JDC Group AG
JDC Group AG: Issuance of a secured 5.5 % corporate bond with a total volume of up to EUR 25 million with exchange offer
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– New bond 2019/2024 with prospectus, exchange offer and public tender offer – Additional cash amount of EUR 10.00 – Significant expansion of business volume and increasing result expected through distribution agreements with large-volume sales partners Jung, DMS & Cie. Pool GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JDC Group AG, has decided to issue a five-year secured corporate bond with an annual interest rate of 5.5%. The issue volume amounts to up to EUR 25 million. The inflow of funds from this issuance will be used to refinance the outstanding bond (ISIN DE000A14J9D9) maturing on 21 May 2020 as well as to finance further growth of the JDC Group. The successful expansion of business with large-volume sales partners (including Albatros Versicherungsdienste, Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria Wirtschaftsagentur) necessitated one-off initial investments, which are increasingly overcompensated by the income generated. Last week it was announced that comdirect Versicherungsmakler AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of comdirect bank AG, will in future rely entirely on the technology of the JDC Group and will provide insurance products exclusively via the JDC platform for a period of five years. The new bond will be issued by means of a public tender offer, a private placement with qualified investors and a voluntary exchange offer. The public tender offer will be carried out in the Federal Republic of Germany (“Germany”), the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”) and Republic of Austria (“Austria”), inter alia via the DirectPlace subscription functionality of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and additionally by advertising in Luxembourg. The accompanying securities prospectus is expected to be approved by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”) in the first half of November, followed by a two-week subscription and exchange period. The issue includes a 1:1 exchange offer to the holders of Jung, DMS & Cie. Pool GmbH bond 2015/2020 at par value plus accrued interest as well as an additional cash amount of EUR 10.00. In recent years, the JDC Group has utilised the funds from bond 2015/2020 to successfully acquired large insurance portfolios, which has co-financed the white label platform. These technology enables major customers as well as all other associated brokers from front-end to back-end to benefit from a comprehensive settlement architecture from a single source. Outsourcing contracts with several major customers were implemented in 2019 and are now generating scaling effects and increasing recurring income. The transaction will be supported by BankM – representative for flatex Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany – in its function as Global Coordinator and Bookrunner. About JDC Group AG Important note: The securities which form the subject of this publication shall be offered by the issuer exclusively within the Federal Republic of Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by means of a public tender offer on the basis of the securities prospectus approved by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”) and within the context of a private placement with qualified investors in Germany and in certain jurisdictions in the European Economic Area and Switzerland, where applicable. In particular, the securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 as amended (“Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from the relevant registration requirements. This publication does not constitute a prospectus. The investment decisions of interested investors with respect to the securities mentioned in this publication should be made solely on the basis of the prospectus to be prepared by the issuer in connection with the public tender offer of such securities and the terms and conditions of the bonds. Contact: JDC Group AG Ralf Funke Investor Relations Phone: +49 611 890 5750 Email: funke@jdcgroup.de
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Language: | English |
Company: | JDC Group AG |
Kormoranweg 1 | |
65201 Wiesbaden | |
Germany | |
Phone: | +49 (0) 611 890 575-0 |
Fax: | +49 (0) 611 890 575-99 |
E-mail: | info@jdcgroup.de |
Internet: | http://www.jdcgroup.de |
ISIN: | DE000A0B9N37 |
WKN: | A0B9N3 |
Indices: | Scale 30 |
Listed: | Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Scale), Hamburg, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange |
EQS News ID: | 898755 |
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