EUR 200 million bond (March 2021)

EUR 200 million bond (March 2021)

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Sanoma’s funding sources consist of  syndicated term loans, a bond,  revolving credit facility and commercial paper programmes in Finland and Belgium. The committed revolving credit facility of EUR 300 million serves as a back-up if commercial paper funding would not be available.

Out of the EUR 650 million funding maturing in 2024, the RCF of EUR 300 million was refinanced in November 2022 with a maturity of three years, and two one-year extension options. Read more

Information on credit facilities is updated quarterly or whenever there are significant changes in the debt portfolio.

Maturity profile of committed credit facilities as of 30 September 2022

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Structure of external debt portfolio at 30 September 2022

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Loans and credit facilities

Term facility

Sanoma Corporation signed a EUR 250 million Term facility agreement on 7 June 2022. The Term facility was underwritten by three relationship banks. The Term facility has one instalment of EUR 50 million in September 2025. The remaining facility expires in August 2026.

The Term facility was used for the acquisitions of Pearson Italy and Pearson Germany, which were closed on 31 August, 2022.

Syndicated credit facility

Sanoma Corporation signed a EUR 200 million syndicated term loan facility with a group of ten relationship banks on 2 December 2020. It has a final maturity in December 2024. The term loan will be repaid in annual instalments of EUR 25 million starting from Q4 2022, with a final repayment at maturity.

The term loan was used to finance the acquisition of Santillana Spain, which was closed on 31 December 2020. With the term loan, Sanoma converted part of the acquisition-related EUR 480 million bridge loan facility into long-term financing.

Bond

On 11 March 2021, Sanoma announced that it will issue a senior unsecured bond of EUR 200 million. The 3-year bond matures on 18 March 2024. It carries a fixed annual interest of 0.625 per cent and has an issue price of 99.625 per cent. The offering was allocated to approx. 65 investors.

The bond (ISIN: FI4000490602) was listed on (trading code: SAA1V062524) on Nasdaq Helsinki on 24 March 2021.

The net proceeds from the issuance of the bond were used to repay a EUR 200 million bridge loan drawn in connection with the acquisition of Santillana Spain.

Syndicated term loan and revolving credit facility

Sanoma signed a EUR 550 million syndicated term loan and revolving credit facility with a group of nine relationship banks on 4 February 2019. The facility had two tranches, a EUR 250 million Term Loan Facility with four year maturity and annual repayments of EUR 50 million, and a EUR 300 million Revolving Credit Facility with five year maturity.

The term loan was used for the acquisition of Iddink, which was closed in September 2019. Sanoma has prepaid the EUR 250 million Term Loan in full in September, 2022.  The revolving credit facility can be used for general corporate purposes.

Commercial paper programmes

EUR 800 million Finnish commercial paper programme

In Finland, Sanoma has an EUR 800 million commercial paper programme with eight co-operation banks. The arrangers for the programme are Nordea Bank AB, Aktia Bank Plc, OP Corporate Bank Plc, Bank of Åland Plc, Danske Bank Plc, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) Helsinki Branch, Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ), Finnish Branch and Swedbank AB Finnish Branch. Neither Sanoma nor the notes have a credit rating.

EUR 300 million Belgian commercial paper programme

In Belgium, Sanoma has a EUR 300 million commercial paper programme, arranged by ING Belgium SA/NV. Neither Sanoma nor the notes have a credit rating.