TEF-Pricing of Hybrid Securities

RNS Number : 0733B
Telefonica SA
27 January 2020
 

 

TELEFÓNICA, S.A., in compliance with the Securities Market legislation, hereby communicates the following

RELEVANT INFORMATION

Further to the communication made today, 27 January 2020, it is hereby announced that TELEFÓNICA EUROPE B.V. (the "Issuer"), the Dutch subsidiary of Telefónica, S.A., has today priced and closed the terms and conditions of an issuance of Undated Deeply Subordinated Guaranteed Fixed Rate Reset Securities, with the subordinated guarantee of Telefónica, S.A., for an aggregate nominal amount of 500 million euros (EUR 500 Undated 7.25 Year Non-Call Deeply Subordinated Guaranteed Fixed Rate Reset Securities) (the "Securities").

The main terms and conditions of the Securities are as follows:

The issue price of the Securities is fixed at 100% of their face value. The Securities will pay an interest at a rate of 2.502% per annum from (and including) the issue date up to (but excluding) 5 May 2027.

From (and including) 5 May 2027, the Securities will bear a fixed rate of interest equal to the applicable 7 year Swap Rate plus a margin of:

·    2.663% per year as from 5 May 2027 up to (but excluding) 5 February 2030;

·    2.913% per year as from 5 February 2030 up to (but excluding) 5 May 2047; and

·    3.663% per year as from (and including) 5 May 2047.

The Securities will have a face value per unit of 100,000 euros and will be perpetual, although they will be subject to a call option exercisable by the Issuer on certain dates and at any time upon the occurrence of certain circumstances as set out in the terms and conditions of the Securities. The Issuer may defer payment of the interest accrued on the Securities at its sole discretion (the "Deferred Interest") without triggering an event of default. The Deferred Interest will in turn accrue interest and will be payable at the option of the Issuer at any time or on an obligatory basis in certain circumstances as set out in the terms and conditions of the Securities. 

The Securities will be governed by English Law, and it is envisaged that they will be listed and admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Irish Stock Exchange plc, trading as Euronext Dublin.

The issue is addressed exclusively at professional clients and eligible counterparties.

The Securities will be subscribed for and paid up on the closing date, which is envisaged to take place on or about 5 February 2020, subject to entering into a subscription agreement with the Joint Bookrunners and the rest of the agreements relating to the issue, and subject to compliance with the conditions set out in the subscription agreement.

The net proceeds of the issue of the Securities will be allocated towards eligible green investments, mainly energy efficiency in the network transformation from copper to fiber optic in Spain and also self-generation of renewable energy.

Madrid, 27, January 2020.

 

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities referred to herein and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation nor sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful - including but not limited to the United States, its territories and possessions (the "United States"), Australia, Canada or Japan.

The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with applicable state securities laws.

 

 

 

 

 


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