31 May 2024
This announcement shall not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy,
nor shall there be any sale of the securities referred to herein in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.
Globalworth Real Estate
Investments Limited
("Globalworth" or the
"Company")
Closing
of Fully-Owned Logistics Portfolio Sale and Mandatory Redemption of
Bonds
Further to its
announcement on 11 March 2024, Globalworth (AIM: GWI), the leading
office investor in Central and Eastern Europe, is pleased to
announce that the sale of part of its logistics portfolio has
successfully closed. The portfolio comprised of five logistics /
light-industrial parks with ten facilities in Timisoara, Arad,
Oradea and Pitesti as well as a majority stake in two small
business units in Bucharest (the "Fully-Owned Logistics Portfolio")
and was sold to CTP INVEST SPOL S.R.O. Net proceeds to Globalworth
from the sale of the Fully-Owned Logistics Portfolio amounted to
€72.4 million excluding working capital, minority
interest and following the deduction of €95.8 million secured bank
loans associated with the Fully-Owned Logistics
Portfolio.
The disposal of the Fully-Owned
Logistics Portfolio, which was considered a non-core asset of the
Company's overall asset portfolio, is in line with the Company's
focus on deleveraging and enhancing liquidity.
In accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Company's bonds, the Company intends to use part
of the net proceeds received from the sale towards redeeming at par
(i) €45,000,000 of its €307,109,200 in principal amount outstanding
6.25% Senior Notes due 2029 and (ii) €20,000,000 of its
€333,350,400 in principal amount outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes due
2030 (collectively, the "Notes" and, such redemption, the
"Mandatory Redemption"). The Company expects the Mandatory
Redemption to occur on or about 18 June 2024 and intends to issue a
notice to holders of the Notes, in each case in accordance with the
trust deed constituting the Notes.
For further information,
visit www.globalworth.com or
contact:
Enquiries
Rashid Mukhtar
Group CFO
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Tel: +40 732 800 000
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Panmure Gordon (Nominated
Adviser and Joint Broker)
Dominic Morley
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Tel: +44 20 7886 2500
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About Globalworth / Note to Editors:
Globalworth is a listed real estate
company active in Central and Eastern Europe, quoted on the
AIM-segment of the London Stock Exchange. It has become the
pre-eminent office investor in the CEE real estate market through
its market-leading positions both in Poland and Romania.
Globalworth acquires, develops and directly manages high-quality
office and industrial real estate assets in prime locations,
generating rental income from high quality tenants from around the
globe. Managed by over 269 professionals across Cyprus, Guernsey,
Poland and Romania the combined value of its portfolio is €3.0
billion, as at 31 December 2023. Approximately 96.8% of the
portfolio is in income-producing assets, predominately in the
office sector, and leased to a diversified array of over 715
national and multinational corporates. In Poland Globalworth is
present in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lodz, Krakow, Gdansk and Katowice,
while in Romania it has assets in Bucharest and seven other
cities.
For more information, please
visit www.globalworth.com
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