11/03/2022
DIGNITY FINANCE PLC ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF A MEETING IN RELATION TO ITS £238,904,000 CLASS A SECURED 3.5456% NOTES DUE 2034 (THE “NOTES”)
Dignity Finance PLC (the "Issuer") announces today the results of the meeting convened for holders (the "Noteholders") of the Notes to vote in respect of an Extraordinary Resolution to sanction certain covenant waivers, and approve the Proposals and assent to and authorise, direct, request and empower the Note Trustee, and to authorise, direct, request and instruct the Security Trustee to, enter into the relevant documentation to effect the Proposals, all as more fully set out in the Solicitation Memorandum dated 17 February 2022 (the "Solicitation Memorandum").
Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same meaning given to them in the Solicitation Memorandum.
Notice is hereby given to the Noteholders of the Notes that at a meeting of the Noteholders convened by the notice dated 17 February 2022 and held at 11:00 a.m. (London time) today by teleconference, the necessary quorum was achieved with 99.58 per cent. of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes for the time being outstanding being represented and the Extraordinary Resolution was duly passed with 95.19 per cent. of the votes being cast in favour.
Further to the countersigning of the Waiver Letter by the Note Trustee and the Security Trustee, payment of the Instruction Fee will be made by or on behalf of the Issuer, in accordance with the provisions of the Solicitation Memorandum, to the relevant Noteholders of the Notes on the Payment Date, which is expected to be 18 March 2022 (and their Notes will be unblocked in the applicable Clearing Systems on such Payment Date).
Disclaimer
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Solicitation Memorandum. This announcement and the Solicitation Memorandum contain important information which should be read carefully. If any Noteholder is in any doubt about any aspect of these proposals and/or the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own financial, legal, regulatory or other advice, including as to any tax consequences, from its stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant, independent or other adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (if in the United Kingdom) or from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser and such other professional advice from its own professional advisers as it deems necessary. This announcement is issued by Dignity Finance PLC. None of the Sole Solicitation Agent, the Security Trustee or the Bond Trustee accepts any responsibility for the contents of this announcement.
This announcement is released by Dignity Finance PLC and contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 ("MAR"), encompassing information relating to the Proposals described above. For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made by Tim George (Secretary) at Dignity Finance PLC.
The Sole Solicitation Agent
NatWest Markets Plc
250 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 4AA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7678 5222
Email: liabilitymanagement@natwestmarkets.com
Attention: Liability Management
The Tabulation Agent
Lucid Issuer Services Limited
The Shard
32 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9SG
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880
Email: dignity@lucid-is.com
Attention: Owen Morris
This notice is given by:
Dignity Finance PLC in its capacity as Issuer
11 March 2022
Legal Entity Identifier numbers:
Dignity Finance PLC – 635400S2VPOBBNC6HF27