REG - Vattenfall AB - Tender Offer Final Results

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25/05/2021 09:50

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Vattenfall AB
  
25 May 2021
  
 

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25 May 2021
VATTENFALL AB (publ) ANNOUNCES FINAL RESULTS OF OFFERS
Further to its announcements on 10 May 2021, 19 May 2021 and 20 May 2021, Vattenfall AB (publ) (the "Company") now announces the final results for the purposes of its invitation to Qualifying Holders of its outstanding SEK3,000,000,000 Fixed Rate Reset Capital Securities due 2077 (ISIN: XS1205627547) (the "Fixed Rate Capital Securities") and SEK3,000,000,000 Floating Rate Capital Securities due 2077 (ISIN: XS1205625251) (the "Floating Rate Capital Securities" and together with the Fixed Rate Capital Securities, the "Capital Securities" and each a "Series") to tender such Capital Securities for purchase by the Company for cash.
The Offers were announced on 10 May 2021 and were made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 10 May 2021 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum") and the announcements made by the Company on 19 May 2021 and 20 May 2021 (the "Announcements") relating to the Capital Securities. Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum and the Announcements.
The Expiration Time for the Offers was 5.00 p.m. (CEST) on 24 May 2021. 
The Company hereby announces that, subject to the Transaction Condition being waived or satisfied, it will accept for purchase at the relevant Purchase Price all Capital Securities validly Offered for Sale under the Offers pursuant to Tender Instructions, without scaling, in an aggregate principal amount of SEK 2,837,290,000. The aggregate principal amount of each Series validly accepted for purchase (each a "Series Acceptance Amount") will be as set out in the table below.



Description 


ISIN


Series Acceptance Amount


Purchase Price




SEK3,000,000,000 Fixed Rate Capital Securities


XS1205627547


SEK1,023,490,000


102.16 per cent.




SEK3,000,000,000 Floating Rate Capital Securities


XS1205625251


SEK1,813,800,000


101.52 per cent.





Capital Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to the Offers will be cancelled by the Company. Capital Securities which have not been validly submitted and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offers will remain outstanding.
Payment of the Tender Consideration in respect of the Capital Securities will occur on the Settlement Date for the Offers which is expected to be 26 May 2021, subject to the right of the Company to amend or vary the terms of (including the timetable for) the Offers.
Any requests for information in relation to the Offers should be directed to the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent whose contact details are listed below.



Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Citigroup Centre

Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5LB

United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7986 8969

Attn: Liability Management Group

Email: liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com


DEALER MANAGERS
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)

Kungsträdgårdsgatan 8

SE-106 40 Stockholm

Sweden
Telephone: +46 (0) 8 506 231 31

Attn: Liability Management

Email: liabilitymanagementdcm@seb.se


Swedbank AB (publ)

Large Corporates & Institutions

SE-105 34 Stockholm

Sweden

Telephone: +46 (0) 8 700 92 22

Attn: Syndicate

Email: syndicate@swedbank.se 



 
THE TENDER AGENT
Lucid Issuer Services Limited

Tankerton Works

12 Argyle Walk

London WC1H 8HA

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 20 7704 0880

Attn: Mu-yen Lo/Owen Morris

Email: vattenfall@lucid-is.com 
 
DISCLAIMER
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum and the Announcements. This announcement, the Tender Offer Memorandum and the Announcements contain important information. If any Qualifying Holder is in any doubt as to the contents of this announcement, the Tender Offer Memorandum, the Announcements or the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own financial, legal and tax advice, including in respect of any tax consequences, immediately from its broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial, tax or legal adviser.
None of the Company, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent or any of their respective directors, employees, officers, agents or affiliates has expressed any opinion about the merits of the Offers or made any recommendation as to whether or not any Qualifying Holder should Offer to Sell its Capital Securities and no one has been authorised by the Company, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent to make any such recommendation.
Nothing in this announcement or the Tender Offer Memorandum or the Announcements or the electronic transmission thereof constitutes an invitation to participate in the Offers in or from any jurisdiction in or from which, or to or from any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such invitation under applicable securities laws. The distribution of this announcement, the Tender Offer Memorandum and the Announcements in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement, the Tender Offer Memorandum and/or the Announcements comes are required by each of the Company, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. 

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