Q-Park Holding I B.V. announces launch of senior secured notes offering
Q-Park Holding I B.V. (the “Company,” and together with Q-Park Holding B.V. (the “Parent”) and the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Parent, the “Group”) today announces the launch of an offering of €550 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured fixed rate notes due 2030 (the “New Notes”) (the “Offering”). The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offering to refinance a portion of the Company’s outstanding indebtedness, to pay fees, costs and expenses in relation to the Offering and for general corporate purposes.
The New Notes will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to non-U.S. persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act, subject to prevailing market and other conditions. There is no assurance that the Offering will be completed or, if completed, as to the terms on which it is completed. The New Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or unless pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the New Notes, nor shall it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
This announcement has been prepared on the basis that any offer of the New Notes in any Member State of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) (each, a “Relevant State”) will be made pursuant to an exemption under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended (the “Prospectus Regulation”), from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of securities. This announcement has been prepared on the basis that any offer of the New Notes in the United Kingdom will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Regulation, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “UK Prospectus Regulation”), from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of notes. The preliminary offering memorandum produced for the Offering is not a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation or the UK Prospectus Regulation. The manufacturer target market (MIFID II product governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all distribution channels). No PRIIPs key information document (KID) has been prepared as the New Notes are not available to retail clients in the EEA or the United Kingdom.
This announcement and any other documents or materials relating to the Offering 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. 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 Promotion Order) or persons who are within Article 43(2) of the Financial Promotion Order or any other persons to whom such documents and/or materials may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated under the Financial Promotion Order.
In connection with the issuance of the New Notes, certain of the initial purchasers will serve as stabilising managers and may over-allot the New Notes or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the New Notes at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that the stabilising managers (or persons acting on behalf of the stabilising managers) will undertake stabilisation actions. Any stabilisation action may begin on or after the date on which adequate public disclosure of the terms of the offer of the New Notes is made and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the issue date of the New Notes and 60 days after the date of the allotment of the New Notes. Any stabilisation action or over-allotment must be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws and rules.
About the Company and Q-Park
The Company was formed as a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) under the laws of The Netherlands on May 12, 2017. The Company is a direct subsidiary of the Parent. The Group is a leading parking infrastructure owner and operator in the Western European market, with a large and diversified portfolio of owned, leased and managed parking facilities across seven Western European countries. The Group mainly operates off-street parking spaces owned by it as well as parking spaces under concessions and long-term leases from public and private landlords, with a focus on off-street purpose-built parking facilities at strategic locations. The Group operates more than 4,300 parking facilities comprising over 890,000 parking spaces as of March 31, 2024 in The Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities laws of certain applicable jurisdictions. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “should,” “will” or “would” or, in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, all statements other than statements of historical facts contained in the preliminary offering memorandum for the New Notes and include statements regarding the Group’s or its affiliates’ intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, the Group’s or its affiliates’ results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and dividend policy and the industries in which they operate. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Many factors may cause the Group’s or its affiliates’ actual results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and the development of the industries in which they operate to differ materially from those contained in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement. In addition, even if the Group’s or its affiliates’ results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industries in which they operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.