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Gestamp announces launch of €400,000,000 senior secured notes due 2023

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03.05.2016

Gestamp Automoción, S.A. (“Gestamp”) announced today that its subsidiary Gestamp Funding Luxembourg S.A. (the “Issuer”) has launched an offering of €400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2023. Gestamp and certain of its subsidiaries will guarantee the notes and the notes will be secured by a charge over the shares of certain subsidiaries of Gestamp.

The net proceeds of the offering, if completed, along with existing cash on balance sheet, will be used to repurchase or redeem for cancellation all of the Issuer’s outstanding euro-denominated 5.875% senior secured notes due 2020 and to pay commissions, fees and other expenses associated with the offering and the repurchase.

About Gestamp

Gestamp is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of metal components and units for the leading car manufacturers. Gestamp specialises in the development of innovatively designed products in order to create increasingly safe and lightweight vehicles, thereby constantly improving energy consumption and environmental impact. Its products are used in all areas of bodywork, chassis and mechanisms.                

Gestamp operates in 20 countries, with 95 industrial plants, 12 R&D centres and over 33,000 employees worldwide. In 2015, its turnover was 7.035 billion euros.

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