SÃO PAULO, May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cielo S.A. (the "Company") (B3: CIEL3 / OTC Nasdaq International: CIOXY), today announced the commencement, on the date hereof, of a solicitation of consents (the "Consents" and the "Consent Solicitation") to the proposed amendments (the "Proposed Amendments") to be made to certain provisions of (a) the indenture, dated as of November 16, 2012, among the Company and Cielo USA Inc., a Delaware corporation controlled by the Company, ("Cielo USA" and together with the Company, the "Issuers"), as issuers, the Company as guarantor of the Cielo USA Notes (as defined below), and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, registrar, transfer agent and paying agent (the "Trustee" and the "Indenture"), including amendments to permit the cancellation of the Notes Units (as defined below) resulting in the separate trading of the 3.750% senior notes due 2022 issued by the Company ("Cielo Notes") and 3.750% senior notes due 2022 issued by Cielo USA ("Cielo USA Notes"), that are traded as part of notes units (the "Notes Units"), each $1,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes Units consisting of $537.14 in aggregate principal amount of Cielo Notes and $462.86 in aggregate principal amount of Cielo USA Notes, and (b) the existing global notes units and the existing global notes issued by the Company and Cielo USA, as applicable (the "Global Notes").
In conjunction with and dependent on the success of the Consent Solicitation, and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, the Company is also offering, on the date hereof, to purchase for cash any and all of the Cielo Notes (the "Offer"). The Cielo Notes can currently only be tendered as part of the Notes Units and cannot be traded separately.
The Consent Solicitation and the Offer are being made by the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditons established in the Consent Solicitation Statement and Offer to Purchase, dated as of May 23, 2019 ("Offer to Purchase"). There is no letter of transmittal for the Consent Solicitation and the Offer.
The Consent Solicitation and the Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 20, 2019, unless the Consent Solicitation and the Offer are extended or earlier terminated by the Issuers, with respect to the Consent Solicitation, or the Company, with respect to the Offer ("Consent and Offer Expiration Time").
The early tender deadline for the Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 6, 2019, unless it is extended or earlier terminated by the Company ("Early Tender Expiration Time").
To tender Notes Units in the Offer (and thereby deliver the related Consents pursuant to the Consent Solicitation), holders of the Notes Units may:
Holders may not deliver Consents without tendering the related Notes Units.
The table below summarizes the main terms of the Consents Solicitaion and the Offer:
All terms and conditions of the Consent Solicitation and the Offer are described in the Offer to Purchase. Any questions regarding the Consent Solicitation and/or the Offer may be directed to the Information Agent and Tender Agent and to the Dealer Managers, which contacts are indicated below:
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THE OFFER TO PURCHASE CONTAINS CERTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE READ BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSENT SOLICITATION AND THE OFFER, IN PARTICULAR, SEE "CERTAIN SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATIONS" IN THE OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS HOLDERS SHOULD CONSIDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSENT SOLICITATION AND THE OFFER.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This notice includes and references "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may relate to, among other things, the Issuers' business strategy, goals and expectations concerning its market position, future operations, margins and profitability.
Although the Issuers believe the assumptions upon which these forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, any of these assumptions could prove to be inaccurate and the forward-looking statements based on these assumptions could be incorrect.
The matters discussed in these forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results and trends to differ materially from those made, projected, or implied in or by the forward-looking statements depending on a variety of uncertainties or other factors.
The Issuers undertake no obligation to update any of their forward-looking statements.
SOURCE Cielo S.A.
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