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Harbour Energy plc
(“Harbour”)
Pricing of Senior Notes Offering
26 September 2024
Harbour is pleased to announce that Wintershall Dea Finance B.V. (the “Issuer”), a subsidiary of Harbour, priced an offering on 25 September 2024 (the “Offering”) of €700 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.830% senior notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and €900 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.357% senior notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”). Harbour intends to use the proceeds from this Offering to repay and cancel the $1.5 billion bridge facility utilised for the Wintershall Dea acquisition which completed on 3 September 2024, and for general corporate purposes.
The Offering is expected to close on or about 3 October 2024, subject to customary conditions precedent for similar transactions.
Enquiries
Harbour Energy plc
+44 (0) 203 833 2421
Aleksander Azarnov, SVP Corporate Finance, Marketing and Trading
Mo Farrag, VP Corporate Finance
Elizabeth Brooks, SVP Investor Relations
Cautionary Statement
The Offering is being made by means of an offering memorandum. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the 2029 Notes or the 2032 Notes (collectively, the “Notes”) or any other security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in the United States or in any jurisdiction in which, or to any persons to whom, such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any jurisdiction.
The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may only be offered or sold outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act, or pursuant to another applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state or local securities laws.
Promotion of the Notes in the United Kingdom is restricted by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”), and accordingly, the Notes are not being promoted to the general public in the United Kingdom. This announcement is only addressed to and directed at persons who (i) are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) have professional experience in matters relating to investments (being investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Financial Promotion Order”)), (iii) fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.”) of the Financial Promotion Order, or (iv) to the extent that doing so does not prejudice the lawful distribution of the announcement to the foregoing, are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). The Notes will only be available to relevant persons and this announcement must not be acted on or relied on by anyone who is not a relevant person. No key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “EUWA”) (the “UK PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and, therefore, offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation. Any offer of the Notes in the UK will be made pursuant to an exemption under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA from a requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of securities.
This announcement does not constitute and shall not, in any circumstances, constitute a public offering nor an invitation to the public in connection with any offer within the meaning of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended), and any relevant implementing measure in the relevant Member State of the European Economic Area (the “Prospectus Regulation”). The offer and sale of the Notes will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in Member States of the European Economic Area, from the requirement to produce a prospectus for offers of securities.
Manufacturer target market (MIFID II product governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all distribution channels). No PRIIPs key information document (“KID”) has been prepared as not available to retail investors in EEA.
Manufacturer target market (U.K. MiFIR product governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all distribution channels). No U.K. PRIIPs key information document (“KID”) has been prepared as not available to retail in the U.K.
No Notes are intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any member of the public in the Cayman Islands. No Notes are intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to the public or to any person in the British Virgin Islands.
This press release may include “forward looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts and include statements regarding Harbour or its affiliates’ intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, the Offering.
By their nature, forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Readers are cautioned that forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that Harbour and its affiliates’ actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which they operate may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward looking statements contained in this press release. In addition, even if Harbour or its affiliates’ results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which the Harbour operates are consistent with the forward looking statements contained in this press release, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on forward looking statements as a prediction of actual results.