Citycon Group successfully places EUR 350 million Eurobond


CITYCON OYJ   Stock Exchange Release   30 August 2016 at 17:00 hrs
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Citycon Group has successfully placed a EUR 350 million Eurobond (the "Bond").
The issuer of the Bond is Citycon Treasury B.V. and the guarantor is Citycon
Oyj. The 10-year guaranteed euro-denominated Bond matures on 8 September 2026
and carries fixed annual interest at the rate of 1.25 per cent, payable annually
on 8 September.
Citycon Treasury B.V. has applied for the Bond to be admitted to the Official
List of the Irish Stock Exchange and to trade on its regulated market. The Bond
has been rated BBB by Standard & Poor's and Baa1 by Moody's, in line with
Citycon's corporate credit rating.
The net proceeds from the offering will mainly be used to partially repay and/or
refinance Citycon Group’s existing indebtedness and, to a lesser extent, for
general corporate purposes, including the development of existing properties, to
acquire new properties or to increase its shareholdings in its existing joint
ventures.
CFO and Executive Vice President Eero Sihvonen: “We are pleased with the success
of this placement that was more than 6 times oversubscribed. The order book
reached EUR 2,200 million in total and the bond was allocated to a broad base of
European investors.”
Barclays, Danske Bank, Deutsche Bank and Nordea acted as joint lead managers.
Helsinki, 30 August 2016
CITYCON OYJ
For further information, please contact:
Marcel Kokkeel, CEO
Tel. +358 20 766 4521 or +358 40 154 6760
marcel.kokkeel@citycon.com
Eero Sihvonen, Executive Vice President and CFO
Tel. +358 20 766 4459 or +358 50 557 9137
eero.sihvonen@citycon.com
Citycon Oyj (Nasdaq Helsinki: CTY1S) is a leading owner, developer and manager
of urban grocery-anchored shopping centres in the Nordic and Baltic regions,
managing assets that total EUR 4.7 billion and with market capitalisation of
close to EUR 2 billion. For more information about Citycon, please visit
www.citycon.com

Important regulatory notice
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or invitation
to sell or issue, or any solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, any
securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction nor shall it (or any
part of this announcement) or the fact of its distribution form the basis of, or
be relied upon in connection with, or act as any inducement to enter into, any
contract or commitment.  Recipients of this announcement who intend to purchase
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This communication is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States,
Australia, Canada, Japan or any other jurisdiction where to do so would be
unlawful.  Neither Citycon Oyj nor Citycon Treasury B.V. has registered, or
intends to register, securities in any of these jurisdictions or to conduct an
offer of securities for sale in any of these jurisdictions.  In particular, no
securities of Citycon Oyj or Citycon Treasury B.V. have been or will be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and such securities may not be offered, sold or delivered within the
United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined
in Regulation S under the Securities Act) except pursuant to an exemption from,
or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws.
This announcement is directed only at (i) persons who are outside the United
Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals falling within the definition of
"investment professionals" in Article 19 of the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”) or (iii)
high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be
communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such
persons in (i), (ii) and (iii) above together being referred to as "relevant
persons").