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SHF - Steinhoff International Holdings Limited - Steinhoff International

Release Date: 21/05/2008 15:18
Code(s): SHF
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SHF - Steinhoff International Holdings Limited - Steinhoff International Holdings Limited completes the ZAR 1.5 billion offering of Convertible Bonds STEINHOFF INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration no. 1998/003951/06) Ordinary share code: "SHF" ISIN: ZAE000016176 ("Steinhoff" or "the Issuer") Steinhoff International Holdings Limited completes the ZAR 1.5 billion offering of Convertible Bonds Steinhoff announces that the terms for its ZAR 1.5 billion convertible bonds due 2015 (the "2008 Bonds") have been fixed as follows: - issue size is ZAR 1.5 billion (subject to increase prior to settlement by up to ZAR 225 million pursuant to the increase option); - the initial conversion price has been set to ZAR 24.77 per ordinary share, which represents a 32.5 per cent. premium over the volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of the ordinary shares of the Issuer on the JSE Limited ("the JSE") from launch to pricing; - due to the redemption price at maturity, the effective conversion premium at maturity represents a 59.0 per cent. premium over the VWAP of the ordinary shares of the Issuer on the JSE from launch to pricing, corresponding to an effective conversion price at maturity of ZAR 29.73; - the coupon has been set to 9.625% per annum; - the yield has been set to 11.522% per annum; - the issue price is 100% and the redemption price is 120%; - the Bonds are convertible into 60.56 million ordinary shares of the Issuer based on the above initial conversion price, which represents 4.49% of the Issuer`s current issued ordinary share capital. The 2008 Bonds offering was launched at the open of trading this morning and is now priced with the order books being well oversubscribed. PWC Corporate Finance (Proprietary) Limited ("PWC") has expressed a preliminary positive fairness opinion as contemplated in Rule 5.53(b) of the JSE`s Listings Requirements. Upon release of the formal PWC opinion, it will be submitted to the JSE Listings Division and become available for inspection at the registered office of the Issuer for a period of two weeks from date of closing. On the assumption that the 2008 Bonds had been in issue during the six months ended 31 December 2007, their pro forma financial effects on the per share statistics of the Issuer would have been insignificant. Application will be made for the Bonds to be listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. Barclays Capital is the Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Manager for the offering of the 2008 Bonds. For more information, please contact: Steinhoff International Holdings Ltd: Jan van der Merwe Piet Ferreira Ben la Grange * +27 (0) 11 445 3000 Barclays Capital: Simon Ollerenshaw * +44 (0) 207 773 5391 Wynberg, Sandton 21 May 2008 Company sponsor: PSG Capital (Proprietary) Limited Independent adviser in respect of the 2008 Bonds: PWC Corporate Finance (Proprietary) Limited The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution to persons in the United States. Any securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold without registration thereunder or pursuant to an available exemption therefrom. Neither this document nor the information contained herein constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. In the United Kingdom this announcement is directed exclusively at persons who fall within Article 19 or 49 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or to whom this announcement may otherwise be directed without contravention of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The investments referred to in this announcement shall be issued only to such persons. This announcement is not intended to be nor is it an offer for sale or subscription to the public as contemplated under Chapter VI of the South African Companies Act No.61 of 1973 (as amended). South African residents are also not permitted to acquire the Bonds in terms of the South African exchange control rules administered by the South African Reserve Bank. This announcement is not an offer of securities or investments for sale nor a solicitation of an offer to buy securities or investments in any jurisdiction where such offer or solicitation would be unlawful. 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