EDF announces the success of its senior multi-tranche bond issue for a nominal amount of $2,050 million
16 Abril 2024 - 2:56AM
EDF announces the success of its senior multi-tranche bond issue
for a nominal amount of $2,050 million
EDF announces the success of its senior
multi-tranche bond issue for a nominal amount of $2,050
million
On 15 April 2024: EDF (BBB
stable S&P / Baa1 stable Moody’s / BBB+ stable Fitch)
successfully priced a senior bond issuance in 3 tranches for a
nominal amount of U.S. $2,050 million (the “USD Bonds”):
- $ 650 million bond,
with a 5-year maturity and a 5.650% fixed coupon;
- $ 650 million bond,
with a 10-year maturity and a 5.950% fixed coupon;
- $ 750 million bond,
with a 40-year maturity and a 6.000% fixed coupon;
EDF is an active issuer of debt and other types
of securities. EDF regularly assesses its financing requirements
and monitors national and international financial markets for
opportunities to conduct additional issuances of senior debt,
hybrids and/or other types of securities.
Settlement and delivery of the USD Bonds will
take place on 22 April 2024, the date on which the USD Bonds are
expected to be admitted to trading on the multilateral trading
facility of the Euro MTF, operated by the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange.
These transactions enable the Group to further
strengthen the structure of its balance sheet, as well as refinance
upcoming maturities.
The expected rating for the USD Bonds is BBB /
Baa1 / BBB+ (S&P / Moody's / Fitch).
Important Notice
This press release does not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, and
shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale, in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of that jurisdiction. The securities to which this
press release relates (the “Securities”) have not
been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United
States of America absent registration or an applicable exemption
from registration requirements. There will be no public offer of
securities in the United States.
EDF has not authorized any offer of Securities
to retail investors in any member state of the European Economic
Area (a “Member State”). No action has been
undertaken or will be undertaken to make an offer of Securities to
retail investors requiring publication of a prospectus in any
Member State. As a result, the Securities may only be offered in
Member States (i) to any legal entity that is a qualified investor
as defined in the Prospectus Regulation or (ii) in any other
circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus
Regulation. For the purpose of this paragraph, the expression an
“offer” means the communication in any form and by any means of
sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities
to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to exercise,
purchase or subscribe for the Securities, the expression
“Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129, as
amended, and the expression “retail investor” means a person who is
one (or more) of the following: (i) a retail client as defined in
point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU, as amended
(“MiFID II”); or (ii) a customer within the
meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97, as amended or superseded, where
that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined
in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified
investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation.
The Securities are not intended to be offered,
sold or otherwise made available to, and should not be offered,
sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the
United Kingdom (“UK”). No action has been
undertaken or will be undertaken to make available any Securities
to any retail investor in the United Kingdom. For the purposes of
this provision: (a) the expression “retail investor” means a person
who is one (or more) of the following: (i) a retail client as
defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as it
forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “EUWA”), or (ii) a customer within the
meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000 (as amended, the “FSMA”) and any rules or regulations made
under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that
customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in
point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it
forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA, or (iii) not a
qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU)
2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the
EUWA.
This press release is an advertisement and not a
prospectus within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation. Any
offer to acquire securities will be made, and any investor should
make its investment, solely on the basis of information that will
be contained in the offering document that has been made available
in connection with the offering. Copies of the offering document
may be obtained at no cost from EDF or through the website of EDF.
No Prospectus Regulation compliant prospectus, subject to the
approval of the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers or any other
Member State’s regulator, has been or will be published. The
information in this announcement is subject to change.
In the United Kingdom, this press release may
only be distributed to, and is only directed at, persons who are
“qualified investors” within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation
(EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the
EUWA, and who are also (i) investment professionals falling within
Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the
“Order”), (ii) persons falling within Article
49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies,
unincorporated associations, etc.), or (iii) persons to whom an
invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within
the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) in connection with the issue
or sale of any Securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or
caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred
to as “Relevant Persons”). This press release is
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relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment
or investment activity in the Securities is available only to
Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant
Persons.
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About EDF The EDF Group is a
key player in the energy transition, as an integrated energy
operator engaged in all aspects of the energy business: power
generation, distribution, trading, energy sales and energy
services. The Group is a world leader in low-carbon energy, with a
low carbon output of 434TWh, a diverse generation mix based mainly
on nuclear and renewable energy (including hydropower). It is also
investing in new technologies to support the energy transition.
EDF’s raison d’être is to build a net zero energy future with
electricity and innovative solutions and services, to help save the
planet and drive well-being and economic development. The Group
supplies energy and services to approximately 40.9 million
customers (1) and generated consolidated sales of €139.7 billion in
2023.
(1) Customers are counted per delivery site. A
customer can have two delivery points.
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