IN BRIEF: Evoke prices notes and enters new revolving credit facility
Evoke PLC - Gibraltar-based betting and gaming operator and owner of the William Hill and 888 brands - Successfully prices an offering by subsidiary 888 Acquisitions Ltd of EUR600.0m in 8.000% senior secured notes due 2031. These notes are expected to be issued on September 24. Adds that it has entered a new multi-currency revolving credit facility worth GBP200.0 million, replacing its existing RCFs. Proceeds from the offering and drawings from the RCF are earmarked to redeem in full the EUR582 million 7.558% senior secured fixed rate notes due 2027, says Evoke, and to refinance amounts under the existing EUR200 million RCF. Consequentially, the company expects cash interest costs to fall by around GBP5 million annually, coupled with an extension to its maturity profile. Also estimates a GBP17 million increase in net debt on completion, and an improved currency mix of debt. Read More