Atrium European Real Estate Limited
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ATRIUM RAISES ?350 MILLION IN MORE THAN THREE TIMES OVERSUBSCRIBED GREEN HYBRID BOND ISSUANCE TO SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL FOR RENT INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
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ATRIUM EUROPEAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
ATRIUM RAISES EUR350 MILLION IN MORE THAN THREE TIMES OVERSUBSCRIBED GREEN
HYBRID BOND ISSUANCE TO SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL FOR RENT INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
Jersey, 27 April 2021. Atrium European Real Estate Limited ("Atrium" or the
"Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a leading owner,
operator and redeveloper of shopping centres and retail real estate in Central
Europe, announces that it has priced a EUR350 million inaugural green hybrid
bond under its EMTN Programme (the "Notes").
The Notes attracted strong demand with an orderbook of EUR1.2 billion and were
placed with a broad range of European and international institutional debt
investors, including those investors with a specific focus on ESG/sustainable
investment portfolios. The Notes carry a coupon of 3.625% until the first reset
date and the issue price of the Notes is 98.197%. The Notes will be callable for
the first time on 4 August 2026. The issue date is expected to be on or around 4
May 2021.
An amount equal to the net proceeds of the offering will be allocated to finance
or refinance Eligible Projects and/or Assets including residential for rent as
defined in Atrium's Green Financing Framework. Sustainalytics has provided a
Second Party Opinion on Atrium's Green Financing Framework confirming its
alignment with the ICMA Green Bond Principles and LMA Green Loan Principles.
Following the issuance, the Company's reported Net LTV will be 27%, with the
long-term target remaining unchanged at 40%.
Atrium will apply for the Notes to be listed on the official list of the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange and admitted to trading on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange's regulated market.
Liad Barzilai, Chief Executive Officer of Atrium Group, commented:
"Atrium's successful first Hybrid green bond issuance, which was more than three
times oversubscribed, is a thorough endorsement of our ongoing strategy to
diversify into residential for rent in our key geographies of Poland and the
Czech Republic, as well as to the appeal of our ongoing Green Financing
Framework to investors. The strong demand and attractive pricing enabled us to
increase the aggregated amount to EUR350 million and the issuance will allow us
to accelerate both our move into residential and our ESG strategy, whilst
further strengthening the Company's Investment Grade credentials following
Moody's rerating of Atrium to Baa3 stable last week."
The Notes are expected to be rated Ba2 by Moody's and BB+ by Fitch and each of
Moody's and Fitch have assigned 50% equity credit to the Notes.
Goldman Sachs International and HSBC acted as global coordinators and Citigroup,
Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC, ING and Raiffeisen Bank
International acted as joint bookrunners on the transaction.
For further information:
FTI Consulting Inc.:
+44 (0)20 3727 1000
Richard Sunderland, Claire Turvey
atrium@fticonsulting.com
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Further inquiry note:
For further information:
FTI Consulting Inc.:
+44 (0)20 3727 1000
Richard Sunderland
Claire Turvey
Richard.sunderland@fticonsulting.com
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------issuer: Atrium European Real Estate Limited
Seaton Place 11-15
UK-JE4 0QH St Helier Jersey / Channel Islands
phone: +44 (0)20 7831 3113
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mail: richard.sunderland@fticonsulting.com
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