Out of the total amount of € 1 billion authorized by the Board of Directors on April 6, 2012, EXOR S.p.A. announces today the issue of € 100 million non-convertible bonds due on January 31, 2025 through a private placement to an institutional investor. Net proceeds amount to ca. € 97.84 million.
The purpose of the issue is to raise new funds for EXOR’s general corporate purposes and in order to extend the average maturity of its debt.
The Notes, listed on the Regulated Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, pay a fixed annual coupon of 5.250% and have been assigned a rating of BBB+ by Standard & Poor’s rating agency.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the notes, nor shall there be any sale of these notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful or restricted by law, including Italy.
The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration. Such securities have not been, nor will be, registered under the Securities Act.
The offering of the notes has not been cleared by the Commissione Nazionale per le Societá e la Borsa (CONSOB), pursuant to Italian securities legislation. Accordingly, the notes have not been and will not be offered, sold or delivered in Italy in an offer to the public.
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