Bilia — Capital/Financing Update 2020

Sep 21, 2020

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Bilia AB (publ) offentliggör ett frivilligt återköpserbjudande av vissa utestående seniora icke-säkerställda obligationer och avser att emittera ny senior ickesäkerställd obligation

EJ FÖR DISTRIBUTION I ELLER TILL, ELLER TILL NÅGON PERSON SOM BEFINNER SIG I ELLER ÄR BOSATT I USA, DESS TERRITORIUM OCH BESITTNINGAR (INKLUSIVE PUERTO RICO, DE AMERIKANSKA JUNGFRUÖARNA, GUAM, AMERIKANSKA SAMOA, WAKEÖARNA, NORDMARIANERNA, VARJE DELSTAT I USA OCH DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA) ELLER TILL NÅGON AMERIKANSK PERSON (U.S. PERSON, SÅSOM DEFINIERATS I REGULATION S I UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, I DESS NUVARANDE LYDELSE) ELLER NÅGON JURISDIKTION DÄR UTGIVANDE, PUBLICERING ELLER DISTRIBUTION AV DETTA DOKUMENT ÄR FÖRBJUDET ENLIGT LAG. DISTRIBUTION AV DETTA DOKUMENT KAN STRIDA MOT LAG I VISSA JURISDIKTIONER (I SYNNERHET USA OCH STORBRITANNIEN)

Bilia AB (publ) ("Bolaget") erbjuder innehavare av Bolagets utestående, nedan listade obligationer ("Obligationerna") att delta i ett återköp där Bolaget köper tillbaka Obligationer mot kontant vederlag ("Återköpserbjudandet") till det pris som anges nedan plus upplupen och icke betald ränta. Obligationerna kommer att återköpas i enlighet med bestämmelserna och villkoren som beskrivs i ett återköpsdokument daterat 21 september 2020 ("Aterköpsdokumentet").

Beskrivning av obligationerna / ISIN / Emitterat belopp / Utestående belopp / Minsta denominering / Pris

2016/2021 Sr Unsec FRN / SE0008186886 / SEK 1 000 000 / SEK 500 000 000 / SEK 1 000 000 / 100,9%

Återköpsdokumentet finns under följande länk: https://www.bilia.com/investerare/obligationslan/

l samband med Återköpserbjudandet avser Bolaget ge ut nya SEK-denominerade seniora icke-säkerställda obligationer om upp till 500 000 under en ram om 1 500 000 000 med en förväntad löptid om 5 år (de "Nya Obligationerna") med förbehåll för rådande marknadsförhållanden.

Återköpserbjudandet löper ut kl. 12.00 CEST den 24 september 2020 om det inte förlängs, återupptas, dras tillbaka eller avslutas efter beslut av Bolaget. Likvid för Återköpserbjudandet förväntas att redovisas omkring den 1 oktober 2020. Bolagets återköp av Obligationer är villkorat av en framgångsrik emission av de Nya Obligationerna.

Innehavare av Obligationer som accepterar Äterköpserbjudandet kommer vara berättigade till prioriterad tilldelning av Nya Obligationer med förbehåll för de villkor som anges i Återköpsdokumentet.

Bolaget har lämnat i uppdrag till DNB Markets en del av DNB Bank ASA, filial Sverige och Nordea Bank Abp att gemensamt agera arrangörer och s.k. bookrunners i samband med en emission av de Nya Obligationerna samt att agera s.k. dealer managers och tender agents för Återköpserbjudandet.

Bilaga: Återköpsdokumentet (engelska)

Dealer Managers och Tender Agents:

DNB Markets en del av DNB Bank ASA, filial Sverige: +46 704 93 48 68, bond.syndicate@dnb.no

Nordea Bank Abp: +45 6161 2996, NordeaLiabilityManagement@nordea.com

För ytterligare information vänligen kontakta Bolaget:

Kristina Franzén CFO/ Ekonomidirektör kristina.franzen@bilia.se Telephone: +46 10-497 73 40

Göteborg den 21 september 2020

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Denna information är sådan information som Bilia AB (publ) är skyldigt att offentliggöra enligt EU:s marknadsmissbruksförordning och lag om värdepappersmarknaden (2007:528). Informationen lämnades, genom ovanstående kontaktpersoners försorg, för offentliggörande den 21 september 2020, kl. 07:30.

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Bilia är en av Europas största bilkedjor med en ledande position inom service och försäljning av personbilar. Bilia har cirka 140 anläggningar i Sverige, Norge, Tyskland, Luxemburg och Belgien. Bilia säljer personbilar av märket Volvo, BMW, Toyota, Renault, Lexus, MINI, Dacia, Alpine samt transportbilar av märket Renault, Toyota och Dacia.

Bilia har idag en fullt utbyggd verksamhet med försäljning av nya bilar, e-handel, reservdelar och butiksförsäljning, service- och skadeverkstäder, däck och bilglas samt finansiering, försäkring, biltvätt, drivmedelsstationer och bildemontering under samma tak, vilket ger ett unikt erbjudande.

Bilia omsatte cirka 30 mdkr år 2019 och hade cirka 5 000 anställda.

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Tender Information Document in respect of a tender offer for Bilia AB (publ)'s certain outstanding senior unsecured notes

Bilia AB (publ), Reg.No. 556112-5690 ("Bilia" or the "Issuer") today announces its invitation to the holders of the notes described under the heading "Purchase price" below (the Notes") (including any beneficial owners who hold their Notes via nominees or custodians) (the "Noteholders") to tender their Notes for purchase by the Issuer for cash (the "Tender Offer") subject to the satisfaction of the New Financing Conditions (as defined below) being met. The Issuer has appointed DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA, Sweden Branch ("DNB") and Nordea Bank Abp ("Nordea") to act as dealer managers (the "Dealer Managers") in connection with the Tender Offer.

In conjunction with the Tender Offer, the Issuer will issue new SEK denominated senior unsecured notes of up to SEK 500,000,000 under a framework of SEK 1,500,000,000 with an expected tenor of 5 years (the "New Notes"), subject to market conditions. The Issuer has mandated DNB and Nordea as joint arrangers and bookrunners in respect of the issuance of the New Notes.

The Tender Offer is made on the terms and subject to the conditions set out below.

Purchase price

Subject to the applicable minimum denomination in respect of the Notes, the Issuer offers to purchase the Notes at the purchase price set out below (the "Purchase Price"):

Description of the Notes / ISIN / Issued Amount / Outstanding Amount / Minimum Denomination / Purchase Price

2016/2021 Sr Unsec FRN / SE0008186886 / SEK 1,000,000,000 / SEK 500,000,000 / SEK 1,000,000 / 100,9%

The Issuer will also pay an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes ("Accrued Interest").

Deadline

The Tender Offer expires at 12:00 CEST on 24 September 2020, unless extended, re-opened, withdrawn or terminated at the sole discretion of the Issuer (the "Expiration Date"). The Issuer will announce the results and whether any Notes will be accepted under the Tender Offer as soon as reasonably practicable after the pricing of the New Notes. Settlement of the Tender Offer is expected to occur at or around 1 October 2020 (the "Settlement Date"). Settlement of the transactions pursuant to the Tender Offer will occur as a secondary trade via the Dealer Managers.

Subject to applicable law, the Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, extend, re-open, amend or waive any condition of or terminate the Tender Offer at any time. Noteholders are advised to read carefully this document for the details of and information on the procedures for participating in the Tender Offer.

Purpose of the Tender Offer

The Tender Offer is being made as part of the Issuer's commitments to exercise active management of its balance sheet. The purpose of the Tender Offer is to pro-actively manage the Issuer's upcoming redemptions and to lengthen and diversify its debt maturity profile.

Priority in New Notes

Noteholders who submit a valid tender instruction will be eligible to receive a priority in the allocation of the New Notes if such order in the New Notes is an integral multiple of the new minimum denomination of SEK 2,000,000 and the Noteholder is an eligible buyer of the New Notes given the target market for the New Notes in accordance with Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II). Such priority in allocation will match in size the nominal volume submitted and accepted for tender, subject to eligibility with the minimum denomination requirements of the New Notes. Noteholders tendering the minimum denomination of the Notes of SEK 1,000,000, will be eligible to receive priority allocation of the new minimum denomination in the New Notes of SEK 2,000,000. However, where the amount submitted for tender is (i) above SEK 1,000,000 and (ii) not an integral multiple of the minimum denomination of the New Notes being SEK 2,000,000, the priority in the New Notes will be scaled down to the nearest multiple of SEK 2,000,000. Any scaling made by the Issuer is binding on all Noteholders who validly tendered their Notes.

New Financing Conditions

The Issuer's acceptance of Notes validly tendered for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer is conditional upon that, in the absolute and sole discretion and determination of the Issuer, (i) the terms and conditions of the New Notes are satisfactory to the Issuer, including, but not limited to, as to the price of the New Notes, (ii) the outcome of the issuance of New Notes (including the receipt of funds by the Issuer), which will enable the Issuer to finance the Purchase Price and Accrued Interest of the total amount of Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer (together "New Financing Conditions").

For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer is not under any obligation to accept any tender of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer. Any tender of Notes for purchase may be rejected by the Issuer for any reason, and the Issuer is not under any obligation to Noteholders to furnish any reason or justification for refusing to accept a tender of Notes for purchase.

The Issuer's acceptance of Notes validly tendered in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer will be irrevocable, but in any event subject to the satisfaction of the New Financing Conditions.

Restrictions: No sale of New Notes

This document does not constitute a sale of the New Notes. The New Notes are not being, and will not be, offered or sold in the United States. Nothing in this document constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the New Notes in the United States or any other jurisdiction. Securities may not be offered, sold or delivered in the United States absent registration under, or an exemption from the registration requirements of, the Securities Act. The New Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act). Investors who wish to buy New Notes should contact their sales contact at the Dealer Managers to obtain all relevant documentation.

Participation

Noteholders can only participate in the Tender Offer by submitting a valid tender instruction. Only Noteholders who are customers of, and can execute a secondary trade upon settlement with, DNB or Nordea with all required know your customer (KYC) and similar documentation in place may participate in this Tender Offer and Noteholders must contact one of the Dealer Managers to receive an application form that includes the details of how to participate in the Tender Offer. Tender instructions given via the application form are irrevocable by the Noteholders, except for in the limited circumstances described in the application form.

Noteholders should consult their own tax, accounting, financial and legal advisers regarding the suitability to themselves of the tax, accounting, financial and legal consequences of participating in the Tender Offer.

Noteholders who do not participate in the Tender Offer, or whose Notes are not accepted for purchase by the Issuer, will continue to hold their Notes subject to the terms and conditions of the Notes.

To obtain an application form and participate in the Tender Offer please contact one of the Dealer Managers at the details below.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Joint Bookrunners and Dealer Managers DNB Markets a part of DNB Bank ASA, Sweden Branch Email: bond.syndicate@dnb.no

The Issuer Bilia AB (publ) Kristina Franzén CFO/ Ekonomidirektör kristina.franzen@bilia.se Nordea Bank Abp Email: nordealiabilitymanagement@nordea.com

This document is released by the Issuer and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR), encompassing information relating to the Tender Offer described above. For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this document is released, on behalf of the Issuer by Kristina Franzén, CFO/Ekonomidirektör, at 07:30 CEST on 21 September 2020.

DISCLAIMER

This document contains important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Tender Offer. If any holder is in any doubt as to the action it should take or is unsure of the impact of the Tender Offer, it is recommended to seek its own financial and legal advice, including as to any tax consequences, from its stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial or legal adviser. Any holder whose Notes are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee or intermediary must contact such entity if it wishes to tender such Notes pursuant to the Tender Offer. Neither the Issuer nor the Dealer Managers nor their respective directors, employees or affiliates makes any recommendation as to whether holders of Notes should tender Notes for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer.

Offer and Distribution Restrictions

This document does not constitute an invitation to participate in the Tender Offer in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such invitation or for there to be such participation under applicable securities laws. The distribution of this document in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this document comes are required by each of the Issuer and the Dealer Managers to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

United States

The Tender Offer is not being made and will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into, 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 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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. Accordingly, copies of this document and any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise transmitted, distributed or forwarded (including, without limitation, by custodians, nominees or trustees) in or into the United States or to a U.S. Person and the Notes cannot be tendered in the Tender Offer by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from or within or by persons located or resident in the United States or by any U.S. Person. Any purported tender of Notes in the Tender Offer resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of these restrictions will be invalid and any purported tender of Notes made by a person located in the United States, a U.S. Person, by any person acting for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person, or by any agent, fiduciary or other intermediary acting on a non-discretionary 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 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 nondiscretionary 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 who is not a U.S. Person. For the purposes of this and the above paragraph, "United States" means the United States of America, its territories and possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands), any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia.

United Kingdom

This document 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. 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 is only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Financial Promotion Order")) or any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order.

France

The Tender Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, to the public in the Republic of France ("France"). Neither this document nor any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer have been or shall be distributed to the public in France and only (i) providers of investment services relating to portfolio management for the account of third parties (personnes fournissant le service d'investissement de gestion de portefeuille pour compte de tiers) and/or (ii) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) other than individuals, in each case acting on their own account and all as defined in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-1, L.411-2 and D.411-1 of the French Code Monétaire et Financier, are eligible to participate in the Tender Offer. This document and any other document or material relating to the Tender Offer have not been and will not be submitted for clearance to nor approved by the Autorité des marches financiers.

Italy

Neither this document nor any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedure of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa ("CONSOB"). The Tender Offer is being carried out in the Republic of Italy as exempted offers pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the "Financial Services Act") and article 35-bis, paragraph 3 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999. Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes that qualify as qualified investors (investitori qualificati) can offer Notes for purchase through authorised persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993, as amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority.

Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with the Notes or the Tender Offer.

General

Neither this document nor the electronic transmission thereof constitutes an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell Notes (and tenders of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will not be accepted from holders) in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Tender Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and the Dealers Managers or any of their affiliates are such a licensed broker or dealer in any such jurisdiction, the Tender Offer shall be deemed to be made by such affiliate, as the case may be, in such jurisdiction.

Further, the Tender Offer does not constitute or form part of (i) a prospectus within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as supplemented from time to time by Commission delegated regulations (the Prospectus Regulation), nor (ii) a tender offer document as referred to in Chapter 2 a of the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. Each holder participating in the Tender Offer will be deemed to give certain other representations in respect of the other jurisdictions referred to above and generally as set out in the application form for participating in the Tender Offer available from the Dealer Managers. Any tender of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer from a holder that is unable to make these representations will not be accepted.

The Issuer reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to investigate, in relation to any tender of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer, whether any such representation given by a holder is correct and, if such investigation is undertaken and as a result the Issuer determines (for any reason) that such representation is not correct, such tender or submission may be rejected.