NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — AES El Salvador Trust II bis, a trust formed under the laws of the State of New York (the "Issuer") today announced the expiration and final results of the previously announced offer to purchase for cash (the "Tender Offer") of any and all of its 6.750% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2023, listed in the table below (the "Notes"), guaranteed by each of (i) Compañía de Alumbrado Eléctrico de San Salvador, S.A. de C.V. ("CAESS"), (ii) AES CLESA y Compañía, S. en C. de C.V. ("CLESA"), (iii) Empresa Eléctrica de Oriente, S.A. de C.V. ("EEO") and (iv) Distribuidora Eléctrica de Usulután, S.A. de C.V. ("DEUSEM" and, jointly with CAESS, CLESA and EEO, the "Guarantors" and the Guarantors, together with the Issuer, referred to herein as "we," or "us"). The Tender Offer for the Notes expired at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on June 17, 2022 (the "Expiration Date") and the Issuer has accepted all Notes validly tendered as of the Expiration Date. Capitalized terms used in this announcement and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Issuer’s Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated May 12, 2022 (as amended from time to time, the "Statement").
According to information received from Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the Tender, Solicitation and Information Agent for the Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation, as of the Expiration Date, the Issuer received valid tenders and consents from holders of the Notes as outlined in the table below.
| Title of Notes | CUSIP and ISIN Numbers | Original Amount (U.S.$) | Principal | Total |
| 6.750% Senior | CUSIP: 00105N AA1 / P06076 AA4; ISIN: US00105NAA19 / USP06076AA49 | U.S. $310,000,000 | U.S.$285,462,000 | U.S.$1,000.00 |
| (1) The amounts, which exclude Accrued Interest, will be paid per U.S.$1,000.00 on the Final Settlement Date (as such term is defined in the Statement). The Total Consideration includes the early tender premium of U.S.$ 30.00 which was extended on May 25, 2022 to holders tendering their Notes and delivering their consents on or prior to the Expiration Date (as extended). | ||||||
In respect of the Solicitation, the Issuer received the consent of holders for an aggregate principal amount representing 92.08% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and intends to execute a supplemental indenture so that the Proposed Amendments become effective once the Issuer pays the Total Consideration to tendering and consenting Holders on the Final Settlement Date, which is expected to occur on June 24, 2022. As described in the Statement, Holders of such Notes will receive the Total Consideration (as set forth in the table above), which includes the Early Tender Premium plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the Final Settlement Date.
Full details of the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation are set forth in the Statement, which is available from the Information Agent.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC ("J.P. Morgan") is the Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent in the Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation. Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been retained to serve as the Tender, Solicitation and Information Agent for the Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation. Persons with questions regarding the Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation should contact J.P. Morgan at (toll free) (866) 846-2874. To contact Global Bondholder Services Corporation, banks and brokers may call (212) 430-3774, and others may call U.S. toll-free: (855) 654-2015 or email [email protected].
None of the Issuer, any of the Guarantors, their respective board of directors, its officers, the dealer manager and solicitation agent, the tender and information agent or the trustees with respect to the Notes, or any of their respective affiliates, made any recommendation that holders tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of the principal amount of their Notes and consent to the Proposed Amendments to the Indenture, and no one has been authorized by any of them to make such a recommendation. Holders made their own decision as to whether to tender their Notes and provide their Consent and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender in the Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation.
This press release is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to purchase with respect to any Notes or any other securities. The Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation was made solely pursuant to the terms of the Statement. The Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation was not made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. The Statement does not constitute a public offer to purchase in El Salvador or a public offer to purchase to any resident of El Salvador.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are not based on historical facts and are not assurances of future results. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and estimates about future events and financial trends, which affect or may affect the Issuer’s businesses and results of operations. The words "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect" and similar words are intended to identify estimates and forward-looking statements. These statements include but are not limited to forward-looking statements about the Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation, including whether the Tender Offer and concurrent Solicitation are consummated in whole or in part. Although the Issuer believes that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, these statements are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to the Issuer. Estimates and forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations and the Issuer’s future results may differ materially from those expressed in these estimates and forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and you should not place reliance on any forward-looking statement contained in this press release. The Issuer undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events or for any other reason.
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