10th Aug 2016 17:25
Starwood European Real Estate Finance Ltd (SWEF)SWEF: Result of Placing 10-Aug-2016 / 17:25 GMT/BSTDissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLYOR INDIRECTLY, TO U.S. PERSONS OR IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES,AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND OR ANY JURISDICTIONWHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS ORREGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitationof an offer to subscribe for or to buy, shares in any jurisdiction. This announcement is neither an advertisement, a prospectus nor a financialpromotion. Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited: Result of Placing Further to the Company's announcement released today at 7.00 a.m., it isnow confirmed that the Placing has closed and that the Company has issued,subject only to Admission, 70,839,398 New Ordinary Shares pursuant to thePlacing Programme at an Issue Price of 103.05 pence per Ordinary Share, toraise £73 million before expenses. Investors subscribing for New Ordinary Shares in the Placing will beinformed of their allocations, which were subject to scaling back. It is expected that Admission will occur at 8.00 a.m. on 12 August 2016.Further information relating to the Placing can be found in the Company'sannouncement released today at 7.00 a.m. Following the completion of the Placing there will be 375,019,398 OrdinaryShares in issue. Each Ordinary Share carries the right to one vote and,therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company on Admissionwill be 375,019,398. This figure may be used by Shareholders and otherinvestors as the denominator for the calculations by which they willdetermine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change totheir interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance andTransparency Rules. For further information, please contact: Peter Denton - Starwood Capital - 020 7016 3664 Robert Peel - Fidante Capital - 020 7832 0900 The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcementon behalf of the Company is Nick Robilliard of Ipes (Guernsey) Limited,company secretary. Terms not defined in this Announcement shall have the same meaning set outin the Prospectus. Notes: Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited is an investment companylisted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange with an investmentobjective to provide Shareholders with regular dividends and an attractivetotal return while limiting downside risk, through the origination,execution, acquisition and servicing of a diversified portfolio of realestate debt investments in the UK and the wider European Union's internalmarket. www.starwoodeuropeanfinance.com. The Group is the largest London-listed vehicle to provide investors withpure play exposure to real estate lending. The Group's assets are managed by Starwood European Finance PartnersLimited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Starwood Capital Group. This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in orinto the United States of America (including its territories andpossessions, any state of the United States of America and the District ofColumbia) (the 'United States'), Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand orSouth Africa. This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, anoffer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities inthe United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa.The securities of the Company have not been and will not be registeredunder the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act') orthe US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and may not be offered orsold directly or indirectly in or into the United States or to or for theaccount or benefit of any US Person (within the meaning of Regulation Sunder the Securities Act). The securities referred to herein have not beenregistered under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada,Japan, New Zealand or South Africa and, subject to certain exceptions, maynot be offered or sold within Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand orSouth Africa or to any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada,Japan, New Zealand or South Africa. This announcement contains (or may contain) certain 'forward-lookingstatements' with respect to certain of the Company's plans and its currentgoals or expectations relating to its future financial condition andperformance and which involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Examplesof such forward-looking statements include, among others, statementsregarding the Company's strategy, future plans, present or future events,or objectives for future operations that involve risks and uncertaintiesand are not historic fact. Such statements are based on currentexpectations and, by their nature, are subject to a number of risks anduncertainties that could cause actual results and performance to differmaterially from any expected future results or performance, expressed orimplied, by the forward-looking statement. No assurance can be given thatsuch forward-looking statements results will be achieved. Factors thatmight cause forward-looking statements to differ materially from actualresults include, among other things, the following: global economicconditions, economic conditions in the UK and other jurisdictions in whichthe Company operates or invests, the effects of continued volatility incredit markets, exchange rate fluctuations and legislative, fiscal andregulatory developments. The forward-looking statements contained in thisAnnouncement speak only as of the date of this Announcement and the Companyassumes no obligation to, and does not intend to update or revise publiclyany of them whether as a result of new information, future events orotherwise, except to the extent required by the Financial ConductAuthority, the London Stock Exchange or by applicable law, the ProspectusRules, the Listing Rules and the Disclosure Guidance and TransparencyRules. This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of theCompany. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will bemade as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is orwill be accepted by Fidante Capital or by any of its affiliates or agentsas to or in relation to the accuracy or completeness of this announcementor any other written or oral information made available to or publiclyavailable to any interested party or its advisers and any liabilitytherefore is expressly disclaimed. Fidante Partners Europe Limited (trading as 'Fidante Capital') which isauthorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting assole Sponsor and Bookrunner to the Company in connection with the mattersdescribed herein. Fidante Capital is acting for the Company in relation tothe matters described herein and no one else and will not be responsible toanyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to itsclients, nor for providing advice in relation to the Placing Programme, thecontents of this announcement, the Prospectus or any transaction orarrangement referred to herein. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English ISIN: GG00B79WC100 Category Code: MSCM TIDM: SWEF Sequence Number: 3306 Time of Receipt: 10-Aug-2016 / 17:25 GMT/BST End of Announcement EQS News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 491417 10-Aug-2016UK-Regulatory-announcement transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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