GKN Holdings Plc Change of Control Notice
09 Luglio 2018 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDM68AK
NOTICE TO THE NOTEHOLDERS
THIS NOTICE IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. IF YOU ARE IN
ANY DOUBT AS TO THE ACTION YOU SHOULD TAKE, YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL, TAX AND LEGAL ADVISERS.
9 July 2018
GKN HOLDINGS PLC
(a company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of England and
Wales with company number 00066549) (the "Issuer")
CHANGE OF CONTROL NOTICE
with respect to the
GBP300,000,000 3.375% Notes due 12 May 2032 under the
GBP2,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the "Notes")
Common Code: 161185779
ISIN: XS1611857795
We refer to the trust deed dated 24 April 2017 (the "Trust Deed") by and
between GKN Holdings plc (the "Issuer") as Issuer, and HSBC Corporate Trustee
Company (UK) Limited (the "Trustee"), as Trustee, constituting the Notes and
containing the terms and conditions of the Notes (the "Conditions"). The terms
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Trust
Deed.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT pursuant to Condition 6.4(B), a Change of Control
Put Event has occurred and accordingly each Noteholder is entitled to require
the Issuer to redeem the Notes of such holder.
Pursuant to the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of GKN plc, a holding
company of the Issuer, by Melrose Industries plc, a Change of Control occurred
on 29 March 2018. Subsequently, the other conditions for a Change of Control
Put Event were met by 29 June 2018, including that the Notes failed to maintain
an Investment Grade rating from Moody's Deutschland GmbH in the period to 29
June 2018. Consequently, in accordance with Condition 6.4(B), the Issuer is
required to give a Change of Control Notice to the Noteholders. This Notice is
a Change of Control Notice.
In accordance with Condition 6.4(B) read along with the Final Terms dated 10
May 2017 in relation to the Notes, the Noteholders may require the Issuer to
redeem their Notes on the Change of Control Put Date, which shall be 31 August
2018. Such redemption shall be at a price equal to GBP1,000 per Calculation
Amount (GBP1,000) together with the interest accrued thereon up to (but not
including) 31 August 2018.
In order to exercise the put option contained in this Notice, the Noteholder
must within a period of 45 days after the date of this Notice, i.e. 24 August
2018 (after which date, the put option shall expire), give notice to HSBC Bank
plc, the issuing and principal paying agent and agent bank (the "Agent") of
such exercise in accordance with the standard procedures of, and in the form
acceptable to, Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg.
Any notice given in accordance with the standard procedures of Euroclear or
Clearstream, Luxembourg given by a Noteholder as above, shall be irrevocable
except where, prior to the due date of redemption, an Event of Default has
occurred and the Trustee has declared the Notes to be due and payable pursuant
to Condition 9 of Notes. On the occurrence of such an event, the Noteholder, at
its option, may elect by notice to the Issuer to withdraw the Change of Control
Put Notice.
The contacts details of the specified office of the Agent are:
HSBC Bank plc
Corporate Trust and Loan Agency
Level 28
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
United Kingdom
Email: ctla.corporateactions@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44(0) 207 005 8176
Facsimile No:+44(0) 345 587 0429
Attn: the Manager, Corporate Actions
Important Notice
THE ISSUER DOES NOT EXPRESS ANY VIEW OR MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER
THE NOTEHOLDERS WOULD BE ACTING IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS BY EXERCISING THE PUT
OPTION IN RESPECT OF THEIR NOTES. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO THE ACTION YOU
SHOULD TAKE, YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL, TAX AND LEGAL
ADVISERS.
Governing law
This Notice and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection
with it are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English
law.
This Notice is given by:
GKN HOLDINGS PLC
11th Floor, The Colmore Building
Colmore Circus Queensway
Birmingham, B4 6AT
United Kingdom
Dated: 9 July 2018
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