DGAP-News: LSF6 Rio S.à r.l hat in ihrem laufenden Bar-Kaufangebot Annahmeerklärungen erhalten

LSF6 Rio S.à r.l. / Schlagwort(e): Sonstiges

28.01.2016 19:11 

Veröffentlichung einer Corporate News, übermittelt durch DGAP - ein Service der EQS Group AG. Für den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent / Herausgeber verantwortlich.

NICHT ZUR VERTEILUNG, VERÖFFENTLICHUNG ODER VERBREITUNG AN U.S. PERSONEN (WIE IN REGULATION S UNTER DEM U.S. SECURITIES ACT VON 1933 IN DER JEWEILS GELTENDEN FASSUNG DEFINIERT) ODER PERSONEN, DIE IN DEN VEREINIGTEN STAATEN ODER UNTER EINER ADRESSE IN DEN VEREINIGTEN STAATEN ODER IN RECHTSORDNUNGEN, IN DENEN DIE VERBREITUNG DIESER PRESSEMITTEILUNG UND DES TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUMS (WIE NACHSTEHEND DEFINIERT) RECHTSWIDRIG WÄRE, GEBIETSANSÄSSIG SIND ODER SICH DORT AUFHALTEN.

LSF6 Rio S.à r.l hat in ihrem laufenden Bar-Kaufangebot Annahmeerklärungen erhalten, die ihren Bestand an den Hybrid Schuldverschreibungen und den Capital Schuldverschreibungen auf jeweils mehr als 50 % erhöhen werden

Luxemburg, 28. Januar 2016. Am 13. Januar 2016 hat die LSF6 Rio S.à r.l., Luxemburg, (die "Käuferin") ihr Angebot an die Inhaber (die "Anleihegläubiger") der von der Hybrid Raising GmbH begebenen Schuldverschreibungen (ISIN DE000A0AMCG6, "Hybrid Schuldverschreibungen") und von der Capital Raising GmbH begebenen Schuldverschreibungen (ISIN DE0007490724, "Capital Schuldverschreibungen") (zusammen die "Schuldverschreibungen") gerichtet, sämtliche Schuldverschreibungen zum Barkaufpreis von 20 % des Nennbetrags zu erwerben (das "Angebot").

Per 28. Januar 2016 hat die LSF6 Rio S.à r.l. Annahmeerklärungen in Bezug auf das Angebot für eine solche Anzahl von Schuldverschreibungen erhalten, die nach der Abwicklung des Angebots ihren Bestand an den Hybrid Schuldverschreibungen und den Capital Schuldverschreibungen auf jeweils mehr als 50 % erhöhen werden.

Das Angebot kann noch angenommen werden und endet um 16:00 Uhr (MEZ) am 2. Februar 2016 (das "Fristende des Angebots"), vorbehaltlich einer Verlängerung.

Das Angebot wird gemäß der Bestimmungen und vorbehaltlich der Bedingungen des Tender Offer Memorandums vom 13. Januar 2016 gemacht, welches kostenlos vom Tender Agent und den Gemeinsamen Dealer Managern unter den nachstehenden Adressen bezogen werden kann. Voraussichtlicher Abrechnungstag für das Angebot ist der 9. Februar 2016.

Um das Angebot anzunehmen, müssen Anleihegläubiger bis zum Fristende des Angebots Annahmeerklärungen an ihre Depotbanken übermitteln, über die sie ihre Schuldverschreibungen halten. Anleihegläubiger, die Hilfestellung bei der Annahme des Angebots brauchen, sollten die Gemeinsamen Dealer Manager unter den unten stehenden Adressen oder ihre Depotbank kontaktieren. Die Fristen, die von einer Depotbank, über welche Anleihegläubiger Schuldverschreibungen halten, oder von Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt am Main und/oder Clearstream Banking S.A., Luxemburg und/oder Euroclear Bank SA/NV gesetzt werden, enden möglicherweise vor dem Fristende des Angebots.

Informationen zum Angebot können zudem auf der folgenden Homepage abgerufen werden: http://www.ikb-tender.de.

DIE GEMEINSAMEN DEALER MANAGER

BNP Paribas
10 Harewood Avenue
London NW1 6AA
Vereinigtes Königreich
Z. Hd.: Liability Management Group
Email: liability.management@bnpparibas.com

Für telefonische Informationen:
+44 (0) 20 7595 8668 (Englisch)
+49 (0) 69 7193 6777 (Deutsch)

Merrill Lynch International
2 King Edward Street
London, EC1A 1HQ
Vereinigtes Königreich
Z. Hd.: Liability Management Group
Email: DG.LM_EMEA@baml.com

Für telefonische Informationen:
+ 44 (0) 20 7996 8496 (Englisch)
+44 (0) 20 7996 1103 (Deutsch)

THE TENDER AGENT

BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A.
Zweigniederlassung Frankfurt am Main
Europa-Allee 12
D-60327 Frankfurt am Main
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Z. Hd.: Corporate Trust Operations
Email: Frankfurt.gct.operations@bnpparibas.com
Fax.: +49 69 1520 5277 

LSF6 Rio S.à r.l. ist eine private Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (société à responsabilité limitée) luxemburgischen Rechts mit eingetragenem Sitz in 33, rue du Puits Romain L-8070 Bertrange, Großherzogtum Luxemburg, eingetragen im luxemburgischen Handelsregister unter der Nummer B.142934 und mit einem Grundkapital von EUR 477.375.

OFFER AND DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS

This press release or the Tender Offer Memorandum does not constitute an offer to purchase any Notes in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such offer or to accept such offer under applicable securities laws. The distribution of this press release or the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this press release or the Tender Offer Memorandum comes are required by the Purchaser, the Joint Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.

United States

The Offer is not being made and will not be made, 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 or to any U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (each a "U.S. Person")). This includes, but is not limited to, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone, the internet and other forms of electronic communication. Accordingly, copies of this press release, the Tender Offer Memorandum and any other documents or materials relating to the Offer is 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 a U.S. Person and the Notes cannot be tendered in the Offer by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from or within or by persons located or resident in the United States or by any U.S. Person. Any purported tender of Notes in the Offer resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of these restrictions will be invalid and any purported tender of Notes made by a U.S. Person, a person located in the United States, by any person acting for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person, or by any agent, fiduciary or other intermediary acting on a non-discretionary basis for a principal giving instructions from within the United States will be invalid and will not be accepted.

Each Noteholder participating in the Offer will represent that it is not a U.S. Person and is not participating in such 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 giving an order to participate in the Offer from the United States and who is not a U.S. Person. For the purposes of this and the above paragraph, "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.

United Kingdom

The communication of this press release, the Tender Offer Memorandum and any other documents or materials relating to the Offer have not been approved by an authorised person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA"). Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, persons in the United Kingdom save in circumstances where section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply. The communication of this press release or the Tender Offer Memorandum is only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order")) or within Article 43 of the Order, or to other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated by virtue of an exemption to section 21(1) of the FSMA or otherwise in circumstances where it does not apply.

Republic of Italy

None of the Offer, this press release, the Tender Offer Memorandum or any other documents or materials relating to the Offer have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedure of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa ("CONSOB"). The Offer is being carried out in the Republic of Italy ("Italy") as an exempted offer pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the "Financial Services Act") and article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999. Noteholders, or beneficial owners of the Notes, can tender some or all of their Notes pursuant to the Offer through authorised persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, as amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority. Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with the Notes or the Offer.

Kingdom of Belgium

Neither this press release, the Tender Offer Memorandum nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offer have been submitted to or will be submitted for approval or recognition to the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority and, accordingly, the Offer may not be made in Belgium by way of a public offering, as defined in Article 3 of the Belgian Law of 1 April 2007 on public takeover bids, as amended or replaced from time to time. Accordingly, the Offer may not be advertised and the Offer will not be extended, and neither this press release, the Tender Offer Memorandum nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offer (including any memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar documents) has been or shall be distributed or made available, directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 10 of the Belgian Law of 16 June 2006 on public offerings of investment instruments and the admission of investment instruments to trading on regulated markets (as amended from time to time).

Republic of France

The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, to the public in the Republic of France ("France"). Neither this press release, the Tender Offer Memorandum nor any other document or material relating to the Offer has been or shall be distributed to the public in France and only (i) providers of investment services relating to portfolio management for the account of third parties (personnes fournissant le service d'investissement de gestion de portefeuille pour compte de tiers) and/or (ii) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés), in each case acting for their own account, all as defined in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-1, L.411-2 and D.411-1 of the French Code monétaire et financier, are eligible to participate in the Offer. This press release, the Tender Offer Memorandum and any other document or material relating to the Offer have not been and will not be submitted for clearance to nor approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers.

General

Neither this press release, the Tender Offer Memorandum nor the electronic transmission thereof constitutes an offer to purchase any Notes (and tenders of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer will not be accepted from Noteholders) in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require an offer to tender for purchase to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and either of the Joint Dealer Managers or any of their affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer in any such jurisdiction, such offer to tender for purchase shall be deemed to be made by such Joint Dealer Manager or such affiliate,as the case may be, on behalf of the Purchaser in such jurisdiction.

In addition to the representations referred to above in respect of the United States, each Noteholder participating in the Offer will be deemed to give certain representations in respect of the other jurisdictions referred to above and generally as set out in "Procedures for Participating in the Offer" of the Tender Offer Memorandum. Any tender of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer from a Noteholder that is unable to make these representations may be rejected. Each of the Purchaser, the Joint Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent reserves the right, in their absolute discretion, to investigate, in relation to any tender of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer, whether any such representation given by a Noteholder is correct and, if such investigation is undertaken and as a result the Purchaser determines (for any reason) that such representation is not correct, such tender or submission may be rejected.

28.01.2016 Die DGAP Distributionsservices umfassen gesetzliche Meldepflichten, Corporate News/Finanznachrichten und Pressemitteilungen. DGAP-Medienarchive unter www.dgap-medientreff.de und www.dgap.de