SRV announces indicative tender offer results for its outstanding notes due December 2018

    SRV announces indicative tender offer results for its outstanding notes due December 2018

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DGAP-News: SRV Group Plc / Schlagwort(e): Anleihe/Anleiheemission
SRV announces indicative tender offer results for its outstanding notes due
December 2018

19.03.2018 / 09:07
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SRV announces indicative tender offer results for its outstanding notes due
December 2018

SRV GROUP PLC - STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE

19 MARCH 2018, AT 09.40AM EET

SRV announces indicative tender offer results for its outstanding notes due
December 2018

Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, directly
or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong,
Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or any other countries or otherwise in such
circumstances in which the release, publication or distribution would be
unlawful.

SRV Group Plc ("SRV") announces the indicative results of the invitation
made by OP Corporate Bank plc (the "Offeror") to the holders of the EUR 75
million 5.000 percent notes due 18 December 2018 (ISIN: FI4000076617) issued
by SRV (the "Notes"), to tender their Notes for purchase by the Offeror for
cash (the "Tender Offer").

At the expiration deadline of the Tender Offer, 4:00 p.m. (Finnish time) on
16 March 2018, valid tender instructions were received pursuant to the
Tender Offer in aggregate nominal amount of EUR 47.5 million.

It is expected that all valid tenders will be accepted in accordance with
the tender offer memorandum dated 7 March 2018.

The Offeror has reserved the right, in its sole discretion, to decide on the
amount of Notes accepted for purchase, including not to accept any purchase
of the Notes. The purchase of any Notes is subject to, without limitation,
the pricing of the issue of new euro-denominated fixed rate notes (the "New
Notes") and the execution of an issuance agreement between the joint lead
managers and SRV (the "New Issue Condition").

As at the date of this release, the New Issue Condition has not yet been
fulfilled. SRV will announce the final tender offer results, and
simultaneously announce whether the New Issue Condition has been fulfilled
or not, as soon as feasible, and no later than 26 March 2018.

Further information about the Tender Offer may be obtained from OP Corporate
Bank plc at email: [e-mail], tel. [phone].

For further information, please contact:
Ilkka Pitkänen, CFO, SRV, tel. [phone], [e-mail]
Päivi Kauhanen, Senior Vice President, Communications, SRV, tel. [phone]
9560, [e-mail]

www.srv.fi

Contact for Investor Relations (Germany):
Aalto Capital GmbH, tel. [phone], [e-mail]

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

This announcement must be read in conjunction with the tender offer
memorandum. This announcement and the tender offer memorandum contain
important information that should be read carefully before any decision is
made with respect to the Tender Offer. If any noteholder is in any doubt as
to the contents of this announcement or the tender offer memorandum or the
action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own financial and legal
advice, including in respect of any tax consequences, from its broker, bank
manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial, tax or legal
adviser. Neither the Offeror nor SRV makes any recommendation whether
noteholders should tender Notes pursuant to the Tender Offer.

None of the Offeror or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or
affiliates assumes any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of
the information concerning SRV, the Offeror, the Notes or the Tender Offer
contained in this announcement or in the tender offer memorandum. None of
the Offeror or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or
affiliates is acting for any noteholder or will be responsible to any
noteholders for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for
advising any other person in connection with the Tender Offer.

Offer and Distribution Restrictions

The information contained herein is not for release, publication or
distribution, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into the
United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South
Africa or any other countries or otherwise in such circumstances in which
the release, publication or distribution would be unlawful. The information
contained herein does not constitute an invitation to participate in the
Tender Offer, or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy,
nor shall there be any sale of, the New Notes in any jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration,
exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this announcement may
come are required to inform themselves of and observe all such restrictions.
None of SRV, OP Corporate Bank Plc, Swedbank AB (publ) or their respective
representatives accept any legal responsibility for any violation by any
person, whether or not the persons contemplating investing in or divesting
SRV's securities, including the New Notes, are aware of such restrictions.

United States

The Tender Offer is not being made, and will not be made, directly or
indirectly in or into, and cannot be accepted, directly or indirectly, from,
or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality of interstate
or foreign commerce of or of any facilities of a national securities
exchange of, the United States or to any U.S. Person (as defined in
Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") (each a "U.S. Person")). This includes, but is not limited
to, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone, the internet
and other forms of electronic communication. The Notes may not be tendered
in the Tender Offer by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility from
or within the United States or by persons located or resident in the United
States or by, or by any person acting for the account or benefit of, a U.S.
Person. Accordingly, copies of the tender offer memorandum and any other
documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer are not being, and must
not be, directly or indirectly mailed or otherwise sent, transmitted,
distributed or forwarded (including, without limitation, by custodians,
nominees, trustees or agents) in, into or from the United States or to any
persons located or resident in the United States or to any U.S. Person and
persons receiving the tender offer memorandum must not mail, send, transmit,
distribute or forward it or any other documents or materials relating to the
Tender Offer in, into or from the United States. Any person accepting the
Tender Offer shall be deemed to represent to the Offeror such person's
compliance with these restrictions. Any purported acceptance of Notes in the
Tender Offer resulting directly or indirectly from a breach or violation of
these restrictions will be invalid and any purported tender of Notes made
by, or by any person acting for the account or benefit of, a U.S. Person or
by a person located in the United States or any agent, fiduciary or other
intermediary acting on a nondiscretionary basis for a principal giving
instructions from within the United States will be invalid and will not be
accepted.

Each holder of Notes participating in the Tender Offer will represent that
it is not a U.S. Person, it is not located in the United States and is not
participating in the Tender Offer from the United States, or it is acting on
a non-discretionary basis for a principal located outside the United States
that is not giving an order to participate in the Tender Offer from the
United States and is not a U.S. Person.

This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the
United States. The New Notes have not been and will not be registered under
the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of any state of
the United States and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly,
within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S.
persons except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction
not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

United Kingdom

The communication of this announcement, the tender offer memorandum and any
other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer is not being made,
and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorised
person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000, as amended. Furthermore, this announcement does not constitute an
offer of New Notes to the public in the United Kingdom. No prospectus has
been or will be approved in the United Kingdom in respect of the New Notes.
Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to,
and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The
communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion
may only be distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are
outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investment professionals falling within
Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (iii) high net worth companies, and
other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within
Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons in (i), (ii) and
(iii) above together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). Any
invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire
such securities will be engaged in only with, Relevant Persons. Any person
who is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on such documents and/or
materials or any of their contents.

European Economic Area

PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS ONLY - Manufacturer target market (MIFID II product
governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all
distribution channels).


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