OTPP joins Apax, Warburg Pincus, CPPIB in US $5.7B bid for Inmarsat

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By CPE News

CPE Media News (3/19/2019) – A consortium consisting of Apax Partners LLP, Warburg Pincus International LLC, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has offered to acquire Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT) at US $7.21 per share in cash.

The non-binding offering was made on January 31, 2019, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP) has now joined the consortium.

The consortium is required, by not later than 5.00 p.m. (London time) on April 16, 2019, being 28 days after today’s date, to either announce a firm intention to make an offer or announce that it does not intend to make an offer.

As at March 8, 2019, Inmarsat had 463,480,897 ordinary shares issued and outstanding. At US $7.21 per share, the non-binding offer values Inmarsat’s equity at US $3.34 billion on a non-diluted basis and an enterprise value of approximately US $5.7 billion.

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News Release

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION.

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FALLING UNDER RULE 2.4 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE “CODE”) AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A FIRM INTENTION TO MAKE AN OFFER UNDER RULE 2.7 OF THE CODE. THERE CAN BE NO CERTAINTY THAT ANY OFFER WILL BE MADE NOR AS TO THE TERMS ON WHICH ANY FIRM OFFER MIGHT BE MADE.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

19 March 2019

Inmarsat plc

Statement re possible offer for Inmarsat from Apax, Warburg Pincus, CPPIB and OTPP

The Board of Inmarsat plc (“Inmarsat” or the “Company”) notes the recent media speculation regarding a possible offer for Inmarsat.

The Board of Inmarsat confirms that on 31 January 2019 it received a non-binding proposal from Apax Partners LLP (“Apax”), Warburg Pincus International LLC (“Warburg Pincus”), and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPPIB”) regarding a possible cash offer of US$7.21 per Inmarsat share for the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of Inmarsat. The proposal assumed no further dividends would be paid by Inmarsat following the date of the proposal. Apax, Warburg Pincus and CPPIB subsequently confirmed that Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“OTPP” and together with Apax, Warburg Pincus and CPPIB, the “Consortium”) would also be supporting the proposal as part of the Consortium.

The proposal remains under discussion between the Company and the Consortium. As such, there can be no certainty as to the terms on which any offer would be made. Nor is it certain that the discussions will lead to any firm offer for the Company. A further announcement will be made in due course.

In accordance with Rule 2.6(a) of the Code, the Consortium is required, by not later than 5.00 p.m. (London time) on 16 April 2019, being 28 days after today’s date, to either announce a firm intention to make an offer for the Company in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Code or announce that it does not intend to make an offer, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies. This deadline can be extended with the consent of the Takeover Panel (the “Panel”) in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code.

This statement is being made by Inmarsat without the prior agreement or approval of the Consortium.

Enquiries:

Inmarsat plc
Rob Gurner
Tel: +44 20 7728 1518
Jonathan Sinnatt
Tel: +44 20 7728 1935

J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7742 4000
Hugo Baring
Charles Harman
Adam Laursen
James Summer

PJT Partners
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3650 1100 / +1 212 364 7800
Simon Lyons
Scott Matlock
Jim Murray
Jonathan Hall

Credit Suisse
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7888 8888
Cathal Deasy
Eric Federman
Antonia Rowan
Ben Deary

Disclaimer

J.P. Morgan Securities plc, which conducts its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan Cazenove (“J.P. Morgan Cazenove”), is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority. J.P. Morgan Cazenove is acting as financial adviser exclusively for Inmarsat and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the matters in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Inmarsat for providing the protections afforded to clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove, nor for providing advice in relation to any matter referred to herein.

PJT Partners (UK) Limited (“PJT Partners”) which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom is acting exclusively for Inmarsat and no one else in connection with the matters described herein and will not be responsible to anyone other than Inmarsat for providing the protections afforded to clients of PJT Partners or for providing advice in connection with the matters described herein. Neither PJT Partners nor any of its subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of PJT Partners in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Credit Suisse International (“Credit Suisse”), which is authorised by the PRA and regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United Kingdom, is acting as financial adviser exclusively for Inmarsat and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not be responsible to any person other than Inmarsat for providing the protections afforded to clients of Credit Suisse, nor for providing advice in relation to the content of this announcement or any matter referred to herein. Neither Credit Suisse nor any of its subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Credit Suisse in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Disclosure requirements of the Code

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person’s interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) of the Code applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a securities exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person’s interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s), save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8 of the Code. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) of the Code applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3 of the Code.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the Code).

Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. You should contact the Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129 if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure.

Rule 26.1 Disclosure

A copy of this announcement will be made available (subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in restricted jurisdictions) at www.inmarsat.com no later than 12 noon (London time) on 20 March 2019 (being the business day following the date of this announcement) in accordance with Rule 26.1(a) of the Code. The content of the website referred to in this announcement is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.

Rule 2.9 information

In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the Code, as at the close of business on 18 March 2019 (being the business day prior to the date of this announcement), Inmarsat confirms that it had in issue 463,480,897 ordinary shares of Euro 0.0005 each with voting rights and admitted to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the ISIN code GB00B09LSH68. Inmarsat holds no ordinary shares in treasury. Inmarsat also confirms that as at the close of business on 18 March 2019 it has a principal amount of USD 650,000,000 convertible bond outstanding that is convertible into Inmarsat ordinary shares. The ISIN code is XS1486508887.