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Borr Drilling — Capital/Financing Update 2018
May 15, 2018
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Capital/Financing Update
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BORR DRILLING LIMITED - PROPOSED CONVERTIBLE BOND OFFERING OF USD 350 MILLION DUE 2023
BORR DRILLING LIMITED - PROPOSED CONVERTIBLE BOND OFFERING OF USD 350 MILLION DUE 2023
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN,
SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH, OR TO PERSONS IN ANY
JURISDICTION TO WHOM, SUCH DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Hamilton, Bermuda, 15 May 2018
Borr Drilling Limited (the "Company") announces today the offering of approx.
USD 350 million in principal amount of convertible bonds (the "Bonds") with a
five-year tenor.
The senior unsecured Bonds will be, in accordance with their terms, convertible
into shares of the Company (the "Shares"). The Bonds are expected to have a
coupon in the range of 3.5% to 4.25% per annum payable semi-annually in arrear
in equal instalments and a conversion premium of 35% to 40% over the price per
Share at which Shares have been sold in the Concurrent Equity Offering.
The proceeds from the Bonds will be used (i) to finance the purchase of five
rigs from an Asian shipyard (the "Rig Purchase"), (ii) for general corporate
purposes and (iii) for a call spread to improve the effective conversion premium
for the Company in relation to the Bonds to 75% over the price per Share at
which Shares have been sold in the Concurrent Equity Offering (as defined
herein). Total consideration for the Rig Purchase is expected to be USD 720
million. The Company has secured optional delivery financing of the rigs of
USD432 million on attractive terms and, in addition, intends to enter into a USD
200 million bank facility. The Rig Purchase is subject to the completion of the
offering of the Bonds.
The Bonds will be issued and redeemed at 100% of their principal amount of USD
200,000 and will, unless previously redeemed, converted or purchased and
cancelled, mature in 2023.
The Bonds, at the option of the Company, may be redeemed in whole but not in
part at par plus accrued interest at any time, if less than 15 per cent in
principal amount of the Bonds originally issued remains outstanding.
Pricing terms for the Bonds are expected to be announced later today or tomorrow
and the Bonds are expected to be issued on or around 23 May 2018 (the "Issue
Date"). The Company intends to apply for admission to trading of the Bonds on
an internationally recognised, regularly operating, regulated or non-regulated
stock exchange or securities market within 30 days of the Issue Date.
The Company has been advised by the Joint Bookrunners that the Joint Bookrunners
will facilitate, concurrently with the offering of the Bonds, sales of existing
Shares by buyers of the Bonds who wish to sell these Shares in short sales to
purchasers procured by the Joint Bookrunners in order to hedge the market risk
to which the buyers of Bonds are exposed with respect to the Bonds that they
acquire (the "Concurrent Equity Offering"). The Joint Bookrunners will allocate
certain portions of the Shares to Goldman Sachs International in such Concurrent
Equity Offering to hedge the call spread referenced below. Any offer or sale of
Shares in any Concurrent Equity Offering would be made (i) inside the United
States to Qualified Institutional Buyers pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities
Act of 1933 or (ii) in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S.
The Company intends to purchase from Goldman Sachs International a call option
on the Shares to mitigate the economic exposure from a potential exercise of the
conversion rights embedded in the Bonds. In addition, the Company will sell a
call option on the Shares to Goldman Sachs International. It is anticipated that
Goldman Sachs International and/or their affiliates will enter into transactions
to hedge its or their position under the call options.
The Company and four of the Company's major shareholders, Ubon Partners AS,
Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Limited, Drew Holdings Ltd. and Magni Partners
(Bermuda) Ltd. (together, the "Lenders") will enter into stock lending
arrangements with a term of three years with DNB Markets on or around the date
hereof in respect of 35,000,000 Shares in aggregate (representing approximately
7% of the Company's issued share capital on the date hereof) for the purposes of
facilitating investors' hedging activities. The Lenders will be entitled to
recall the Shares lent under their respective stock lending arrangements by
providing written notice to DNB Markets in certain limited circumstances.
Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Clarksons Platou Securities AS, DNB Markets
and Goldman Sachs International are acting as Joint Bookrunners in relation to
the Offering.
For further information, please contact:
Rune Magnus Lundetræ
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: + 47 900 88 411
Important Note
NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE COMPANY, THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS OR ANY OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES THAT WOULD PERMIT AN OFFERING OF THE BONDS OR POSSESSION
OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE OR ANY OFFERING OR PUBLICITY MATERIAL
RELATING TO THE BONDS IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE ACTION FOR THAT PURPOSE IS
REQUIRED. PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS PRESS RELEASE COMES ARE REQUIRED BY
THE COMPANY AND THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS TO INFORM THEMSELVES ABOUT, AND TO
OBSERVE, ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO
THE UNITED STATES. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES OR THE
SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY SECURITIES, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY OFFER OF
SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
THIS PRESS RELEASE AND THE OFFERING WHEN MADE ARE ONLY ADDRESSED TO, AND
DIRECTED IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (THE "EEA") AT PERSONS
WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF THE
PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS"). FOR THESE PURPOSES, THE EXPRESSION
"PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC, AS AMENDED.
SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PRODUCT GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED WITHIN:
(A) EU DIRECTIVE 2014/65/EU ON MARKETS IN FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, AS AMENDED
("MIFID II"); (B) ARTICLES 9 AND 10 OF COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU)
2017/593 SUPPLEMENTING MIFID II; AND (C) LOCAL IMPLEMENTING MEASURES (TOGETHER,
THE "MIFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS"), AND DISCLAIMING ALL AND ANY
LIABILITY, WHETHER ARISING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, WHICH ANY
"MANUFACTURER" (FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MIFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE
REQUIREMENTS) MAY OTHERWISE HAVE WITH RESPECT THERETO, THE BONDS HAVE BEEN
SUBJECT TO A PRODUCT APPROVAL PROCESS, WHICH HAS DETERMINED THAT: (I) THE TARGET
MARKET FOR THE BONDS IS ELIGIBLE COUNTERPARTIES AND PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS ONLY,
EACH AS DEFINED IN MIFID II; AND (II) ALL CHANNELS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE BONDS
TO ELIGIBLE COUNTERPARTIES AND PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS ARE APPROPRIATE. ANY PERSON
SUBSEQUENTLY OFFERING, SELLING OR RECOMMENDING THE BONDS (A "DISTRIBUTOR")
SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE MANUFACTURERS' TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT;
HOWEVER, A DISTRIBUTOR SUBJECT TO MIFID II IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERTAKING ITS
OWN TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT IN RESPECT OF THE BONDS (BY EITHER ADOPTING OR
REFINING THE MANUFACTURERS' TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT) AND DETERMINING
APPROPRIATE DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS.
THE TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT IS WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY
CONTRACTUAL OR LEGAL SELLING RESTRICTIONS IN RELATION TO ANY OFFERING OF THE
BONDS.
FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE:
(A) AN ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY OR APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PURPOSES OF MIFID
II; OR (B) A RECOMMENDATION TO ANY INVESTOR OR GROUP OF INVESTORS TO INVEST IN,
OR PURCHASE, OR TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE BONDS.
THE BONDS ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO
AND SHOULD NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL
INVESTOR IN THE EEA. FOR THESE PURPOSES, A RETAIL INVESTOR MEANS A PERSON WHO IS
ONE (OR MORE) OF: (I) A RETAIL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (11) OF ARTICLE 4(1)
OF MIFID II; OR (II) A CUSTOMER WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE 2002/92/EC,
WHERE THAT CUSTOMER WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS A PROFESSIONAL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN
POINT (10) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF MIFID II. CONSEQUENTLY, NO KEY INFORMATION
DOCUMENT REQUIRED BY REGULATION (EU) NO 1286/2014, AS AMENDED (THE "PRIIPS
REGULATION") FOR OFFERING OR SELLING THE BONDS OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM
AVAILABLE TO RETAIL INVESTORS IN THE EEA HAS BEEN PREPARED AND THEREFORE
OFFERING OR SELLING THE BONDS OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL
INVESTOR IN THE EEA MAY BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE PRIIPS REGULATION.
IN ADDITION, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THIS PRESS RELEASE IS BEING DISTRIBUTED ONLY
TO, AND IS DIRECTED ONLY AT, QUALIFIED INVESTORS (I) WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF
THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS
AMENDED (THE "ORDER") AND QUALIFIED INVESTORS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO
(D) OF THE ORDER, AND (II) TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED
(ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS"). THIS PRESS
RELEASE MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON (I) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY PERSONS
WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS, AND (II) IN ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EEA OTHER THAN
THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED INVESTORS. ANY INVESTMENT
OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS PRESS RELEASE RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO
(A) RELEVANT PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH
RELEVANT PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND (B) QUALIFIED INVESTORS IN MEMBER
STATES OF THE EEA (OTHER THAN THE UNITED KINGDOM).
THE BONDS MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN BERMUDA ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE INVESTMENT BUSINESS ACT 2003 OF BERMUDA, AS AMENDED FROM TIME
TO TIME. ADDITIONALLY, NON-BERMUDIAN PERSONS MAY NOT CARRY ON OR ENGAGE IN ANY
TRADE OR BUSINESS IN BERMUDA UNLESS SUCH PERSONS ARE AUTHORISED TO DO SO UNDER
APPLICABLE BERMUDA LEGISLATION. ENGAGING IN THE ACTIVITY OF OFFERING OR
MARKETING THE BONDS IN BERMUDA TO PERSONS IN BERMUDA MAY BE DEEMED TO BE
CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN BERMUDA.
A PROSPECTUS WILL NOT BE FILED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUE AND OFFERING OF THE
SECURITIES WITH THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES IN BERMUDA PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF PART III OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1981 OF BERMUDA, AS AMENDED. NEITHER THE
REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES NOR THE BERMUDA MONETARY AUTHORITY ACCEPTS ANY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMPANY'S FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS OR THE CORRECTNESS OF ANY
OF THE STATEMENTS MADE OR OPINIONS EXPRESSED HEREIN.
ANY DECISION TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE BONDS SHOULD ONLY BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF AN
INDEPENDENT REVIEW BY A PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR OF THE COMPANY'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
INFORMATION. NEITHER THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
AFFILIATES ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OF, OR MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATION AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF, THIS PRESS RELEASE OR THE
COMPANY'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS
PRESS RELEASE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN ITS ENTIRETY WITHOUT NOTICE UP TO THE
CLOSING DATE.
EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD PROCEED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT MUST BEAR THE
ECONOMIC RISK OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE BONDS OR THE ORDINARY SHARES TO BE ISSUED
OR TRANSFERRED AND DELIVERED UPON CONVERSION OF THE BONDS AND NOTIONALLY
UNDERLYING THE BONDS (TOGETHER WITH THE BONDS, THE "SECURITIES"). NONE OF THE
COMPANY OR THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION AS TO (I) THE
SUITABILITY OF THE SECURITIES FOR ANY PARTICULAR INVESTOR, (II) THE APPROPRIATE
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT AND POTENTIAL TAX CONSEQUENCES OF INVESTING IN THE
SECURITIES OR (III) THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF THE SECURITIES EITHER IN ABSOLUTE
TERMS OR RELATIVE TO COMPETING INVESTMENTS.
THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY AND NO ONE ELSE IN
CONNECTION WITH THE BONDS AND WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR
PROVIDING THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO CLIENTS OF THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS OR FOR
PROVIDING ADVICE IN RELATION TO THE SECURITIES.
EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING TO UPDATE, REVIEW OR REVISE
ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE WHETHER AS A RESULT OF NEW
INFORMATION, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OR OTHERWISE.