Capital/Financing Update • Sep 29, 2025
Capital/Financing Update
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a public limited liability company (société anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with registered office at 8-10 Avenue de la Gare, L-1610 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B.174457 ("Issuer")
to the holders of the
EUR 150,000,000.00 bonds, 2021/2026, with ISIN number XS2393240887
(the "Existing Bonds" and their holders the "Existing Holders")
to exchange their bonds for the
The Existing Holders are hereby invited to exchange their Existing Bonds with the Bonds, under the terms and conditions contained in this exchange offer invitation dated 29 September 2025
Existing Holders should note the following information:
The management board of the Issuer decided to give the Existing Holders the opportunity to exchange their Existing Bonds into the Bonds (the "Exchange Offer"), which will be also offered by way of a public offering to retail investors in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Germany (the "Retail Offering") and together with the Exchange Offer, the "Public Offering") and by way of an exempt offer exclusively to qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market (the "Prospectus Regulation") and other investors in compliance with Article 1(4) (a) and (b) of the Prospectus Regulation in member states of the European Economic Area (the "Institutional Offering" and together with the Retail Offering, the "Cash Offering" and together with the Exchange Offer the "Offering").
In this context, the Issuer published a securities prospectus for the Public Offering of the Bonds in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation, which has been approved by the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Sector (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) (the "Prospectus"). The Prospectus, on the basis of which this Exchange Offer is made, contains further information, in particular with respect to the Bonds and to the Issuer and is published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.luxse.com), the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange (http://www.nasdaqbaltic.com), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (www.boerse-frankfurt.de) and the Issuer's website (https://eleving.com/investors/). Existing Holders should read the full Prospectus carefully and, in particular, section "RISK FACTORS" contained therein.
Application has been made for the notification of the approval of the Prospectus to the competent authorities in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Germany, i.e. to the Estonian Financial Supervisory Authority (Finantsinspektsioon – "EFSA"), to the Bank of Latvia (formerly the Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia, Finanšu un kapitāla tirgus komisija – "Bank of Latvia"), to the "Bank of Lithuania" (Lietuvos Bankas) and to the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – "BaFin") in accordance with Article 25 of the Prospectus Regulation.
Simultaneously with the Offering, the Issuer will apply to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange for the Bonds to be listed and admitted to trading on Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Regulated Market (General Standard), segment for bonds of Deutsche Börse AG. Application will also be made to the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange for the Bonds to be listed and admitted to trading on the Baltic Regulated Market of the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange. References in this Exchange Offer Invitation to a "Regulated Market" shall mean any regulated market as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU.
The distribution of this Exchange Offer Invitation may be limited by certain legislation. Any person who enters into possession of this Exchange Offer Invitation must take these limitations into consideration. The Bonds are not and will not be registered, particularly in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or in accordance with securities law of individual states of the United States of America. Furthermore, they are not permitted to be offered or sold within the United States of America, or for the account or benefit of a person from the United States of America (as defined under Regulation S under the Securities Act), unless this ensues through an exemption of the registration requirements of the Securities Act or the laws of individual states of the United States of America or through a transaction, which is not subject to the aforementioned provisions. In this respect, Existing Holders should in particular consult section "SELLING RESTRICTIONS" of the Prospectus.
This Exchange Offer Invitation will be published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.luxse.com), the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange (http://www.nasdaqbaltic.com), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (www.boerse-frankfurt.de) and the Issuer's website (https://eleving.com/investors/) and notified to the clearing system in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Existing Bonds (the "Existing Bonds Terms and Conditions") on 29 September 2025. Neither the Issuer nor affiliated companies nor its respective legal representatives, employees or advisers and agents assume any obligation in connection with this Exchange Offer Invitation to update the information contained herein or to provide information about circumstances after the date of this Exchange Offer Invitation.
Terms defined in the Prospectus shall have the same meaning in this Exchange Offer Invitation, unless otherwise defined herein.
On 18 October 2021, the Issuer issued 9.50% senior secured bonds due 18 October 2026 for an aggregate principal amount of EUR 150,000,000.00, payable to the bearer and ranking pari passu among themselves, in the denomination of EUR 1,000.00 each and with ISIN number XS2393240887 (the "Existing Bonds"). The Existing Bonds are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by a number of subsidiaries of the Issuer.
The Issuer has decided to issue up to EUR 250,000,000.00 senior secured bonds, payable to the bearer and ranking pari passu among themselves in the denomination of EUR 1,000.00 each, with ISIN number XS3167361651 (the "Bonds").
The Exchange Offer takes place in accordance with the following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions of the Exchange Offer").
The Issuer hereby invites the Existing Holders to exchange all or part of their Existing Bonds for the Bonds (the "Exchange") in accordance with these Terms and Conditions of the Exchange Offer.
The exchange of the Existing Bonds for the Bonds should take place at an exchange ratio of one to one (1:1), so that for each Existing Bond with a nominal value of EUR 1,000.00 the relevant Existing Holder shall receive one (1) Bond (the "Exchange Ratio") with a nominal value of EUR 1,000.00. The Existing Holders are advised that the interest rate of the Bonds will not be less than 9.5%.
Each Existing Holder who opts for the Exchange Offer, and subject to the acceptance of his Exchange Instruction (as defined below) by the Issuer, shall also receive the unpaid Existing Bond Accrued Interest for each exchanged Existing Bond.
"Existing Bond Accrued Interest" means the pro rata interest accrued from the last interest payment date (from and including 18 October 2025) of the Existing Bonds until the Settlement Date or the Alternative Settlement Date, as the case may be (excluded).
The period during which Exchange Instructions (as defined below) may be made (the "Exchange Period") begins on 29 September 2025 and ends on 15 October 2025 at 13:00 CEST / 14:00 EEST) (the "Participation Deadline").
It is in the absolute discretion of the Issuer to extend or shorten the Exchange Period provided that any extension will require the publication of a supplement to this Prospectus along with a publication on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.luxse.com), the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange (http://www.nasdaqbaltic.com), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (www.boerse-frankfurt.de) and the Issuer's website (https://eleving.com/investors/) and notification to the clearing system in accordance with the Existing Bonds Terms and Conditions. The non-delivery of the present Exchange Offer Invitation to any of the Existing Holders shall not affect the validity of the invitation or of any Exchange Instruction submitted and accepted.
The Issuer may at any time during the Exchange Period withdraw the Exchange Offer and have such withdrawal notified to the Existing Holders by publication on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.luxse.com), the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange (http://www.nasdaqbaltic.com), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (www.boerse-frankfurt.de) and the Issuer's website (https://eleving.com/investors/) and notification to the clearing system in accordance with the Existing Bonds Terms and Conditions (the "Exchange Offer Withdrawal").
In the event that the Exchange Instructions received or the subscriptions made in the context of the Offering (including the Exchange Instructions received in the context of this Exchange Offer) exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds offered, the Issuer is entitled to terminate the Exchange Period before the Participation Deadline and to have such decision notified to the Existing Holders by publication on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.luxse.com), the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange (http://www.nasdaqbaltic.com), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (www.boerse-frankfurt.de) and the Issuer's website (https://eleving.com/investors/) and notification to the clearing system in accordance with the Existing Bonds Terms and Conditions. Such termination shall also constitute an Exchange Offer Withdrawal.
Existing Holders who wish to exchange their Existing Bonds can do so by submitting their instructions with their depositary institution or relevant intermediary, to forward such instructions to Clearstream Banking S.A., Luxembourg or Euroclear Bank S.A/N.V., Brussels, as operator of the Euroclear system (the "Clearing System"), (the "Exchange Instruction").
The Existing Holders who wish to subscribe for additional Bonds in the context of the Cash Offering may submit a Subscription Undertaking simultaneously with the submission of an Exchange Instruction during the Exchange Period. The Subscription Undertakings submitted in this way will not be given preference in the context of the allocation of the Bonds.
Exchange Instructions will be taken into account only if they are received by the Issuer and/or the Exchange Agent before the Participation Deadline. The Issuer and/or the Exchange Agent assume no warranty or liability for the fact that Exchange Instructions placed within the Exchange Period will actually be received by the Issuer and/or the Exchange Agent before the Participation Deadline. When submitting an Exchange Instruction, the Existing Holder will be required to disclose his or her name.
The Existing Holders are advised to check with their depositary institution or other intermediary through which they hold the Existing Bonds whether such intermediary needs to receive instructions from an Existing Holder before the Participation Deadline in order for that Existing Holder to be able to participate in the Exchange Offer. The deadlines set by the Clearing System for the submission of Exchange Instructions might also be earlier than the Participation Deadline.
Each Exchange Instruction shall be made in respect of a nominal amount corresponding at least to EUR 1,000.00, notwithstanding the market value of each Existing Bond. The total volume of each Exchange Instruction shall not result in the delivery of a fraction of a Bond and is limited to the total volume of the Exchange Offer.
Exchange Instructions may be cast with the relevant depositary institution to be forwarded to the Clearing System using the form provided therefrom and in accordance with the procedures of the relevant Clearing System. Each Exchange Instruction shall contain an irrevocable instruction and authorisation to:
All the Exchange Instructions cast will be irrevocable, save for the automatic revocation of an Exchange Instruction in the event of occurrence of an Exchange Offer Withdrawal.
Banque Internationale à Luxembourg S.A., a public limited liability company (société anonyme), incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 69, route d'Esch, L-2953 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) under number B6307, will act as exchange agent for the purpose of this Exchange Offer (the "Exchange Agent").
It is in the sole and absolute discretion of the Issuer not to accept Exchange Instructions in whole or in part without stating reasons. The decision of the Issuer with respect to the result of the Exchange Offer and the acceptance or rejections of the Exchange Instructions submitted, shall be published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.luxse.com), the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange (http://www.nasdaqbaltic.com), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (www.boersefrankfurt.de) and the Issuer's website (https://eleving.com/investors/) on 16 October 2025.
Exchange Instructions which do not comply with the Terms and Conditions of the Exchange Offer shall not be accepted. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Issuer reserves the right to accept Exchange Instructions in spite of violations of the Terms and Condition of the Exchange or failure to meet the Exchange Period, without being obliged to proceed in the same manner with all Exchange Instructions being made in violation of the Terms and Condition of the Exchange.
With respect to the approved Exchange Instructions, the Issuer will confirm the final results of the validly tendered Existing Bonds to the Exchange Agent and instruct the Exchange Agent to proceed with the Settlement.
Existing Holders who do not participate in the Exchange Offer, or whose Existing Bonds are not accepted for exchange by the Issuer, will continue to hold their Existing Bonds subject to the Existing Bonds Terms and Conditions.
Upon acceptance by the Issuer of an Exchange Instruction, an agreement on the exchange of the Existing Bonds for Bonds, in accordance with the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of the Exchange Offer, shall come into effect between the relevant Existing Holder and the Issuer. Subject to the acceptance of an Exchange Instruction by the Issuer, each Existing Holder and the Issuer agree on the transfer of ownership of the Existing Bonds to the Issuer, and on the transfer of ownership of an equal number of Bonds to each Existing Holder, under the terms of the Settlement (as defined below).
Upon transfer of ownership of the Existing Bonds to the Issuer, all related rights and other claims (including the interest claims) shall also be transferred to the Issuer.
The execution and settlement of the Exchange Offer, namely the exchange of the Existing Bonds and the Bonds between the Existing Holders and the Issuer and the payment of the Existing Bond Accrued Interest (the "Settlement") shall take place on or around 24 October 2025 (the "Settlement Date") through the Clearing System and as long as the Issuer delivers the Bonds and the Existing Bond Accrued Interest thereto, it will be discharged of any obligations under the Exchange Offer. The above timeline may change at the absolute discretion of the Issuer, so that the Settlement will occur at the date indicated by the Issuer via a publication on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.luxse.com), the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange (http://www.nasdaqbaltic.com), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (www.boersefrankfurt.de) and the Issuer's website (https://eleving.com/investors/) and notification to the clearing system in accordance with the Existing Bonds Terms and Conditions (the "Alternative Settlement Date").
Provided the Issuer delivers, or has delivered on its behalf, the Bonds, for all the Existing Bonds accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer to the Exchange Agent on the Settlement Date or the Alternative Settlement Date, as the case may be, under no circumstances will any additional distribution or interest be payable to an Existing Holder because of any delay in the delivery of the Bonds by, or transmission of funds from, the Exchange Agent or any other intermediary with respect to such Existing Holder's holding.
By submitting an Exchange Instruction, each Existing Holder acknowledges, represents, warrants and undertakes, to the Issuer, any Guarantor and the Exchange Agent:
the Bonds, and no additional amounts shall be payable to the Existing Holder in the event of a delay in the transmission of the relevant Bonds by the Exchange Agent or an intermediary to the Existing Holder;
case may be, of the Exchange Instruction) complied with all laws and regulations applicable to it for the purposes of its participation in the Exchange Offer;
of doubt any manager or arranger in connection with the proposed issuance of the Bonds) assumes any liability for the content hereof or any other documentation relating to the Exchange and Cash Offering (including, without limitation, the Prospectus) and/or the success or completion of the Exchange and Cash Offering;
respects at the time of the exchange on the Settlement Date or the Alternative Settlement Date, as the case may be;
| Approval of the Prospectus by the CSSF and notification to EFSA, the Bank of Latvia, Lietuvos Bankas and BaFin. Publication of the approved Prospectus on the Issuer's website |
29 September 2025 |
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| Publication of the Exchange Offer Invitation on the Issuer's website |
29 September 2025 |
| Commencement of the Exchange Period | 29 September 2025 |
| Commencement of the Offer Period (being the period during which new investors can subscribe for the Bonds in the context of the Cash Offering) |
06 October 2025 |
| End of the Exchange Period | 15 October 2025 |
| Announcement of the results of the Exchange Offer | 16 October 2025 |
| End of the Offer Period and announcement of the results of the Cash Offering |
17 October 2025 |
| Issue Date of the Bonds | 24 October 2025 |
| Application for the admission of the Bonds to trading on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and of the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange |
29 September 2025 |
| Settlement Date | 24 October 2025 |
Alternative Settlement Date To be indicated (if any)
at the absolute discretion of the Issuer
This Exchange Offer Invitation will be published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.luxse.com), the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange (http://www.nasdaqbaltic.com), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (www.boersefrankfurt.de) and the Issuer's website (https://eleving.com/investors/) and notified to the clearing system in accordance with the Existing Bonds Terms and Conditions. This Exchange Offer Invitation may not be published, distributed or disclosed, neither directly nor indirectly, if this is prohibited under any applicable provision or subject to the compliance with official procedures or the granting of any permission or other requirements. The distribution of this Exchange Offer Invitation is subject to the provisions of the Prospectus and in particular section "SELLING RESTRICTIONS" thereof.
The Issuer assumes no liability for the disclosure or transmission of this Exchange Offer Invitation or the acceptance of the Exchange Offer being compatible with the relevant foreign regulations. All publications and other notices of the Issuer in connection with this Exchange Offer shall exclusively be published on the website of the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange (http://www.nasdaqbaltic.com), the Issuer's website (https://eleving.com/investors/) and notified to the clearing system in accordance with the Existing Bonds Terms and Conditions, unless there is any further publication requirement.
Queries in relation to the Exchange Offer may be submitted via telephone or e-mail to:
Aalto Capital AG For the attention of Manfred Steinbeisser e-mail: [email protected] telephone: +49 175 2668901
Eleving Group For the attention of : Investor Relations e-mail: [email protected] telephone: +371 22 056 940
Governing Law
This Exchange Offer Invitation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Luxembourg law.
Any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with this Exchange Offer Invitation (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Exchange Offer Invitation or any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Exchange Offer Invitation), shall be settled in the courts of Luxembourg-City.
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