Capital/Financing Update • Nov 26, 2020
Capital/Financing Update
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Press Release Paris – November 26th, 2020
Europcar Mobility Group1 announces that it has reached a major step in its financial restructuring, with an agreement in principle on a financial restructuring plan (the "Agreement in Principle"). This agreement is fully responsive to the Group's objectives of ensuring a sustainable capital structure and suited to its ambitions to deliver its "Connect" transformation program.
The Agreement in Principle has been entered into by the Company with a group of significant cross-holders2 in the 2024 Senior Notes, 2026 Senior Notes, EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes and holding interests in the RCF and the Credit Suisse Facility and has been approved at the unanimity of the voting members3 of the Company's supervisory board4. It contemplates mainly:
All these instruments are entirely backstopped by the members of the coordinating committee constituted by this group of significant cross-holders in the 2024 Senior Notes, 2026 Senior Notes, EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes and holding interests in the RCF and the Credit Suisse Facility.
They are opened to all holders of the 2024 Senior Notes and 2026 Senior Notes – and/or lenders under the RCF in respect of the refinancing of the RCF only – under the conditions described in this press release.
This comprehensive and rapid restructuring plan, in line with the Company's expectations and corporate interest, will allow to properly reset the Group's corporate capital structure, enabling to focus on the acceleration of the "Connect" program, which has been designed to reshape the Group around customer new needs and expectations.
The terms and conditions of the Agreement in Principle are described in more detail hereafter.
"Today, I am glad to announce that we have reached a major step in our financial restructuring process, by obtaining the agreement of our main creditors on a financial restructuring plan, which provides a framework for long-term sustainability for the Group's business, in the best interest of its stakeholders, in particular its customers and employees.
I would like to thank them for their support, as well as for their trust in our business model and 'Connect' strategic roadmap, which implementation is well on track, with already new services and offers for B2B and B2C customers (eg: Long-Term solutions, "green" vehicles, contactless services…).
I also would like to reiterate our gratitude to the French State for being supportive of our Group at an early stage of the COVID-19 crisis, allowing us to take this new step today. I also thank the shareholders of the Company for their continuous support.
As the horizon clears up, we are confident in our capacity, once this financial plan is implemented, to fully benefit from the Travel & Leisure industry rebound and gradual recovery, now with Covid-19 vaccine trials registering promising results."
1 The "Company", and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the "Group".
2 Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C, Attestor Limited, Diameter Capital Partners LP, King Street Capital Management, L.P. and Marathon Asset Management, L.P.
3 One member has abstained to vote due to rules on conflict of interests.
4 The implementation of the Agreement in Principle remains subject to various customary conditions described in this press release.

The Group announced on September 7th, 2020 its intention to commence discussions with its corporate debt creditors with a view to achieving a financial restructuring. Following the receipt of requisite consents of various groups of creditors (including from holders of its 2024 Senior Notes, 2026 Senior Notes and EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes and lenders under the RCF and under Europcar International's and Europcar Participations's State-guaranteed loans (Prêts garantis par l'Etat) dated May 2, 2020) to the potential appointment of a mandataire ad hoc and/or of a conciliateur with respect to one or more of the main holding companies of the Group, the Company announced on 26 October 2020 that, a mandataire ad hoc was appointed in respect of the Company.
Following this announcement, the Company has engaged in discussions with certain of its main corporate creditors and their respective advisors, under the aegis of the mandataire ad hoc. These discussions led to the Agreement in Principle supported by (i) the Company, and (ii) the members of the coordinating committee representing the group of holders of each series of 2024 Senior Notes, 2026 Senior Notes and of the EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes, also holding interests in the RCF5 and the Credit Suisse Facility (representing approximately 51.1% of the 2024 Senior Notes, approximately 72.7% of the 2026 Senior Notes, 100% of the Credit Suisse Facility, approximately 45.7% of the RCF commitments and approximately 22.2% of the EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes) (the "Cross-Holders Coordinating Committee") .
To that effect, the Company and the members of the Cross-Holders Coordinating Committee entered into a lock-up agreement on November 25th, 2020, pursuant to which the relevant parties committed to support and to take all steps and actions reasonably necessary to implement and consummate the Agreement in Principle. The terms of the lock-up agreement are relatively customary and include a requirement for creditors to provide various waivers and consents, to give relevant vote instructions in favour of the implementation of the Agreement in Principle, to enter into the required documentation to effect the restructuring plan and not to dispose of their debt holdings during the restructuring process unless the transferee accedes to the lock-up agreement or is already a signatory (and is therefore already bound by such terms).
The Agreement in Principle is detailed in Appendix and comprises the following key elements:
5 Through sub-participations.

oversubscription option) and a €500m term loan facility (opened in priority to all lenders under the RCF, and then to all the holders of 2024 Senior Notes and 2026 Senior Notes if any remaining amount, each time with an oversubscription option), maturing June 2023, fully backstopped in cash by the members of the Cross-Holders Coordinating Committee;
Under the terms of the Agreement in Principle, the ownership percentages of the existing shareholders in the Company would be6:
The Agreement in Principle has been at the unanimity of the voting members7 of the Company's supervisory board.
The Company has also received from Eurazeo SE (shareholder of the Company holding 29.9% of the share capital of the Company) a confirmation of its support to the Agreement in Principle.
6 The definitive ownership percentages will depend on the timing of implementation of the Agreement in Principle.
7 One member has abstained to vote due to rules on conflict of interests.

The implementation of the Agreement in Principle is subject to various customary conditions including the approval of the necessary resolutions by the shareholders' meeting of the Company and obtaining the required level of support from creditors in the proceedings that will be launched in France, in particular:
Assuming the conditions are satisfied or waived, the implementation of the Agreement in Principle is expected to occur no later than March 31st, 2021.
Upon the recommendation of the Company's Comité de Suivi (appointed by the Company's supervisory board in the context of the financial restructuring and composed of a majority of independent members) and given the significant dilution to result from the share capital increases, the Company's supervisory board decided on November 16th, 2020 to appoint Finexsi as independent expert, on a voluntary basis pursuant to Article 261-3 of the AMF General Regulation.
The independent expert will assess the financial conditions of the financial restructuring and issue a report containing a fairness opinion.
In order to facilitate the finalization of the discussions on the Agreement in Principle with all relevant stakeholders, and, provided that the Company receives the required consents from the requisite majority of the holders of the 2024 Senior Notes, the 2026 Senior Notes and EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes, its implementation through an accelerated financial safeguard (sauvegarde financière accélérée) by the Commercial Court of Paris, the Company filed on November 17th, 2020 a request to terminate the mission of the mandataire ad hoc and to simultaneously appoint a Conciliator (conciliateur).
On November 19th, 2020, the President of the Paris Commercial Court appointed Maître Hélène Bourbouloux as a Conciliator (conciliateur).
In order to implement the Agreement in Principle through the opening of an accelerated financial safeguard (sauvegarde financière accélérée) by the Commercial Court of Paris, the Company today announces that it is soliciting consents (the "Solicitations") from the holders of the 2024 Senior Notes, the 2026 Senior Notes and EC Finance plc's Senior Secured

Notes to permit the opening of this accelerated financial safeguard (sauvegarde financière accélérée) and its recognition in the United States pursuant to Chapter 15 of the U.S Bankruptcy Code without such actions constituting a Default or an Event of Default under the 2024 Senior Notes, the 2026 Senior Notes and the EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes.
The Solicitations with respect to the 2024 Senior Notes and the 2026 Senior Notes and the Solicitation with respect to the EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes will expire at 5:00 pm London time on December 7th, 2020 unless extended by the Company.
The Company has retained Lucid Issuer Services to serve as its Tabulation and Information Agent for the Solicitations with respect to the 2024 Senior Notes, 2026 Senior Notes and the EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes. Copies of the Consent Solicitation Statement in respect of the Solicitations relating to the 2024 Senior Notes and 2026 Senior Notes and of the Consent Solicitation Statement in respect of the Solicitations relating to the EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes can be obtained from Lucid Issuer Services Limited (Attention: Victor Parzyjagla, +44 (0) 20 7704 0880, [email protected]).
Following the conclusion of the lock-up agreement entered into between the Company and the members of the Cross-Holders Coordinating Committee, any of the holders of 2024 Senior Notes and 2026 Senior Notes has the possibility to accede to the lock-up agreement by contacting Lucid Issuer Services Limited (Attention: Victor Parzyjagla, +44 (0) 20 7704 0880, [email protected]).
In addition, the Company announces the opening of the Subscription Period (as defined below) for the Subscription Commitment (as defined below) in respect of the New Money and the RCF Refinancing. Holders of the 2024 Senior Notes and 2026 Senior Notes may commit to subscribe (the "Subscription Commitment") subject to the proper execution of an accession letter to the lock-up agreement (the form of which should be requested by contacting Lucid Issues Services Limited) under the following terms:
Each holder of 2024 Senior Notes and 2026 Senior Notes has the right to commit to subscribe for its pro rata portion of the New Money during the Subscription Period. The Subscription Period will be open from November 26th, 2020 until 5 p.m. in London time December 10th, 2020 (the "Subscription Period"). Holders of 2024 Senior Notes and 2026 Senior Notes who do not commit to subscribe during the Subscription Period may not receive a further opportunity to subscribe for the New Money.
As mentioned above, the contribution of the New Money is subject to various customary conditions, including the approval of the accelerated financial safeguard plan by the Commercial Court of Paris, and the implementation of the other aspects of the Agreement in Principle. That implementation requires, among other things, approval of the necessary resolutions by the

shareholders' meeting of the Company. Assuming the conditions are satisfied or waived, the subscription, payment and delivery of the New Money is expected to occur no later than March 31st, 2021.
Copies of the relevant document that includes the lock-up agreement are available to holders of 2024 Senior Notes and 2026 Senior Notes via www.lucid-is.com/europcar.
Any beneficial holder of 2024 Senior Notes or 2026 Senior Notes who wishes to commit to subscribe for the New Money must complete all of the following actions before the end of the Subscription Period:
For any questions in relation to the procedures set out above and all relevant documentation to be provided, holders of of 2024 Senior Notes and 2026 Senior Notes are encouraged to contact Lucid Issuer Services Limited (Attention: Victor Parzyjagla, +44 (0) 20 7704 0880, [email protected]).
The Company announced on October 26th, 2020 its election to use the 30-day grace periods applicable to the upcoming interest payments on its 2026 Senior Notes and the 2024 Senior Notes.
Consequently, the Company did not pay interest in the amount of approximately €9m due on October 30th, 2020 in respect of its 2026 Senior Notes (the 30-day grace period expiring on or about November 29th, 2020) nor the interest in the amount of approximately €12m due on November 16th, 2020 in respect of its 2024 Senior Note (the 30-day grace period expiring on or about December 16th, 2020).
The Company hereby announces that it will not proceed with the aforementioned interest payments.
The members of the Cross-Holders Coordinating Committee have committed not to take any enforcement action with respect to the non-payment of interest due on October 30th, 2020 (in the case of the 2026 Senior Notes) and November 16th, 2020 (in the case of the 2024 Senior Notes).
In addition, the lenders under the RCF and the lenders under Europcar International's and Europcar Participations's Stateguaranteed loans (Prêts garantis par l'Etat) dated May 2, 2020 have agreed to waive any default or event of default under their loans which would result directly or indirectly from this non-payment by the Company.
After the €1.1bn corporate debt converted into equity and the New Money in Equity injection, the Group is expected a significant deleveraging of its corporate capital structure, in line with it objective to return to post IPO leverage levels:
Expected receipt by the Group of €502m of proceeds from its financial restructuring covering the Group's needs in the short/medium term as well as structural investments in the business (provided applicable conditions precedent to the financial restructuring are satisfied or waived by mid-March 2021)

The €502m new money injection will be used to cover the needs identified in the Company's "Connect" Business Plan, in particular relating to:
This press release constitutes a public disclosure of inside information by the Company under Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (16 April 2014) and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1055 (10 June 2016).
"2024 Senior Notes" means the €600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (Reg. S Common Code: 170620259 / Reg. S ISIN: XS1706202592; Rule 144A Common Code: 170620275 / Rule 144A ISIN: XS1706202758) issued by Europcar Mobility Group.
"2026 Senior Notes" means the €450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2026 (Reg. S Common Code: 198337587 / Reg. S ISIN: XS1983375871; Rule 144A Common Code: 198337617 / Rule 144A ISIN: XS1983376176) issued by Europcar Mobility Group.
"EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes" means the €500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (Reg. S Common Code: 170390016/ Reg. S ISIN: XS1703900164; Rule 144A Common Code: 170390059/ Rule 144A ISIN: XS1703900594 issued by EC Finance plc and guaranteed by Europcar Mobility Group. The EC Finance plc's Senior Secured Notes are often referred to as "Fleet Notes" by market participants.
"RCF" means the €670,000,000 multicurrency revolving facility made available pursuant to the existing French revolving facilities agreement dated 13 July 2017, entered into between the RCF lenders, the Company (as Parent), Europcar International and certain of its subsidiaries and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as Agent and Security Agent), as amended from time to time through the date hereof.
"Credit Suisse Facility" means the unsecured subordinated credit agreement entered into between the Company and Credit Suisse, originally dated as of 27 December 2019, as amended from time to time.
"SARFA" means the existing Senior Assets Revolving Agreement entered into on 30 July 2010 (as amended from time to time and as last amended on 14 May 2018) by Securitifleet Holding S.A. as Borrower, Europcar International S.A.S. as Borrower Agent and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as Lending Bank, Transaction Administrator and Common Security Agent.

Caroline Cohen - [email protected]
Arnaud Joubert – [email protected] Camille Pochat – [email protected] Henry Barrault – [email protected]
Valérie Sauteret - [email protected] Vincent Vevaud - [email protected]
Judith Grandcoing – [email protected]
Europcar Mobility Group is a major player in mobility markets and listed on Euronext Paris. The mission of Europcar Mobility Group is to be the preferred "Mobility Service Company" by offering attractive alternatives to vehicle ownership, with a wide range of mobility-related services and solutions: car rental and light commercial vehicle rental, chauffeur services, car-sharing, scooter-sharing and private hire vehicle (PHV – rental to "Uber like" chauffeurs). Customers' satisfaction is at the heart of the Group's mission and all of its employees and this commitment fuels the continuous development of new services. Europcar Mobility Group operates through a diversified portfolio of brands meeting every customer specific needs and use cases, be it for 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week or longer ; its 4 major brands being: Europcar® - the European leader of car rental and light commercial vehicle rental, Goldcar® - the low-cost car-rental Leader in Europe, InterRent® – 'mid-tier' car rental and Ubeeqo® – one of the European leaders of round-trip car-sharing (BtoB, BtoC). Europcar Mobility Group delivers its mobility solutions worldwide solutions through an extensive network in over 140 countries (including wholly owned subsidiaries – 18 in Europe, 1 in the USA, 2 in Australia and New Zealand – completed by franchises and partners).
This press release includes forward-looking statements based on current beliefs and expectations about future events. Such forward-looking statements may include projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives, intentions and/or expectations with respect to future financial results, events, operations and services and product development, as well as statements, regarding performance or events. Forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "plans", "projects", "may", "would", "should" or the negative of these terms and similar expressions. Forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to inherent risks, uncertainties and assumptions about Europcar Mobility Group and its subsidiaries and investments, trends in their business, future capital expenditures and acquisitions, developments in respect of contingent liabilities, changes in economic conditions globally or in Europcar Mobility Group's principal markets, competitive conditions in the market and regulatory factors. Those events are uncertain; their outcome may differ from current expectations which may in turn materially affect expected results. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in these forward-looking statements. Any forwardlooking statement contained in this press release is made as of the date of this press release. Other than as required by applicable law, Europcar Mobility Group does not undertake to revise or update any forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events. The results and the Group's performance may also be affected by various risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, risks identified in the "Risk factors" of the Universal Registration Document registered by the Autorité des marchés financiers on May 6, 2020 and also available on the Group's website: www.europcar-mobility-group.com. This press release does not contain or constitute an offer or invitation to purchase any securities in France, the United States or any other jurisdiction.
This press release is published in English and French. In case of discrepancy between the two versions, the English version shall prevail.
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Appendix – Financial restructuring and short term financial outlook
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