PRA Group Announces Pricing of Offering of €300 Million of 6.250% Senior Notes due 2032
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PRA Group (Nasdaq: PRAA), a global leader in nonperforming loan acquisition and collection, has announced the pricing of €300 million in senior notes through its Luxembourg subsidiary. The notes, carrying a 6.250% interest rate and due in 2032, will be offered in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers.
The company plans to use the proceeds to refinance approximately $348 million in total debt, evenly split between its North American and European revolving credit facilities. The offering, expected to close around September 30, 2025, will be guaranteed by PRA Group and its domestic subsidiaries that are borrowers or guarantors under the North American Credit Agreement.
Positive
- Successful pricing of €300 million senior notes offering indicates strong market confidence
- Strategic debt refinancing through longer-term notes
- Debt restructuring potentially improves financial flexibility
Negative
- High interest rate of 6.250% on the new notes may increase interest expenses
- Additional long-term debt commitment through 2032
News Market Reaction – PRAA
On the day this news was published, PRAA gained 0.19%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
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The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and each of the Company's existing and future domestic subsidiaries that is a borrower or guarantor under the Company's North American Credit Agreement.
PRA Group intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay approximately
The Notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to certain persons outside of
This announcement is neither an offer to sell, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. Any offer of these securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum. The offer and sale of the Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and unless so registered, the Notes may not be offered or sold in
Promotion of the Notes in the
MiFID II product governance—Professional investors and ECPs only target market. Solely for the purposes of the product approval process of any initial purchaser of the Notes (each, an "Initial Purchaser") that considers itself as a manufacturer pursuant to Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II") (each a "Manufacturer" and, together, the "Manufacturers"), the target market assessment in respect of the Notes has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for such Notes is only eligible counterparties and professional clients, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) all channels for distribution of such Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending such Notes (a "distributor") should take into consideration the Manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of such Notes (by either adopting or refining the Manufacturers' target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.
Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors. The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA. For these purposes, a "retail investor" means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (a) a "retail client" as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; (b) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the "Insurance Distribution Directive"), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (c) not a "qualified investor" as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended, the "Prospectus Regulation"). Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.
Prohibition of Sales to
About Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made herein that are not historical in nature, including PRA Group, Inc.'s or its management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, representations, projections, plans or predictions of the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon management's current beliefs, estimates, assumptions and expectations of PRA Group, Inc.'s future operations and financial and economic performance, taking into account currently available information. These statements are not statements of historical fact or guarantees of future performance, and there can be no assurance that anticipated events will transpire or that the Company's expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, some of which are not currently known to PRA Group, Inc. Actual events or results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in any such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the risk factors and other risks that are described from time to time in PRA Group, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including PRA Group, Inc.'s annual reports on Form 10-K, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and its current reports on Form 8-K, which are available through PRA Group, Inc.'s website and contain a detailed discussion of PRA Group, Inc.'s business, including risks and uncertainties that may affect future results.
Due to such uncertainties and risks, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of today. Information in this press release may be superseded by more recent information or statements, which may be disclosed in later press releases, subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise. Except as required by law, PRA Group, Inc. assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in PRA Group, Inc.'s expectations with regard thereto or to reflect any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such forward-looking statements are based, in whole or in part.
Investor Contact:
Najim Mostamand, CFA
Vice President, Investor Relations
(757) 431-7913
IR@PRAGroup.com
Media Contact:
Allison Herman
Manager, Public Relations and Strategic Communication
(757) 381-5205
MediaInquiries@PRAGroup.com
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