RHÃN-KLINIKUM AG / Key word(s): Bond 27.03.2014 07:43 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (THE "UNITED STATES") OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT. March 27, 2014 Invitation for the purchase of Notes, termination of the rating contract with Moody's as of 30 April 2014 The Company resolved to invite the holders of any and all of its outstanding EUR 400,000,000 3.875 per cent. Notes due 2016 (ISIN: XS0491047154) (the "Notes") to tender for the purchase for cash any and all of the Notes. The Company is under no obligation to accept any Notes tendered in the Invitation. If Notes validly tendered for purchase pursuant to the Invitation by a Noteholder are accepted for purchase by the Company, the Company will pay, or procure to be paid, on the Settlement Date to the Noteholder the Purchase Price (106.10 per cent. of the specified denomination (equal to EUR 1,061 per Note)) due to that Noteholder. The Company will also pay accrued interest. The invitation begins today, 27 March 2014, and is expected to expire at 5.00 p.m. CEST on 16 April 2014. The settlement of the Notes is expected to be on 24 April 2014. The Company will terminate its long-term cooperation with the rating agency Moody's Investors Service in the upcoming month. The Company (current rating: Baa3 (Outlook: negative)) has terminated its rating contract with effect of 30 April 2014 and currently does not intend to mandate any other public ratings. This decision is based on a cost-benefit analysis following the transaction with Fresenius-Helios. With its changed financial profile, its stable business model and its outstanding reputation among banks and capital markets, the Company is well prepared to obtain future financing without a public rating at attractive conditions . The invitation referenced herein is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States by use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, e-mail, facsimile transmission, telephone and the internet) of interstate or foreign commerce, or of any facility of a national securities exchange of the United States and the Invitation cannot be accepted by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within the United States. This notice does not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. Contact: RHÃN-KLINIKUM AG Dr. Kai G. Klinger Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Finance Schlossplatz 1 97616 Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale Telefon: +49 (0) 9771 65-1318 Telefax: +49 (0) 9771 99-1736 E-Mail: kai.klinger@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com Achim Struchholz Head of Corporate Communications Schlossplatz 1 97616 Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale Telefon: +49 (0) 9771 65-1327 Telefax: +49 (0) 9771 65-1820 E-Mail: kommunikation@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com 27.03.2014 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: RHÃN-KLINIKUM AG Schlossplatz 1 97616 Bad Neustadt a.d.Saale Germany Phone: +49 (0)9771 - 65-0 Fax: +49 (0)9771 - 97 467 E-mail: rka@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com Internet: www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com ISIN: DE0007042301 WKN: 704230 Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: RHÃN-KLINIKUM AG: Invitation for the purchase of Notes, termination of the rating contract with Moody's as of 30 April 2014
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