PEN Photon Energy Group repays Its 7.75% corporate bond 2017/2022

The management board of Photon Energy N.V. announces that it has repaid the outstanding nominal value of EUR 15.232 million of its 7.75% EUR corporate bond 2017/2022 (ISIN: DE000A19MFH4) at the end of the five-year term in accordance with the bond conditions. The repayment was made together with the final interest payment to the bondholders.
The bond was issued on 27 October 2017 with a 7.75% annual coupon and quarterly coupon payments in Germany, Austria and Luxemburg. The original target volume of EUR 30 million was successfully increased in two taps with all parameters unchanged, to an outstanding amount of EUR 45.0 million. The bond, with a nominal value of EUR 1,000, has been traded on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 27 October 2017. It was also listed on the stock exchanges in Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich and Stuttgart. Over 60% of the 7.75% EUR corporate bond 2017/2022 holders converted their bond holdings to the Company’s new Green EUR Bond 2021/2027 in two exchange offers, reducing the outstanding nominal value of the 2017/2022 bond to EUR 15.232 million as of the repayment date. The 6.50% Green EUR Bond 2021/2027 (ISIN: DE000A3KWKY4) was assessed with regards to its sustainability by imug | rating, by way of a Secondary Party Opinion and is the first of the Company’s bonds to be rated as a ‘green’ bond.