EQS-Adhoc: Novomatic AG: NOVOMATIC AG decides to launch tender offer for repurchase of its EUR 500,000,000 1.625% notes 2016-2023 (ISIN AT0000A1LHT0)

EQS-Ad-hoc: Novomatic AG / Key word(s): Bond
Novomatic AG: NOVOMATIC AG decides to launch tender offer for repurchase
of its EUR 500,000,000 1.625% notes 2016-2023 (ISIN AT0000A1LHT0)

21-Feb-2022 / 10:52 CET/CEST
Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by EQS – a service of EQS Group
AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Public disclosure of inside information according to article 17 MAR
(Ad-hoc Release, price-sensitive information)

 

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DISTRIBUTION TO ANY U.S. PERSON OR IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR IN ANY
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DISTRIBUTE THIS INFORMATION.

 

NOVOMATIC AG decides to launch tender offer for repurchase of its EUR
500,000,000 1.625% notes 2016-2023 (ISIN AT0000A1LHT0).

NOVOMATIC AG (the Company) herewith announces that the Company’s
management and supervisory board today decided to invite the holders of
its EUR 500,000,000 1.625% notes 2016-2023 (ISIN AT0000A1LHT0) (the Notes)
to tender their Notes for repurchase by the Company for cash (the Tender
Offer).

The Tender Offer is designed to reduce financial liabilities and to
optimize the utilization of available funds. The Tender Offer will be in
an aggregate maximum principal amount of EUR 150,000,000 or such other
amount as the Company may determine and announce in its sole discretion,
at a note purchase price of 100 % for the Notes plus accrued interest,
subject to the preferential acceptance of valid tenders of Notes with a
principal amount of up to EUR 10,000, as further described in the tender
offer memorandum.

Holders may tender their Notes commencing today, 21 February 2022, until
expiration of the offer period on 3 March 2022 (unless the Tender Offer is
extended, terminated early or withdrawn at the sole discretion of the
Company). Results of the Tender Offer are expected to be announced on or
around 7 March 2022. The invitation to tender any outstanding Notes for
repurchase shall be valid and take effect only outside the territories of
the United States. Further information and restrictions with respect to
the Tender Offer will be published in a tender offer memorandum, which,
immediately upon this disclosure can be obtained by Noteholders through
their respective deposit bank, Erste Group Bank AG (email:
dcmorigination0536@erstegroup.com) acting as the Company’s tender agent or
the Company’s website
([1]https://www.novomatic.com/en/tender-offer-memorandum).

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Erste Group Bank AG and Raiffeisen Bank
International AG have been mandated as dealer managers, and Erste Group
Bank AG has been mandated as tender agent for the Tender Offer.

21 February 2022

NOVOMATIC AG

Legal notice/disclaimer:

This communication is a mandatory notification under Article 17 of
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation).

This communication is for information purposes only and does not
constitute an offer to sell or an offer or solicitation to buy or
subscribe to securities, nor does it constitute financial analysis or
advice or a recommendation relating to financial instruments. The
securities have not been and will not be registered under foreign
securities laws, in particular not under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (Securities Act) and may not be offered or sold, in particular
in the United States of America (USA), without registration or exemption
from the registration requirements under the Securities Act.

This communication is not intended for distribution in or within the USA,
Australia, Canada or Japan or any other country where such distribution or
dissemination would be unlawful and may not be distributed or forwarded to
publications with a general circulation in the USA. There will be no
public offering of securities in the USA.

This communication does not constitute and shall not, in any
circumstances, constitute a public offering nor an invitation to the
public in connection with any offer within the meaning of the European
Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/ 1129 .

 

Issuer:

NOVOMATIC AG,
FN 69548 b,
Wiener Straße 158,
2352 Gumpoldskirchen,
Austria

Contact Person: Mag. Sabrina Höllinger-David
Phone: +43 2252 606 784
E-mail: ir@novomatic.com
Website: www.novomatic.com
ISIN: AT0000A1LHT0
Stock exchange: Regulated Market at the Vienna Stock Exchange

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21-Feb-2022 CET/CEST News transmitted by EQS Group AG. www.eqs.com

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Language: English
Company: Novomatic AG
Wiener Straße 158
2352 Gumpoldskirchen
Austria
Internet: www.novomatic.com
ISIN: AT0000A1LHT0
WKN: A186FM
Listed: Vienna Stock Exchange (Official Market)
EQS News ID: 1284525

 
End of Announcement EQS News Service

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