BCP Finance Company informs about issuer call of series D Preference Shares (Regulatory Application)


THIS NOTICE RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014.

BCP FINANCE COMPANY
(the Issuer)

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands under the Companies Law
with registered number CR-63276)

NOTICE

to the holders of those of the
€500,000,000 Series D Perpetual Non-cumulative Guaranteed
Non-voting Step-Up Preference Shares of the Issuer
presently outstanding
(ISIN XS0231958520 / Common Code 023195852)
(the Holders and the Series D Preference Shares respectively)

Date:    12 September 2018

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the holders of the above Series D Preference Shares, as described in paragraph 5(a) of the “Description of the Series D Preference Shares” in the offering circular dated 12 October 2005 (the Offering Circular) and in accordance with the Issuer’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer dated 11 October 2005 and the agency agreement dated 13 October 2005 relating to the Series D Preference Shares, as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, of the redemption of all of the Series D Preference Shares as follows:

(A)       Optional Redemption Date:   Dividend Date falling on 13 October 2018, subject to adjustment in accordance with paragraph 2(a)(ii) of the “Description of the Series D Preference Shares” in the Offering Circular. Accordingly, the Optional Redemption Price is expected to be paid on 15 October 2018.

(B)       Optional Redemption Price:   EUR 50,000.00 per Series D Preference Share plus accrued and unpaid Dividends (whether or not declared) for the then current Dividend Period to the Redemption Date and any Additional Amounts.

The Issuer has requested or will request that the UK Listing Authority cancel the listing of the Series D Preference Shares on the Official List on or around the Optional Redemption Date.

Unless expressly indicated otherwise, the terms and expressions used herein have the same meaning as given to them in the Offering Circular.

This Notice is released by the Issuer and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR). For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made by Nuno Ribeiro de Almeida, General Manager at the Issuer.

DISCLAIMER No offer or invitation to acquire or sell any securities is being made pursuant to this Notice.

This Notice is given to the Holders by:

BCP Finance Company
3rd Floor
Strathvale House
90 North Church Street
George Town
P.O. Box 30124
Grand Cayman
KY1-1201 Cayman Islands

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