Bonds Issuance
In compliance with the duties to disclose material information, Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana S.A. (Grupo SURA) hereby announces that its subsidiary Gruposura Finance has successfully issued in the international capital market, senior unsecured bonds for USD 550 million, with a maturity of 10 years. This issuance was totally guaranteed by Grupo SURA acting as the parent company.
The coupon was 5.50% and the return rate was 5.65%. Bids were received with a bid-to-cover ratio of 5.3 times.
The terms of the issuance are as follows:
The proceeds of the issuance will be used to repay in full the outstanding indebtedness of Gruposura Finance under a loan taken on February 2016, and the remainder for general corporate purposes.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy nor can be any sale of the securities described herein in the United States or any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would violate the law without prior registration or compliance with the requirements of the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. Any public offering of securities in the United States requires a prospectus, provided by the issuer or by the underwriter, containing detailed information about the Company, the management and the financial statements.