Vantaa, Finland, 2016-11-23 18:30 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Cramo Plc Stock Exchange Release 23 November 2016 at 19.30 Finnish time (EET)
Cramo issues EUR 150 million bond
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Cramo Plc issues a senior unsecured bond of EUR 150 million. The bond matures on 28 February 2022, it carries a fixed annual interest at the rate of 2.375 percent and has an issue price of 99.948 percent.
Application will be made for listing of the bond on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. The proceeds from the bond offering will be used to refinance some of Cramo’s existing indebtedness, including the partial redemption of the bond maturing in 2018, and for general corporate purposes.
Nordea Bank Finland Plc and OP Corporate Bank plc act as Joint Lead Managers for the issue of the bond.
Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd acts as sole legal counsel in relation to the issue of the bond.
CRAMO PLC
Leif Gustafsson
President and CEO
Further information:
Mr Leif Gustafsson, President and CEO, tel: +358 10 661 10
Mr Aku Rumpunen, Interim CFO, tel: +358 10 661 10, +358 40 556 3546
Mr Mattias Rådström, SVP, Communication, Marketing and Investor Relations, tel: +46 70 868 7045
Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
Principal media
www.cramo.com
Cramo is Europe’s second largest rental services company specialising in construction machinery and equipment rental and rental-related services as well as the rental of modular space. Cramo operates in fifteen countries and in about 330 depots. With a group staff around 2,500, Cramo's consolidated sales in 2015 was EUR 668 million. Cramo shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
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Disclaimer
The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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