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Amsterdam, 18 October 2023 - Pursuant to a notice of early redemption dated 15 September 2023, Azerion Group N.V. (the "Company" or "Azerion") announced a conditional early redemption in full (the "Early Redemption") of all outstanding senior secured callable fixed rate bonds maturing in April 2024 with ISIN SE0015837794 (the "Bonds"). We refer to the terms and conditions of the Bonds, originally dated 23 April 2021 as amended from time to time, most recently pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 20 December 2022 (the "Terms and Conditions"). Terms defined in the Terms and Conditions have the same meaning in this notice unless given a different meaning herein.
The Early Redemption was conditional upon inter alia the successful issue of the Company's initial EUR 165,000,000 senior secured callable floating rate bonds (the "New Bonds") prior to the record date (being 23 October 2023) (the "Record Date").
We hereby inform that the conditions for the Early Redemption have been satisfied and that the Early Redemption is now unconditional and may not be revoked or withdrawn. As previously communicated, the redemption will be made on 30 October 2023 and the redemption amount will be paid to the Bondholders holding Bonds on the Record Date.
The Bonds will be de-listed from the corporate bond list of Nasdaq Stockholm and the Open Market of Frankfurt Stock Exchange as soon as possible.
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For further information, please contact:
Andrew Buckman
VP Investor Relations
ir@azerion.com
Media:
press@azerion.com
About Azerion
Founded in 2014, Azerion (EURONEXT: AZRN) is one of Europe’s largest digital advertising and entertainment media platforms. We bring global scaled audiences to advertisers in an easy and cost-effective way, delivered through our proprietary technology, in a safe, engaging, and high-quality environment, utilizing our strategic portfolio of owned and operated content with entertainment and other digital publishing partners.
Having its roots in Europe and with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Azerion has commercial teams based in over 26 cities around the world to closely support our clients and partners to find and execute creative ways to make a real impact through advertising.
For more information visit: www.azerion.com
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