Getlink SE: Successful Pricing of a New €600 Million Senior Secured Green Notes Due 2030 (The "New Notes") to Redeem Existing Senior Secured Green Notes Due October 2025
PARIS, March 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
Getlink SE ("Getlink") (Paris:GET) today announces that it has successfully priced a new €600 million senior secured green notes issue due 2030 (the "New Notes") with an annual coupon of 4.125%. The New Notes will be issued at par and is expected to close on 4 April 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. Getlink intends to use the proceeds from the New Notes, together with cash on balance sheet, to redeem its existing €850 million senior secured green notes due October 2025 (the "Existing Notes").
In line with Getlink's environmental commitments, it is expected that the New Notes will qualify as "Green Instruments" which will finance or refinance green assets or projects in accordance with the eligibility criteria detailed in Getlink SE's "Green Finance Framework", dated April 20221.
Application will be made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") for the New Notes to be listed on the Official List of the Exchange and admitted to trading on the Exchange’s Euro MTF Market.
Géraldine Périchon, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Getlink, commented: "The success of this note issue amongst investors testifies the confidence of the financial markets in the Group's credit profile and commitment to sustainable development. While we continue to reduce the amount of our gross debt, the extension of its maturity, combined with the cash available, gives the Group the financial resources to continue deploying its successful strategy based on a balanced portfolio of activities and a permanent improvement of quality of service."
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The New Notes are not intended to be, and shall not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA. For this purpose, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (i) a retail client as defined in (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or (ii) a client within the meaning of Directive 2016/97/EU (as amended, the "Insurance Distribution Directive"), if such client does not constitute a professional client as defined in (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Accordingly, none of the key information documents required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") to offer, sell, or otherwise make available, New Notes to retail investors in the EEA, have been prepared, with the result that the offer, sale, or otherwise make available, New Notes to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.
The New Notes are not intended to be, and shall not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the UK. For this purpose, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (i) a retail client as defined in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as made part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA") and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive 2016/97/EU, if that client does not constitute a professional client as defined in Article 2(1)(8), of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA. Accordingly, none of the key information documents required by Regulation (EU) No. 1286/2014 as part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK PRIIPs Regulation") to offer, sell, or otherwise make available, the New Notes to retail investors in the UK, has been established, with the result that the offer, sale or otherwise making available of the New Notes to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.
MiFID II/UK MiFIR professionals/ECPs only - Manufacturer target market (MiFID II/UK MiFIR product governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all distribution channels). No PRIIPs key information document has been prepared as the New Notes will not be available to retail investors in the EEA or UK.
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About Getlink
Getlink SE (Euronext Paris: GET), through its subsidiary Eurotunnel, is the concession holder until 2086 for the Channel Tunnel infrastructure and operates Truck Shuttles and Passenger Shuttles (cars and coaches) between Folkestone (UK) and Calais (France). Since 31 December 2020 Eurotunnel has been developing the smart border to ensure that the Tunnel remains the fastest, most reliable, easiest and most environmentally friendly way to cross the Channel. Since it opened in 1994, more than 518 million people and 106 million vehicles have travelled through the Channel Tunnel. This unique land link, which carries a quarter of trade between the Continent and the United Kingdom, has become a vital link, reinforced by the ElecLink electricity interconnector installed in the Tunnel, which helps to balance energy needs between France and the United Kingdom. Getlink completes its sustainable mobility services with its rail freight subsidiary Europorte. Committed to "low-carbon" services that control their impact on the environment, Getlink has made the place of people, nature and territories a central concern.
1 Getlink's Green Finance Framework complies with the principles of the June 2021 International Capital Market Association's Green Bonds, the February 2021 Loan Market Association's Green Loans and the EU Taxonomy, as confirmed by the independent third party DNV in its external Framework review.
