except in conformity with the
provisions of Irish laws and regulations (the "Applicable Irish Laws")
including: (i) the Companies Act; (ii) the Irish Central Bank Acts 1942 to
2023 (as amended) and any codes of practice made under Section 117(1) of the
Central Bank Act 1989 (as amended); (iii) the Prospectus Regulation, the
European Union (Prospectus) Regulations 2019 and any rules issued under
Section 1363 of the Companies Act by the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central
Bank"); (iv) the European Union (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations
2017 (as amended) and any codes or rules of conduct applicable thereunder,
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 and any delegated or implementing acts adopted
thereunder and the provisions of the Investor Compensation Act 1998 (as
amended); and (v) the Market Abuse Regulation (EU 596/2014) (as amended), the
European Union (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016 (as amended) and any rules and
guidelines issued under Section 1370 of the Companies Act by the Central Bank.

The Offers and any other documents or materials relating to the Offers must
not be distributed to persons in Ireland otherwise than in conformity with the
provisions of the Applicable Irish Laws.

General.  Neither this announcement nor the Offer Memorandum constitutes an
offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell Bonds (and tenders of
Bonds in the Offers will not be accepted from Bondholders) in any
circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

In addition to the representations referred to above in respect of the United
States, United Kingdom, Italy, France and Ireland, each Bondholder
participating in the Offers will also be deemed to give certain
representations, acknowledgements, warranties and undertakings and make
certain agreements in respect of the jurisdictions referred to above and
generally as described in Annex 1 (Agreements, Acknowledgements,
Representations, Warranties and Undertakings of Bondholders) to the Offer
Memorandum.

Any tender of Bonds for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer from a
Bondholder who is unable to make these representations will not be accepted.
Each of BOI, the Purchaser, the Dealer Managers, the Receiving Agent, the
Registrar and the Retail Information Agent reserves the right, in its absolute
discretion, to investigate, in relation to any tender of Bonds for purchase
pursuant to the Tender Offer, whether any such representation given by a
Bondholder is correct and, if such investigation is undertaken and as a result
BOI determines (for any reason) that such representation is not correct, such
tender shall not be accepted.

This announcement and the Offer Memorandum contain certain forward-looking
statements that reflect BOI's intent, beliefs or current expectations about
the future and can be recognized by the use of words such as "expects,"
"will,", "anticipate," or words of similar meaning. These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of any future performance and are necessarily
estimates reflecting the best judgement of the management of BOI and involve a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. As a
consequence, these forward-looking statements should be considered in light of
various important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from estimates or projections contained in the forward-looking statements,
which include, without limitation, the risk factors set forth in the Offer
Memorandum. BOI cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be
realised, although they believe they have been prudent in their respective
plans and assumptions. Achievement of future results is subject to risks,
uncertainties and assumptions that may prove to be inaccurate. Should known or
unknown risks or uncertainties materialise, or should underlying assumptions
prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those anticipated,
estimated or projected. BOI undertakes no obligation to update publicly or
release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as
required by applicable law.

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Friday (excluding public holidays in England and Wales). If calling from
within the UK, please call the Freephone number 0800 029 4524. If calling from
outside the UK, please call +44 800 029 4524 (calls using this number from
within the UK will be charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by
provider). Calls from outside the UK will be charged at the applicable
international rate. Please note that calls may be monitored for security and
training purposes. The helpline cannot provide advice on the merits of the
Offers nor give any financial, legal or tax advice.

 

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