REG - NTPC Limited - Announcement of Results of the Offers

NTPCAnnouncement

16/12/2020 07:13

RNS Number : 8324I
  
NTPC Limited
  
16 December 2020
  
 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014.
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of and should not be construed as an invitation or a solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for securities or an inducement to enter into investment activity, or an invitation to enter into an agreement to do any such things, nor is it calculated to invite any offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for any securities in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom or the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction, and neither this announcement nor anything herein forms the basis for any contract or commitment whatsoever.
This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, to any person or address in the United States. This announcement and the information contained herein does not constitute or form part of an offer to sell securities in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered pursuant to the Securities Act, or pursuant to an applicable exemption from such registration requirement. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and no public offering of securities will be made in the United States.
 
ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS OF THE OFFERS
BY
NTPC LIMITED
 (incorporated with limited liability in the Republic of India)
(THE "ISSUER")
IN RESPECT OF:
INVITATION BY THE ISSUER TO ELIGIBLE HOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM) FOR OFFERS TO TENDER FOR PURCHASE FOR CASH ANY AND ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING (1) INR20,000,000,000 7.375 PER CENT. NOTES DUE 2021 PAYABLE IN U.S. DOLLARS (ISIN: XS1467374473) (THE "2021 NOTES"); AND/OR (2) INR20,000,000,000 7.25 PER CENT. NOTES DUE 2022 PAYABLE IN U.S. DOLLARS (ISIN: XS1604199114) (THE "2022 NOTES", TOGETHER WITH THE 2021 NOTES, THE "NOTES"), IN EACH CASE, UPON THE TERMS, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND IN THE MANNER SET OUT IN THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM (THE "OFFERS")
Reference is made to the announcement made by the Issuer on 7 December 2020 in relation to the Offers. The full terms and conditions of the Offers are set out in the tender offer memorandum dated 7 December 2020 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum"). Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
This is the Announcement of Results of the Offers referred to in the Tender Offer Memorandum. All documentation relating to the Offers, together with any updates, will be available via the Offer Website: www.lucid-is.com/ntpc.
RESULTS OF THE OFFERS
The Offers commenced on 7 December 2020 and expired at 4:00 p.m. (London time) / 9:30 p.m. (Mumbai time) on 15 December 2020.
As at the Expiration Deadline, the aggregate nominal amount of each series of Notes that had been validly tendered and accepted for purchase are as follows:



Notes 


ISIN


 
 
 
Outstanding Nominal Amount


Purchase Price(1)(2)


 
 
Aggregate Nominal Amount Accepted for Tender




INR20,000,000,000 7.375 per cent. Notes due 2021 payable in U.S. Dollars (the "2021 Notes")


XS1467374473


INR20,000,000,000 


INR10,000,000 


INR9,930,000,000




INR20,000,000,000 7.25 per cent. Notes due 2022 payable in U.S. Dollars (the "2022 Notes")


XS1604199114


INR20,000,000,000 


INR10,000,000


INR920,000,000




Notes:






 




(1)     Per INR10,000,000 in nominal amount, payable in U.S. dollars. The amount of the relevant Purchase Price to be received by an Eligible Holder in respect of its Notes purchased pursuant to the Offers will be rounded to the nearest U.S.$0.01, with U.S.$0.005 to be taken as a full cent. 


 




(2)     In addition to the Purchase Price, the Issuer will also pay the relevant USD Equivalent of the Additional Interest Amount and a cash amount in U.S. dollars (as calculated in accordance with the relevant Notes Conditions) equal to the Accrued Interest Amount on each series of Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offers. In respect of the 2021 Notes, the Accrued Interest Amount will be the interest accrued and unpaid from (and including) 10 August 2020 up to (but excluding) the Settlement Date in accordance with the Notes Conditions for the 2021 Notes. In respect of the 2022 Notes, the Accrued Interest Amount will be the interest accrued and unpaid from (and including) 3 May 2020 up to (but excluding) the Settlement Date in accordance with the Notes Conditions for the 2022 Notes.


 



 
The Issuer has accepted all Notes tendered for purchase pursuant to the Offers.
DETERMINATION OF THE REFERENCE RATE
Determination of the Reference Rate will take place at approximately 8:00 a.m. (London time) / 1:30 pm Mumbai time (the "Fixing Time") on 18 December 2020, two Fixing Business Days (the "Fixing Date") prior to the Settlement Date. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Fixing Time on the Fixing Date, the Issuer will announce the Reference Rate and the USD Equivalent of the Purchase Price and the Additional Interest Amount for each series of the Notes. 
SETTLEMENT
The Settlement Date of the Offers is expected to be on or around 22 December 2020. The aggregate amounts of the relevant Purchase Consideration, Accrued Interest Amount and Additional Interest Amount for such Notes will be paid, in immediately available funds, on the Settlement Date to the Clearing Systems for payment to the cash accounts of the relevant Direct Participants through which the relevant Eligible Holders validly tendered their Notes.
Notes which have not been validly accepted for purchase by the Issuer pursuant to the Offers will remain outstanding.
GENERAL
The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. This announcement is not a tender offer memorandum, a solicitation of an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell, any securities. The Offers have been made solely pursuant to the Tender Offer Memorandum, which sets forth a detailed description of the terms of the Offers.
This announcement is released by the Issuer 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 (MAR), encompassing information relating to the Offers described above. For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made by Aditya Dar, Chief General Manager for the Issuer.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions and requests for further information and assistance in relation to the Offers should be directed to the Dealer Managers or the Information and Tender Agent:



THE DEALER MANAGERS




Axis Bank Limited, Singapore Branch
9 Raffles Place
Republic Plaza
#48-01/2
Singapore 048619


Barclays Bank PLC
5 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 4BB

United Kingdom














MUFG Securities Asia Limited
11/F, AIA Central
1 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong
Email: DCM-LM@int.sc.mufg.jp; leg.CMAsia@hk.sc.mufg.jp


Standard Chartered Bank
One Basinghall Avenue
London EC2V 5DD
United Kingdom
Email: Liability_Management@sc.com










THE INFORMATION AND TENDER AGENT




Lucid Issuer Services Limited
Attention: Mu-yen Lo / Thomas Choquet
Email: ntpc@lucid-is.com
Offer Website: www.lucid-is.com/ntpc










In London:
Tankerton Works
12 Argyle Walk
London WC1H 8HA
United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880
 


In Hong Kong:
3F, Three Pacific Place
1, Queen's Road East
Admiralty
Hong Kong

Telephone: +852 2281 0114



 
 
NTPC LIMITED
16 December 2020
Legal Entity Identifier: 335800Q4TRGJXNLVMB81
 

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