Today, ASR Nederland N.V. ('a.s.r.') announced the intention, subject to market conditions, to issue a Euro denominated 21NC11 callable Tier 2 capital instrument (“Tier 2 Notes”), following investors calls commencing on Monday 14 November 2022. The Tier 2 Notes will have a fixed-rate coupon (resettable after 11 years). The Tier 2 Notes offering is intended to partly finance the business combination with Aegon N.V. ("Aegon") to create a leading insurer in the Netherlands, as announced on 27 October 2022 (the "Transaction").
The Transaction includes all insurance activities (Life, Pensions and Non-life), the mortgage-origination and servicing operations, the distribution and services entities and the banking business of Aegon Nederland N.V. Total consideration amounts to € 4.9 billion and comprises of i) newly issued ordinary shares to Aegon (29.99% interest in a.s.r. at closing of the Transaction) and ii) a cash consideration of € 2.25 billion1. The cash consideration is expected to be funded through existing surplus capital, the executed placement of ordinary shares on 28 October 2022 amounting to € 586 million of proceeds and the issuance of various instruments which may include Solvency II compliant debt instruments, including the announced Tier 2 Notes, subject to market conditions.
The Tier 2 Notes are expected to be rated BBB- by S&P (intermediate equity content).
a.s.r. has mandated ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, HSBC and UBS Investment Bank to act as Joint Lead Managers on its intended Tier 2 Notes issuance, with UBS Investment Bank acting as Structuring Agent.
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