Iute starts exchange offer for EUR bond 2019/2023

Iute starts exchange offer for EUR bond 2019/2023
 

• Exchange offer period for holders of the EUR 2019/2023 bonds from 1 March to 29 March 2023, 13:00 CET.
• Exchange offer-related new EUR 2021/2026 bonds offered at exchange price of 96.5% with an interest rate of 11.0% per annum payable semi-annually; difference to exchange price of each new bond and its nominal value (EUR 35.00 per bond exchanged) and accrued interest for period from 7 February to 6 April 2023 will be paid in cash.
• Additional cash component for investors opting for exchange consisting of attractive exchange fee of 1.0% (EUR 10.00 per bond exchanged).
• Yield to maturity for exchange offer-related bonds of 12.6%.
• Exchange ratio 1:10, as a result of different denominations of the bonds, i.e., EUR 2019/2023 bond denominated at EUR 1,000.00 each, EUR 2021/2026 at EUR 100.00 each.

Tallinn, Estonia, 1 March 2023. IuteCredit Europe (“ICE”), a leading European personal finance group, through its fully owned subsidiary IuteCredit Finance S.á r.l today launched the offer to exchange the 2019/2023 EUR bond for the 2021/2026 EUR bond. The objective is to refinance the EUR 2019/2023 bond and to tap the EUR 2021/2026 bond by up to EUR 50 million.

The EUR 2021/2026 bonds, with an interest rate of 11.0% per annum payable semi-annually, are being offered to the bondholders of the EUR Bonds 2019/2023 in the form of an exchange offer at an issue price of 96.5%. The difference to the exchange price of each new bond and its nominal value (EUR 35.00 per bond exchanged) and the accrued interest for the period from 7 February to 6 April 2023 will be paid in cash. Investors opting for the exchange will receive an additional cash component consisting of an attractive exchange fee of 1.0% (EUR 10.00 per bond exchanged). The yield to maturity for the exchange offer-related bonds amounts to 12.6%. Bonds that will not be exchanged will be redeemed at maturity. Earlier repayment is not intended.

As a result of the different denominations of the bonds, the exchange ratio equals 1:10, i.e., one EUR 2019/2023 bond entitles the holder to subscribe to ten new EUR 2021/2026 bonds. While the EUR 2019/2023 bond is denominated in EUR 1,000.00 each, the denomination of the EUR 2021/2026 bond is EUR 100.00 each. Following the investor's instruction to the custodian bank, the EUR 2019/2023 bonds are being restricted from trading. Trading in bonds for which no instruction has been received or which are not to be converted remains possible. The exchange offer commenced today, 1 March and will end on 29 March 2023, 13:00 CET.

All bondholders will receive information on the exchange offer through their depository bank. For questions regarding the exchange offer, investors may contact Manfred Steinbeisser directly at: manfred.steinbeisser@aaltocapital.de.

The public offering in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Germany, will start on 6 March, and will end on 31 March 2023. Investors can subscribe for the EUR 2021/2026 bonds via their custodian banks. Furthermore, a private placement for qualified investors will take place.

The new EUR 2021/2026 bonds are to be admitted to trading on or about 6 April 2023 on Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s regulated market (General Standard), and the Baltic regulated market of the Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange.

The securities prospectus approved by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) in Luxembourg is now available on the Company's website at: https://iutecredit.com/investor/#bonds.

Tarmo Sild, Group CEO: “With the exchange offer into our second bond, we not only propose an attractive follow-on investment to the bondholders of our existing corporate bond 2019/2023 but also offer new institutional as well as retail investors an opportunity to participate in IuteCredit's growth.”

GOTTEX Brokers SA (Switzerland), Signet Bank AS (Latvia), Bankhaus Scheich Wertpapierspezialist AG (Germany), Redgate Capital AS (Estonia), and Adamant Capital Partners (Bulgaria) accompany the offering as joint managers and regional sales agents.

Aalto Capital (Germany) acts as Sole Global Coordinator for the public offering and the private placement as well as Financial Advisor to the Group.

All information on the offering process as well as the documents required for the subscription of the bonds are available on the Company's website under the link https://iutecredit.com/investor/#bonds.

Contact:

Kristel Kurvits, Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Email: investor@iutecredit.com
Phone: +372 622 9177

About IuteCredit Group:

Iute Group is a fintech company established in 2008 in Estonia. The Group specializes in consumer finance, payment services, banking, and insurance products. It serves customers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Moldova, and North Macedonia. Iute Group finances its loan portfolios with equity, deposits, and secured bonds on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Baltic Main List.

www.iutecredit.com

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