CapMan issues €30 million in debt securities to replace its current hybrid bond
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CapMan Stock Exchange Release 10.10.2013 at 2.15 p.m. EEST
CapMan issues €30 million in debt securities to replace its current hybrid bond
CapMan issues a €15 million senior bond and a €15 million hybrid bond. The
proceeds will be used to replace CapMan's existing €29 million hybrid bond,
which was issued in December 2008. CapMan has the option to call the existing
bond on 18 December 2013.
The senior bond and the hybrid bond were oversubscribed. The issue was directed
at domestic institutional investors.
The senior bond will have an annual coupon rate of 5.5% and a maturity of four
years. The annual coupon rate of the new hybrid loan is 8.0%. The interest of
the bonds will be paid annually. The hybrid bond has no maturity, but CapMan has
the right to call it four years from the issue date. The company has an option
to call the bond in two years the earliest from the issue date in accordance
with certain terms and conditions. The estimated issue date of the bonds is 11
December 2013.
"The arrangement lowers CapMan's financing expenses significantly, increases the
maturity of the company's portfolio of loans and maintains CapMan's good
liquidity position", says Niko Haavisto, CapMan's CFO.
The hybrid bond is an instrument that is subordinated to the company's other
debt obligations, but senior to other equity instruments. The hybrid bond has no
maturity and is treated as equity in the Group's financial statements under
IFRS. The holders of the hybrid bond do not have shareholder rights and the bond
issue will not dilute holdings of the company's shareholders.
Summa Corporate Finance acts as financial advisor of CapMan and Lead Manager of
the bond issues and FIM Bank Ltd as the issuer agent. Attorneys at Law Borenius
Ltd provide legal counselling for CapMan.
For more information, please contact:
Niko Haavisto, CFO, CapMan Plc, tel. +358Â 207Â 207 583 or +358 50Â 465 4125
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CapMan Group is one of the leading private equity firms in the Nordic countries
and Russia, with assets under management of €3.3 billion. CapMan has five key
investment partnerships - CapMan Buyout, CapMan Russia, CapMan Credit, CapMan
Public Market, and CapMan Real Estate - each of which has its own dedicated
investment team and funds. Altogether, CapMan employs 105 people in Helsinki,
Stockholm, Oslo, Moscow and Luxembourg. CapMan was established in 1989 and has
been listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange since 2001.
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