TIDM43XA

RNS Number : 9014U

Naturgy Capital Markets S.A.

27 November 2019

NATURGY ENERGY GROUP, S.A. (the "Guarantor" or "Naturgy") in compliance with the provisions of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse and Article 226 of the Securities Market Act, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 4/2015, of 23 October (texto refundido de la Ley del Mercado de Valores aprobado por el Real Decreto Legislativo 4/2015, de 23 de octubre) hereby notifies the following:

REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

Further to its announcements on 19 November 2019 and 27 November 2019, Naturgy Capital Markets, S.A. (formerly, Gas Natural Capital Markets, S.A.) ("NCM") and Naturgy Finance B.V. (formerly, Gas Natural Fenosa Finance B.V.) ("NF", and together with NCM, the "Issuers" and each an "Issuer") hereby announce the final results and pricing of NCM's invitation to holders of its EUR750,000,000 5.125 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due November 2021 (ISIN: XS0458749826) (the "November 2021 Notes") and EUR1,000,000,000 1.125 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 11 April 2024 (ISIN: XS1590568132) (the "NC January 2024 Notes", and together with the November 2021 Notes, the "NCM Notes"), and NF's invitation to holders of its EUR500,000,000 3.500 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 15 April 2021 (ISIN: XS0981438582) (the "April 2021 Notes"), EUR750,000,000 3.875 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2022 (ISIN: XS0914400246) (the "April 2022 Notes"), EUR600,000,000 3.875 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2023 (ISIN: XS0875343757) (the "January 2023 Notes"), EUR200,000,000 2.625 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 8 May 2023 (ISIN: XS1062909624) (the "May 2023 Notes"), EUR500,000,000 2.875 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 11 March 2024 (ISIN: XS1041934800) (the "March 2024 Notes") and EUR500,000,000 1.375 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 21 January 2025 (ISIN: XS1170307414) (the "January 2025 Notes", and together with the April 2021 Notes, the April 2022 Notes, the January 2023 Notes, the May 2023 Notes, the March 2024 Notes, the "NF Notes", and together with the NCM Notes, the "Notes"), in each case guaranteed by Naturgy Energy Group, S.A. (formerly, Gas Natural SDG, S.A.) (the "Guarantor") to offer to sell Notes to NCM or NF, as applicable, for cash at the relevant Purchase Price (the "Solicitation of Offers to Sell").

The Solicitation of Offers to Sell was made upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in a tender offer memorandum dated 19 November 2019 (the "Memorandum") prepared in connection with the Solicitation of Offers to Sell. Capitalised terms used in this announcement and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Memorandum.

Summary of Results and Pricing

Following the expiration of the Solicitation of Offers to Sell at 4:00 p.m. (London time) on 26 November 2019 (the "Expiration Date"), the Issuers hereby announce that:

(i) NCM has accepted for purchase EUR293,850,000 in aggregate principal amount of the NCM Notes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Solicitation of Offers to Sell;

(ii) NCM has accepted in full with no pro-ration all Offers to Sell in respect of the NCM Notes which were validly submitted by the Expiration Date;

(iii) NF has accepted for purchase EUR359,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of the NF Notes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Solicitation of Offers to Sell; and

(iv) NF has accepted in full with no pro-ration all Offers to Sell in respect of the NF Notes which were validly submitted by the Expiration Date.

The Purchase Price for each Series of Notes accepted for purchase was determined at or around 1:00 p.m. (London time) today in accordance with the terms set out in the Memorandum (i) in respect of the April 2021 Notes, November 2021 Notes, April 2022 Notes, January 2023 Notes and the May 2023 Notes, by the Joint Dealer Managers by reference to the relevant Purchase Yield and (ii) in respect of the NC January 2024 Notes, March 2024 Notes and January 2025 Notes by reference to the sum of the Reference Benchmark Yield and the Purchase Spread, as follows:

 
  Description    Issuer    Maturity      Aggregate       Reference     Reference     Purchase    Purchase    Purchase       Purchase 
    of Notes                  Date        principal       Benchmark     Benchmark     Spread       Yield       Price       Price (per 
     / ISIN                                amount                         Yield                             (expressed       Minimum 
                                          accepted                                                             as a       Denomination) 
                                                                                                            percentage) 
     April 
      2021 
     Notes                                                                                        -0.35 
       /                   15 April                         Not           Not          Not         per 
  XS0981438582     NF         2021     EUR23,300,000     Applicable    Applicable   Applicable    cent.       105.336     EUR105,335.81 
                --------  ----------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ------------  -------------- 
   November 
      2021 
     Notes                     2                                                                  -0.30 
       /                    November                        Not           Not          Not         per 
  XS0458749826     NCM        2021     EUR36,150,000     Applicable    Applicable   Applicable    cent.       110.511     EUR55,255.64 
                --------  ----------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ------------  -------------- 
     April 
      2022 
     Notes                                                                                        -0.25 
       /                   11 April                         Not           Not          Not         per 
  XS0914400246     NF         2022     EUR37,300,000     Applicable    Applicable   Applicable    cent.       109.814     EUR109,813.94 
                --------  ----------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ------------  -------------- 
    January 
      2023 
     Notes                    17                                                                  -0.15 
       /                    January                         Not           Not          Not         per 
  XS0875343757     NF         2023     EUR65,600,000     Applicable    Applicable   Applicable    cent.       112.666     EUR112,665.99 
                --------  ----------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ------------  -------------- 
   May 2023 
     Notes                                                                                        -0.10 
       /                     8 May                          Not           Not          Not         per 
  XS1062909624     NF         2023     EUR45,700,000     Applicable    Applicable   Applicable    cent.       109.402     EUR109,402.35 
                --------  ----------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ------------  -------------- 
                           11 April 
                              2024 
                             (with 
                            a first 
                            optional 
  NC January                  call                        January 
      2024                    date                          2024 
     Notes                   on 11                      Interpolated                              -0.130 
       /                    January                       Mid-Swap       -0.280                    per 
  XS1590568132     NCM       2024)     EUR257,700,000       Rate        per cent.     15bps       cent.       105.188     EUR105,188.16 
                --------  ----------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ------------  -------------- 
     March                                                 March 
      2024                                                  2024 
     Notes                                              Interpolated                              -0.122 
       /                   11 March                       Mid-Swap       -0.272                    per 
  XS1041934800     NF         2024     EUR88,200,000        Rate        per cent.     15bps       cent.       112.881     EUR112,881.46 
                --------  ----------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ------------  -------------- 
    January                                               January 
      2025                                                  2025 
     Notes                    21                        Interpolated                              -0.084 
       /                    January                       Mid-Swap       -0.234                    per 
  XS1170307414     NF         2025     EUR99,400,000        Rate        per cent.     15bps       cent.       107.530     EUR107,530.36 
                --------  ----------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ------------  -------------- 
 

Settlement

On the Settlement Date, the relevant Issuer will pay, or procure the payment of, the relevant Purchase Price plus Accrued Interest to all Noteholders whose Offers to Sell have been validly accepted by that Issuer pursuant to the Terms and Conditions, subject to receipt of the relevant Notes. The Settlement Date is expected to be 28 November 2019.

Notes in respect of which an Issuer has not accepted an Offer to Sell will remain outstanding subject to the terms and conditions of such Notes.

Further Information

A complete description of the terms and conditions of the Solicitation of Offers to Sell is set out in the Memorandum. CaixaBank, S.A., Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank are the Joint Dealer Managers for the Solicitation of Offers to Sell.

Requests for information in relation to the Solicitation of Offers to Sell should be directed to:

JOINT DEALER MANAGERS

 
            CaixaBank, S.A.                   Citigroup Global Markets Limited 
        Calle Pintor Sorolla 2-4                       Citigroup Centre 
             46002 Valencia                             Canada Square 
                 Spain                                   Canary Wharf 
                                                        London E14 5LB 
    Telephone: +34 91 700 56 08 / 09                    United Kingdom 
                  / 10                           Telephone: +44 20 7986 8969 
     Email: mlafont@caixabank.com;        Email: liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com 
        araguilar@caixabank.com;               Attn: Liability Management Group 
     natalia.garcia@caixabank.com; 
     lst.originacion.rf@lacaixa.es 
  Attn: Miguel Lafont, Alvaro Aguilar, 
             Natalia Garcia 
                      Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank 
                                  12 place des États-Unis 
                                            CS 70052 
                                     92 547 Montrouge Cedex 
                                             France 
                                  Telephone: +44 20 7214 5903 
                             Email: liability.management@ca-cib.com 
                                   Attn: Liability Management 
 

A copy of the Memorandum is available to eligible persons upon request from the Tender Agent:

THE TENDER AGENT

Lucid Issuer Services Limited

Tankerton Works

12 Argyle Walk

London WC1H 8HA

United Kingdom

Attn.: David Shilson

Tel.: +44 207 704 0880

Email: naturgy@lucid-is.com

Further details relating to the contents of this announcement can be obtained from:

Naturgy Capital Markets, S.A.

Avenida de San Luis, 77,

28033 Madrid

Spain

Attention: Enrique Berenguer Marsal (Sole Administrator)

Email: eberenguer@naturgy.com

Naturgy Finance B.V.

Barbara Strozzilaan 201

1083 HN Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Attention: Enrique Berenguer Marsal (Managing Director)

Email: eberenguer@naturgy.com

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