MTG iues SEK billion 4 year corporate bond

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) ( MTG' or the Group'), the international entertainment group, today announced that it has successfully raised SEK 1.0 billion in the Swedish domestic bond market. MTG intends to use the proceeds of the corporate bond to replace the Group's existing SEK 1.0 billion term loan. MTG will apply for a listing of the bond on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.

The bond has a maturity of 4 years and is on a floating rate coupon of three month STIBOR plus 1.10%. SEB (publ) and DNB (publ) have acted as lead Managers for the issue.

MTG replaced its SEK 6.5 billion of previous bank financing with a SEK 5.5 billion long-term revolving multi-currency facility and a SEK 1.0 billion term loan in December 2013. The Group has also entered the short term capital market by establishing a SEK 2 billion frame commercial paper programme, in order to enable it to access short term financing on attractive terms. The Group had total borrowings of SEK 1,829 million at the end of December 2013; net debt of SEK 772 million; and a net debt to trailing 12 month EBITDA ratio of 0.5 times.

Mathias Hermansson, Chief Financial Officer, commented: The interest in our first local bond offering has been high and reflects our strong financial position, our diversified and growing business, and our highly cash generative operating model. We have refinanced and diversified our overall funding structures over the last six months and built a platform for further investment in our long term growth.

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