INEOS Finance plc launches EUR 500,000,000 senior secured notes due 2025

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Rolle, Switzerland, 27-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — INEOS Holdings Limited (“INEOS”) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, INEOS Finance plc, has launched an offering (the “Offering”) of euro-denominated senior secured notes due 2025 (the “Notes”), in an aggregate principal amount of approximately €500,000,000. INEOS intends to use the proceeds from the Offering, together with approximately €250,000,000 expected to be received from INEOS Styrolution Group GmbH, an affiliated company, as a repayment of its approximately €250,000,000 loan owed to INEOS, to prepay a portion of the euro- and dollar-denominated Term Loans due 2022 and 2024 in an aggregate principal amount of approximately €750,000,000. There can be no assurance that the Offering or other transactions described above will be completed.

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Cautionary Statement
This press release is for information purposes only and does not constitute a prospectus or any offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security in the United States of America or in any other jurisdiction. The Notes will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Notes will be offered in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and will accordingly be offered only to: (i) qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (ii) certain persons outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

This communication is not being distributed by, nor has it been approved for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 as amended (“FSMA”) by, a person authorized under FSMA. This communication is directed only at: (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) persons who are “investment professionals” falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 as amended (the “Order”), (ii) high net worth companies, unincorporated associations and other bodies within the categories described in Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order, and (iv) any other persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) in connection with the issue or sale of any notes may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). Any investment activity to which this communication relates will only be available to, and will only be engaged in with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

This announcement is not a public offering in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or an offer of securities to the public in any European Economic Area member state that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC, and any amendments thereto (together with any applicable implementing measures in any member state, the “Prospectus Directive”).

Forward Looking Statements
This press release may include “forward looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts and include statements regarding INEOS’ intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, INEOS’ results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which it operates. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Readers are cautioned that forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that INEOS’ actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which it operates may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward looking statements contained in this press release. In addition, even if INEOS’ results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which INEOS operates are consistent with the forward looking statements contained in this press release, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on forward looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

SOURCE: INEOS

 

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