Worldline - Successful refinancing of Worldline’s credit lines with a new €1.125bn syndicated Revolving Credit Facility

Successful refinancing of Worldline’s credit lines with a new €1.125bn syndicated Revolving Credit Facility

Paris, La Défense, July 5 2024 – Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global leader in payment services, announces the successful refinancing of its credit lines with a new €1.125bn Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility (“RCF”).

On July 4th, 2024, Worldline signed a €1.125bn RCF with a maturity extended to July 2029. The RCF includes two one-year extension options at the lenders’ discretion.

The RCF replaces and upsizes the existing €450m and €600m Revolving Credit Facilities maturing in December 2025 and is supported by a pool of 17 international banks including new lenders.

This transaction is part of the global financing strategy of Worldline to actively manage its debt maturity profile and further strengthen its financial liquidity. Worldline is rated BBB- by Standard & Poor’s and is committed to maintain its Investment Grade Rating.

CM-CIC is acting as Facility Agent and Natixis CIB acted as Coordinator and Documentation Agent. Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters LLP acted as legal counsel for Worldline and the lenders, respectively. Redbridge Debt & Treasury Advisory acted as financial advisor for Worldline.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

August 1, 2024: H1 2024 results

INVESTOR RELATIONS

Laurent MarieE laurent.marie@worldline.com

Guillaume DelaunayE guillaume.delaunay@worldline.com

COMMUNICATION

Sandrine van der GhinstE sandrine.vanderghinst@worldline.com

Hélène CarlanderE helene.carlander@worldline.com

ABOUT WORLDLINE

Worldline [Euronext: WLN] helps businesses of all shapes and sizes to accelerate their growth journey – quickly, simply, and securely. With advanced payments technology, local expertise and solutions customised for hundreds of markets and industries, Worldline powers the growth of over one million businesses around the world. Worldline generated a 4.6 billion euros revenue in 2023. worldline.com

Worldline’s corporate purpose (“raison d’être”) is to design and operate leading digital payment and transactional solutions that enable sustainable economic growth and reinforce trust and security in our societies. Worldline makes them environmentally friendly, widely accessible, and supports social transformation.

DISCLAIMER

This document contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including references, concerning the Group's expected growth and profitability in the future which may significantly impact the expected performance indicated in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are linked to factors out of the control of the Company and not precisely estimated, such as market conditions or competitors’ behaviors. Any forward-looking statements made in this document are statements about Worldline’s beliefs and expectations and should be evaluated as such. Forward-looking statements include statements that may relate to Worldline’s plans, objectives, strategies, goals, future events, future revenues or synergies, or performance, and other information that is not historical information. Actual events or results may differ from those described in this document due to a number of risks and uncertainties that are described within the 2022 Universal Registration Document filed with the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) on April 30, 2024 under the filling number: D.24-0377..

Revenue organic growth and Adjusted EBITDA improvement are presented at constant scope and exchange rate. Adjusted EBITDA is presented as defined in the 2023 Universal Registration Document. All amounts are presented in € million without decimal. This may in certain circumstances lead to non-material differences between the sum of the figures and the subtotals that appear in the tables. 2024 objectives are expressed at constant scope and exchange rates and according to Group’s accounting standards.

Worldline does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation or responsibility to update or amend any of the information above except as otherwise required by law.

This document is disseminated for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell, any securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States unless they have been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or the securities laws of any U.S. state, or are exempt from registration. The securities that may be offered in any transaction have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or the securities laws of any U.S. state and Worldline does not intend to make a public offering of any such securities in the United States.

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