DEMIRE confirms negotiations with a group of bondholders regarding the restructuring of the 2019/2024 bond
March 26, 2024 at 06:54 pm EDT
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EQS-Ad-hoc: DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG / Key word(s): Bond
DEMIRE confirms negotiations with a group of bondholders regarding the restructuring of the 2019/2024 bond
26-March-2024 / 23:51 CET/CEST
Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by EQS News - a service of EQS Group AG.
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Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 DEMIRE confirms negotiations with a group of bondholders regarding the restructuring of the 2019/2024 bond Langen, 26 March 2024. Based on market rumors DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG (ISIN: DE000A0XFSF0) ("Company") confirms that it has entered into negotiations with a group of bondholders ("Ad hoc Group") of its unsecured corporate bond (ISIN: DE000A2YPAK1) with a maturity date of 15 October 2024 and a nominal amount currently still outstanding of EUR 499 million ("Bond") on an agreement to extend and restructure the Bond on adjusted terms reasonable for the current market environment ("Lock-up Agreement"). The bondholders of the Ad hoc Group together currently hold well over 50% of the outstanding nominal amount of the Bond.
The Lock-up Agreement would include, among other things, the approval of the bondholders of the Ad hoc Group in a vote without meeting, in which an extension of the term until 31 December 2027, an increase in the interest rate and various compensation payments for the bondholders are to be resolved. In addition, the Company is to undertake to make mandatory prepayments of the Bond from the Company's planned net sales proceeds and to waive dividend payments or other distributions to its shareholders during the extended term of the Bond. The Bond is also to be additionally secured in favour of the bondholders. Whether the Lock-up Agreement will be concluded and the exact terms of the Lock-up Agreement are currently still open, as the negotiations between the Company and the Ad hoc Group have not yet been finalised.
One member of the Ad hoc Group intends to dispose a position in the amount of c. 20% of the outstanding nominal amount of the Bond. The Company is considering submitting a bid to acquire the corresponding position.
The Company will inform the capital market and the public about the further progress in accordance with the legal requirements.
Contact:
DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG
Julius Stinauer
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Finance
Telefon: +49 6103 372 4944
Email: stinauer@demire.ag
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Language:
English
Company:
DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG
Robert-Bosch-Straße 11
63225 Langen (Hessen)
Germany
Phone:
+49 6103 37249-0
Fax:
+49 6103 37249-11
E-mail:
ir@demire.ag
Internet:
www.demire.ag
ISIN:
DE000A0XFSF0
WKN:
A0XFSF
Listed:
Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG is a Germany-based commercial real estate company. The Company focuses on office, retail and logistics real estate and owns approximately 70 commercial properties with rentable building space in medium-sized cities and locations bordering metropolitan areas across Germany, such as in the Munich, Freiburg, Rostock, Stuttgart, Cologne, Leverkusen, Dusseldorf, Bonn, Wuppertal, Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden areas. The core business activities of the Company are the acquisition, the management and the rental of commercial real estate and their further development, for example, through modification, modernization or expansion and active portfolio management.
DEMIRE DEUTSCHE MITTELSTAND REAL ESTATE AG 
