Stonegate Pub Company Limited (“Stonegate” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Stonegate Group”) today announced in connection with its acquisition of certain freehold pubs and other assets from the Tattershall Castle Group that it has entered into a senior secured credit facility agreement in an aggregate principal amount of £80.0 million to finance the acquisition. The Stonegate Group intends to refinance this facility in due course, which is currently expected to be by means of an additional notes offering of Stonegate Pub Company Financing plc’s 5.75% senior secured notes due 2019. The Stonegate Group expects the transaction to be leverage-neutral on a post-synergies basis.
Cautionary Statement
This press release is not an offer to sell the securities of Stonegate or any of its subsidiaries in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from such registration requirement under United States Securities Act of 1933. If any public offering of securities is made in the United States by Stonegate or any of its subsidiaries, it will be by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from Stonegate or the selling security holder that will contain detailed information about Stonegate and management, as well as financial statements. No public offering of securities will be made in the United States in connection with the above-mentioned transactions.
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