Tender Offer - Final Results
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) NO. 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UNITED KINGDOM DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018.
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Legal & General Group Plc
(incorporated with limited liability in England, registered number 01417162)
announces the final results of the tender offer for its £600,000,000 Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Notes due 2064 (ISIN: XS1079028566)
8 September 2025
On 27 August 2025, Legal & General Group Plc (the "Offeror") announced an invitation to holders of its outstanding £600,000,000 Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Notes due 2064 (ISIN: XS1079028566) (the "Notes") to tender their outstanding Notes for purchase by the Offeror for cash up to the Maximum Acceptance Amount, on the terms and subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition and the other conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 27 August 2025 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum") prepared by the Offeror (such invitation, the "Offer").
On 29 August 2025, the Offeror announced that the Maximum Acceptance Amount for the Offer had been set at £600,000,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the Notes.
The Offer expired at 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 5 September 2025 (the "Expiration Deadline") and the Offeror now announces the final results of the Offer.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
Final Results
As at the Expiration Deadline, a total of £587,295,000 in aggregate nominal amount of Notes were validly tendered for purchase pursuant to the Offer.
The Offeror announces that it has decided to set the Final Acceptance Amount at £587,295,000 and, accordingly, that it will accept for purchase all Notes validly tendered for purchase pursuant to the Offer without any scaling.
A summary of the results of the Offer is set out in the table below.
|
Notes |
Final Acceptance Amount |
Aggregate nominal amount of the Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer |
Scaling Factor |
Purchase Price |
|
£600,000,000 Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Notes due 2064 (ISIN: XS1079028566) |
£587,295,000 |
£587,295,000 |
Not Applicable |
100.00 per cent.
|
The Offeror will also pay an Accrued Interest Payment in respect of Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer, as further described in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
The Settlement Date in respect of the Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer is expected to be 9 September 2025. The Offeror intends to cancel all Notes purchased by it pursuant to the Offer. Following settlement of the Offer, £12,705,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the Notes will remain outstanding.
Banco Santander, S.A. (Attention: Liability Management; Email: LiabilityManagement@gruposantander.com), BNP PARIBAS (Telephone: +33 1 55 77 78 94; Attention: Liability Management Group; Email: liability.management@bnpparibas.com), Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (Telephone: ++44 20 7545 8011; Attention: Liability Management Group), HSBC Bank plc (Telephone: +44 20 7992 6237; Attention: Liability Management, DCM; Email: lm_emea@hsbc.com), Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (Telephone: +44 20 7677 5040; Attention: Liability Management Team, Global Capital Markets; Email: liabilitymanagementeurope@morganstanley.com) and NatWest Markets Plc (Telephone: +44 20 7678 5222; Attention: Liability Management; Email: NWMLiabilityManagement@natwestmarkets.com) are acting as Dealer Managers for the Offer.
Kroll Issuer Services Limited (Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880; Attention: Owen Morris; Email: landg@is.kroll.com; Offer Website: https://deals.is.kroll.com/landg) is acting as Tender Agent for the Offer.
This announcement is released by the Offeror and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of the UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR"), encompassing information relating to the final results of the Offer described above. For the purposes of UK MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1055 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, this announcement is made by Geoffrey Timms, Group General Counsel at the Offeror.
LEI Number: 213800JH9QQWHLO99821
DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire any securities is being made pursuant to this announcement. The distribution of this announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Tender Offer Memorandum come(s) are required by each of the Offeror, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. Neither this announcement nor the Tender Offer Memorandum constitutes an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell Notes or an invitation to participate in the Offer.
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