{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"172143","rtpr_id":"nGNE9Dx1JP-20261019","ticker":"IGN1L","exchange":"","all_tickers":["IGN1L"],"title":"REG-Ignitis Group intends to issue inaugural EuGB bonds and announces tender offer for Notes due 14 July 2027","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-19T08:35:04.067Z","article_body":"THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED AS\nINSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE\nREGULATION (EU) 596/2014.\n\nNOT FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO PERSONS\nLOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE\nSECURITIES ACT) OR TO ENTITIES IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER\nJURISDICTION WHICH PROHIBITS THE SAME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE\nLAW.\n\nAB \"Ignitis grupė\" (hereinafter – the Group) informs of its decision to\nlaunch a series of fixed income investor calls for its inaugural European\nGreen Bond (hereinafter – EuGB) issuance (hereinafter – New Notes) as well\nas to announce a concurrent tender offer (hereinafter – Tender Offer) on the\noutstanding EUR 300 million 2.000% Notes due 14 July 2027 (ISIN: XS1646530565)\n(hereinafter – Notes).\n\nA minimum EUR 300 million 5-year EuGB Reg S Category 1 Registered, senior\nunsecured offering is expected to follow, subject to market conditions. The\nNew Notes would be issued under the Group’s EUR 2,000,000,000 Euro Medium\nTerm Note Programme (hereinafter – EMTN Programme) and the Base Prospectus\ndated 3 September 2026 (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucLq2kJ_cX0ofg0sQwFSEVeFHBNkwEsXlR7y4_uuoxoSskFPOwyjgrx3UcmYKFHyWvkNSX2wG-g7YtnEjDSx9LRBlXlSy11x5WkaMXXSVA553NYMRhe58g1jisdh3ESgL0Ipcq7FESU9xNqwpUSgF_lo=)).\n\nAn amount equivalent to the gross proceeds from the New Notes may be allocated\nto finance and/or refinance, in whole or in part, fixed assets, capital and\noperating expenditures in accordance with the gradual approach referred to in\nArticle 4(1) of the E.U. Green Bond Regulation and the European Green Bond\nFactsheet (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucAZL6-6l6ksc95by2daKptSnh-fQQYnjK5oa97DbYZysP5_AyBC-02nZi008ik2Z3Csk7j0Q7bNReWJFQw1zxx_H52fiZUJGavdrexYMI-KxqHaNIKfbIxuI7IjlIbgdb7POQe6XSuzKyQskKpxY79Y=)).\n\nThe Tender Offer, announced concurrently with the proposed issuance of the New\nNotes, is intended to proactively manage the Group’s bond maturity profile\nand facilitate the ability of investors in the Notes to switch to an\ninvestment in the New Notes. The proceeds of the New Notes are intended to be\nused to satisfy the Group’s obligations in connection with the Tender Offer.\nNotes purchased by the Group pursuant to the Tender Offer will be cancelled\nand will not be re-issued or re-sold. Notes which have not been validly\ntendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will remain\noutstanding. Completion of the Tender Offer is subject, without limitation, to\nthe completion of the issuance of the New Notes. The Group reserves the right\nat any time to amend or waive any or all of the conditions of the Tender\nOffer. S&P Global Limited has been appointed as Information and Tender Agent.\nDetailed information on the Tender Offer is available in the announcements\npublished by the Group on the websites of the Luxembourg (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucG21T_Fka_VfyTkXVAt7ae_KW4ZuBvxoQdjl6fj4yRp4KRdAxaheSrw1B6FsSB9O9Q==))\nand Nasdaq Vilnius (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucEnbr0A18sUjjS-vTQbRk2MblZhfXKcS9nxlKkl1VskwQFqUAQDVl1ZkL2MYuqR8mA==))\nstock exchanges.\n\nFurther information regarding the New Notes and the Tender Offer will be\nannounced only if and when the New Notes are priced and the results of the\nTender Offer have been determined.\n\nThe Group has mandated BNP PARIBAS, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, J.P. Morgan\nand MUFG as Global Coordinators, and, together with SEB and Swedbank, as Joint\nBookrunners.\n\nThe investor calls and Tender Offer announcement follow the recent publication\nof the Group’s updated EMTN Programme (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucEk1PYjTy0CQ-SJAbAkTHInu1u6n7y_D5ICR0T6FSYzaqNVDaEaewWxhRW7VjB1inA7cn0WZMEPkFlqTLahoCJW1gLAr9TI_0csNzzG67t-5SegAgIzSVtHbE3NaUot5_XnF_pAgh_Jn9jwJxDKRLuA=)),\nupdated Green Finance Framework and the launch of its European Green Bond\nFactsheet (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucAGkZdfPi1Jeh7KPwJPXPlcBSABEOqBATEMPEADsNttzFYsuaN7HuooFx1xIeOG8eQ8wgGpACqv9-MW0Gfn3VjM5LN_Iud583AhY2R_Icg83LzgtwUxlRM4JBxYURImGyiCJTsBRrHw53raWa6Vy9XE=)).\n\nThe Group has two investment-grade credit ratings: BBB+ with a Stable outlook\nassigned by S&P Global Ratings and Baa1 with a Stable outlook assigned by\nMoody's Ratings. Further information on the Group's credit ratings is\navailable on the Group's website (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucKxwY0ntaqbk-s8E2JwXOkcWFZUvKgCmUDYnwmQKLsqkNpC1y_3Ooj4t3xT3VOucFx2Pd69qaH-H2-eGN3h9ihv3qRU1UrLu7te3mreNgSyB)).\n\nCurrently, the Group has three outstanding bond issues, each with a nominal\namount of EUR 300 million and maturing in 2027, 2028 and 2030. Further\ninformation on the Group's bond issues is available on the Group's website\nhere\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=w6XJaJsxh_EQOmYKbE22kfXhmV2lWJylT9vhSb1lZVI4jLzkKtunXONh1xTwkgaoxzDq_qkluA4hVw0faJl1wm4k_idwKyEB7vzeTbXgGKs=).\n\nThe information provided in this announcement does not affect the Group’s\nAdjusted EBITDA and Investments guidance for 2026.\n\nDisclaimer\n\nMiFID professionals/ECPs-only – Manufacturer target market (MiFID product\ngovernance) is eligible counterparties and professional investors only (all\ndistribution channels).\n\nNo EU PRIIPs key information document and no disclosure document required by\nthe FCA Product Disclosure Sourcebook will be prepared as the Notes are not\navailable to retail investors in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) or\nthe United Kingdom (the “UK”).\n\nNOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES.\n\nThis announcement does not constitute or form a part of any offer or\nsolicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States or\nany jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation or sale would be\nunlawful. Securities may not be offered or sold within the United States or to\nU.S. persons absent registration or an exemption from registration under the\nU.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations\nthereunder. Any offering of securities to be made outside the United States\nwill be made by means of the Base Prospectus dated 3 September 2026 in\nconnection with the Issuer’s EUR2,000,000,000 EMTN Programme, which is\navailable on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and on the Ignitis\nGroup website at https://ignitisgrupe.lt/en/investors/bonds. Ignitis Group has\nnot registered and does not intend to register any securities in the United\nStates, and no public offering of securities will be made in the United States\nor in any other jurisdiction where such an offering is restricted or\nprohibited.\n\nThis announcement is being distributed only to and directed only at: (i)\npersons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) persons who have professional\nexperience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of\nthe Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005,\nas amended (the “Order”), or (iii) persons falling within Article 49(2)(a)\nto (d) of the Order, or (iv) persons in the United Kingdom in circumstances\nwhere section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended)\ndoes not apply (all such persons together being referred to as \"relevant\npersons\"). The announcement must not be acted on or relied on by persons who\nare not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this\nannouncement relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with,\nrelevant persons (and subject to any other applicable restrictions).\n\nRelevant stabilisation regulations including FCA/ICMA Stabilisation apply.\n\nA rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Ratings may\nbe subject to revision, suspension, change or withdrawal at any time by the\nassigning rating agency.\n\nEach investor is solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal\nof all matters as such investor deems appropriate (including those relating to\nthe Tender Offer, the New Notes and the Group). Each investor must make its\nown investment decision based upon its own judgement and having obtained\nadvice from such financial, accounting, regulatory, investment, legal and tax\nadvisers as it may deem necessary. If such person is in any doubt about any\naspect of the Tender Offer, the New Notes and/or the action it should take,\nincluding in respect of any tax consequences, it should consult its\nprofessional advisers.\n\nFor additional information, please contact:\n\nCommunications\nValdas Lopeta\n+370 621 77993\nvaldas.lopeta@ignitis.lt\n\nInvestor Relations\nAinė Riffel-Grinkevičienė\n+370 643 14925\naine.riffel-grinkeviciene@ignitis.lt","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNE9Dx1JP-20261019","title":"REG-Ignitis Group intends to issue inaugural EuGB bonds and announces tender offer for Notes due 14 July 2027","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"IGN1L","created":"2026-10-19T08:35:04.067Z","tickers":["IGN1L"],"exchange":"","article_body":"THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED AS\nINSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE\nREGULATION (EU) 596/2014.\n\nNOT FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO PERSONS\nLOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE\nSECURITIES ACT) OR TO ENTITIES IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER\nJURISDICTION WHICH PROHIBITS THE SAME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE\nLAW.\n\nAB \"Ignitis grupė\" (hereinafter – the Group) informs of its decision to\nlaunch a series of fixed income investor calls for its inaugural European\nGreen Bond (hereinafter – EuGB) issuance (hereinafter – New Notes) as well\nas to announce a concurrent tender offer (hereinafter – Tender Offer) on the\noutstanding EUR 300 million 2.000% Notes due 14 July 2027 (ISIN: XS1646530565)\n(hereinafter – Notes).\n\nA minimum EUR 300 million 5-year EuGB Reg S Category 1 Registered, senior\nunsecured offering is expected to follow, subject to market conditions. The\nNew Notes would be issued under the Group’s EUR 2,000,000,000 Euro Medium\nTerm Note Programme (hereinafter – EMTN Programme) and the Base Prospectus\ndated 3 September 2026 (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucLq2kJ_cX0ofg0sQwFSEVeFHBNkwEsXlR7y4_uuoxoSskFPOwyjgrx3UcmYKFHyWvkNSX2wG-g7YtnEjDSx9LRBlXlSy11x5WkaMXXSVA553NYMRhe58g1jisdh3ESgL0Ipcq7FESU9xNqwpUSgF_lo=)).\n\nAn amount equivalent to the gross proceeds from the New Notes may be allocated\nto finance and/or refinance, in whole or in part, fixed assets, capital and\noperating expenditures in accordance with the gradual approach referred to in\nArticle 4(1) of the E.U. Green Bond Regulation and the European Green Bond\nFactsheet (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucAZL6-6l6ksc95by2daKptSnh-fQQYnjK5oa97DbYZysP5_AyBC-02nZi008ik2Z3Csk7j0Q7bNReWJFQw1zxx_H52fiZUJGavdrexYMI-KxqHaNIKfbIxuI7IjlIbgdb7POQe6XSuzKyQskKpxY79Y=)).\n\nThe Tender Offer, announced concurrently with the proposed issuance of the New\nNotes, is intended to proactively manage the Group’s bond maturity profile\nand facilitate the ability of investors in the Notes to switch to an\ninvestment in the New Notes. The proceeds of the New Notes are intended to be\nused to satisfy the Group’s obligations in connection with the Tender Offer.\nNotes purchased by the Group pursuant to the Tender Offer will be cancelled\nand will not be re-issued or re-sold. Notes which have not been validly\ntendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will remain\noutstanding. Completion of the Tender Offer is subject, without limitation, to\nthe completion of the issuance of the New Notes. The Group reserves the right\nat any time to amend or waive any or all of the conditions of the Tender\nOffer. S&P Global Limited has been appointed as Information and Tender Agent.\nDetailed information on the Tender Offer is available in the announcements\npublished by the Group on the websites of the Luxembourg (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucG21T_Fka_VfyTkXVAt7ae_KW4ZuBvxoQdjl6fj4yRp4KRdAxaheSrw1B6FsSB9O9Q==))\nand Nasdaq Vilnius (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucEnbr0A18sUjjS-vTQbRk2MblZhfXKcS9nxlKkl1VskwQFqUAQDVl1ZkL2MYuqR8mA==))\nstock exchanges.\n\nFurther information regarding the New Notes and the Tender Offer will be\nannounced only if and when the New Notes are priced and the results of the\nTender Offer have been determined.\n\nThe Group has mandated BNP PARIBAS, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, J.P. Morgan\nand MUFG as Global Coordinators, and, together with SEB and Swedbank, as Joint\nBookrunners.\n\nThe investor calls and Tender Offer announcement follow the recent publication\nof the Group’s updated EMTN Programme (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucEk1PYjTy0CQ-SJAbAkTHInu1u6n7y_D5ICR0T6FSYzaqNVDaEaewWxhRW7VjB1inA7cn0WZMEPkFlqTLahoCJW1gLAr9TI_0csNzzG67t-5SegAgIzSVtHbE3NaUot5_XnF_pAgh_Jn9jwJxDKRLuA=)),\nupdated Green Finance Framework and the launch of its European Green Bond\nFactsheet (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucAGkZdfPi1Jeh7KPwJPXPlcBSABEOqBATEMPEADsNttzFYsuaN7HuooFx1xIeOG8eQ8wgGpACqv9-MW0Gfn3VjM5LN_Iud583AhY2R_Icg83LzgtwUxlRM4JBxYURImGyiCJTsBRrHw53raWa6Vy9XE=)).\n\nThe Group has two investment-grade credit ratings: BBB+ with a Stable outlook\nassigned by S&P Global Ratings and Baa1 with a Stable outlook assigned by\nMoody's Ratings. Further information on the Group's credit ratings is\navailable on the Group's website (link\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8i0jUi95pYUQU7OG-EyucKxwY0ntaqbk-s8E2JwXOkcWFZUvKgCmUDYnwmQKLsqkNpC1y_3Ooj4t3xT3VOucFx2Pd69qaH-H2-eGN3h9ihv3qRU1UrLu7te3mreNgSyB)).\n\nCurrently, the Group has three outstanding bond issues, each with a nominal\namount of EUR 300 million and maturing in 2027, 2028 and 2030. Further\ninformation on the Group's bond issues is available on the Group's website\nhere\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=w6XJaJsxh_EQOmYKbE22kfXhmV2lWJylT9vhSb1lZVI4jLzkKtunXONh1xTwkgaoxzDq_qkluA4hVw0faJl1wm4k_idwKyEB7vzeTbXgGKs=).\n\nThe information provided in this announcement does not affect the Group’s\nAdjusted EBITDA and Investments guidance for 2026.\n\nDisclaimer\n\nMiFID professionals/ECPs-only – Manufacturer target market (MiFID product\ngovernance) is eligible counterparties and professional investors only (all\ndistribution channels).\n\nNo EU PRIIPs key information document and no disclosure document required by\nthe FCA Product Disclosure Sourcebook will be prepared as the Notes are not\navailable to retail investors in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) or\nthe United Kingdom (the “UK”).\n\nNOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES.\n\nThis announcement does not constitute or form a part of any offer or\nsolicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States or\nany jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation or sale would be\nunlawful. Securities may not be offered or sold within the United States or to\nU.S. persons absent registration or an exemption from registration under the\nU.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations\nthereunder. Any offering of securities to be made outside the United States\nwill be made by means of the Base Prospectus dated 3 September 2026 in\nconnection with the Issuer’s EUR2,000,000,000 EMTN Programme, which is\navailable on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and on the Ignitis\nGroup website at https://ignitisgrupe.lt/en/investors/bonds. Ignitis Group has\nnot registered and does not intend to register any securities in the United\nStates, and no public offering of securities will be made in the United States\nor in any other jurisdiction where such an offering is restricted or\nprohibited.\n\nThis announcement is being distributed only to and directed only at: (i)\npersons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) persons who have professional\nexperience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of\nthe Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005,\nas amended (the “Order”), or (iii) persons falling within Article 49(2)(a)\nto (d) of the Order, or (iv) persons in the United Kingdom in circumstances\nwhere section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended)\ndoes not apply (all such persons together being referred to as \"relevant\npersons\"). The announcement must not be acted on or relied on by persons who\nare not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this\nannouncement relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with,\nrelevant persons (and subject to any other applicable restrictions).\n\nRelevant stabilisation regulations including FCA/ICMA Stabilisation apply.\n\nA rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Ratings may\nbe subject to revision, suspension, change or withdrawal at any time by the\nassigning rating agency.\n\nEach investor is solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal\nof all matters as such investor deems appropriate (including those relating to\nthe Tender Offer, the New Notes and the Group). Each investor must make its\nown investment decision based upon its own judgement and having obtained\nadvice from such financial, accounting, regulatory, investment, legal and tax\nadvisers as it may deem necessary. If such person is in any doubt about any\naspect of the Tender Offer, the New Notes and/or the action it should take,\nincluding in respect of any tax consequences, it should consult its\nprofessional advisers.\n\nFor additional information, please contact:\n\nCommunications\nValdas Lopeta\n+370 621 77993\nvaldas.lopeta@ignitis.lt\n\nInvestor Relations\nAinė Riffel-Grinkevičienė\n+370 643 14925\naine.riffel-grinkeviciene@ignitis.lt"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-19T08:35:04.153414837Z","server_sent_at_ms":1792398904153},"received_at":"2026-10-19T08:35:04.212Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"160285","press_release_id":"172143","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Electric Utilities","sector":"Utilities"},"redFlags":["new issuance conditional on market conditions; tender offer contingent on completion of the new issue"],"eventType":"debt_offering","narrative":"Ignitis Group is launching investor calls for its inaugural European Green Bond, a minimum EUR 300 million 5-year senior unsecured offering, subject to market conditions.\n\nConcurrently, the group announced a tender offer on its EUR 300 million 2.000% Notes due 14 July 2027; new-issue proceeds will fund the tender and any repurchased notes will be cancelled.\n\nThe group holds investment-grade ratings of BBB+ (S&P) and Baa1 (Moody's), both Stable, and states the announcement does not affect its 2026 Adjusted EBITDA and Investments guidance.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Inaugural green bond plus tender of 2027 maturity extends Ignitis's debt runway -- liability management, not a catalyst."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"sp_rating":"BBB+ (Stable)","moodys_rating":"Baa1 (Stable)","new_notes_type":"European Green Bond, Reg S Category 1 senior unsecured","new_notes_tenor":"5-year","outstanding_bonds":"three EUR 300 million issues maturing 2027, 2028 and 2030","new_notes_min_size":"EUR 300 million","emtn_programme_size":"EUR 2,000,000,000","tendered_notes_size":"EUR 300 million","tendered_notes_coupon":"2.000%","tendered_notes_maturity":"14 July 2027"}},"quotedText":"The Tender Offer, announced concurrently with the proposed issuance of the New Notes, is intended to proactively manage the Group's bond maturity profile","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Valdas Lopeta","role":"Communications contact"},{"name":"Ainė Riffel-Grinkevičienė","role":"Investor Relations contact"}],"products":["Inaugural European Green Bond (New Notes)","2.000% Notes due 14 July 2027 (ISIN: XS1646530565)","EUR 2,000,000,000 EMTN Programme"],"companies":[{"name":"AB Ignitis grupė","ticker":"IGN1L","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"BNP PARIBAS","relationship":"global coordinator / joint bookrunner"},{"name":"Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE","relationship":"global coordinator / joint bookrunner"},{"name":"J.P. 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