RNS Number:
0863I
Gatwick Funding Limited
14 October 2024
Issuer: Gatwick Funding
Limited
LEI: 213800S1TDKIB1IUTS72
Date: 14 October 2024
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DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR
INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE
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BELOW
Gatwick
Funding Limited
Publication of Drawdown Prospectus
The drawdown prospectus dated 14
October 2024 (the "Drawdown
Prospectus") for the issue of Series 2024-2 Class A
€750,000,000 3.625 per cent. Sustainability-Linked Bonds due 2035
(the "Bonds") by Gatwick
Funding Limited (the "Issuer") under its £5,000,000,000
Multicurrency programme for the issuance of Bonds has been approved
by the Financial Conduct Authority and is available for
viewing.
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Addressees" before attempting to access this service, as
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Full information on the Issuer and
the offer of the Bonds is available only by reading the Drawdown
Prospectus.
About Gatwick Airport
Gatwick is the UK's second largest
airport and is a vital piece of national infrastructure that helps
drive both the regional and national economy. More than 50 airlines
fly from the airport to more than 220 destinations. The airport is
focused on rebuilding and growing sustainably in the long term. It
has ambitious plans to be a net zero airport by 2030 and increase
capacity by bringing its Northern runway into routine use. Vinci
Airports owns a 50.01% stake in the airport, with Global
Infrastructure Partners managing the remaining 49.99%
interest.
About Vinci Airports
The world's leading private airport
operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 70 airports in 14
countries. Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI
Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports by
providing its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing
operational performance, modernizing infrastructure and managing
their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is
the first airport operator to have committed to an international
environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zero
emissions across its entire network by 2050.
For more information:
www.vinci-airports.com
@VINCIAirports
https://www.linkedin.com/company/vinci-airports/
About Global Infrastructure
Partners
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)
is a leading infrastructure investor that specializes in investing
in, owning and operating some of the largest and most complex
assets across the energy, transport, digital infrastructure and
water and waste management sectors. With decarbonization central to
its investment thesis, it is well positioned to support the global
energy transition. Headquartered in New York, GIP has offices in
Brisbane, Dallas, Delhi, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Mumbai,
Singapore, Stamford and Sydney.
GIP has approximately $117 billion
in assets under management. GIP's portfolio companies have combined
annual revenues of approximately $69 billion and employ over
110,000 people. GIP believes that its focus on real infrastructure
assets, combined with its deep proprietary origination network and
comprehensive operational expertise, enables it to be responsible
stewards of its investors' capital and to create positive economic
impact for communities. For more information, visit
www.global-infra.com.
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ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO PERSONS THAT ARE
NOT U.S. PERSONS AS DEFINED IN, AND IN RELIANCE ON, REGULATION S
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
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PUBLICATION CONSTITUTES AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN ANY
JURISDICTION. ANY BONDS ISSUED OR TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE
DRAWDOWN PROSPECTUS HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY
AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE BONDS ISSUED OR TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE DRAWDOWN
PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS (AS
DEFINED IN REGULATION S) OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
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Please note that the information
contained in the Drawdown Prospectus may be addressed to and/or
targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries
(specified in the Drawdown Prospectus) only and is not intended for
use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these
countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Drawdown
Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information
contained in the Drawdown Prospectus, you must ascertain from the
Drawdown Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended
addressees of, and eligible to view, the information contained
therein.
In particular, this announcement
does not constitute an offering of securities and is not for
distribution in the United States. The securities described in the
Drawdown Prospectus (the "Securities") have not been, and will
not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities
Act"), or under any relevant securities laws of any state of
the United States of America. Subject to certain exceptions, the
Securities may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly within
the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S.
persons or to persons within the United States of America, as such
terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act. Any
forwarding, distribution or reproduction of the Drawdown Prospectus
in whole or in part is prohibited. Failure to comply with this
notice may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the
applicable laws of other jurisdictions.
Unless an exemption under the
relevant securities laws is applicable, the Bonds may not be
offered, sold, resold, transferred, delivered or distributed,
directly or indirectly, in or into, or for the account or benefit
of, any national, resident or citizen of any jurisdiction if to do
so would breach any applicable law, or require registration thereof
in such jurisdiction.
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respect to any Bonds issued or to be issued pursuant to the
Drawdown Prospectus, you must be a person other than a U.S. person
(within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act. By
accessing the Drawdown Prospectus, you shall be deemed to have
represented that you and any customers you represent are not U.S.
persons (as defined in Regulation S to the Securities Act), and
that you consent to delivery of the Drawdown Prospectus and any
supplements thereto via electronic publication.
You are reminded that the Drawdown
Prospectus have been made available to you on the basis that you
are a person into whose possession the Drawdown Prospectus may be
lawfully delivered in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction
in which you are located and you may not, nor are you authorised
to, deliver the Drawdown Prospectus to any other person.
The Drawdown Prospectus do not
constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or
solicitation in any place where offers or solicitations are not
permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that the offering be
made by a licensed broker or dealer and the underwriters or any
affiliate of the underwriters is a licensed broker or dealer in
that jurisdiction, the offering shall be deemed to be made by the
underwriters or such affiliate on behalf of the issuer in such
jurisdiction. Under no circumstances shall the Drawdown Prospectus
constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to
buy, nor shall there be any sale of any Bonds issued or to be
issued pursuant to the Drawdown Prospectus, in any jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful.
The Drawdown Prospectus have been
made available to you in an electronic form. You are reminded that
documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed
during the process of electronic transmission and consequently none
of Gatwick Funding Limited, its advisers nor any person who
controls any of them nor any director, officer, employee nor agent
of it or affiliate of any such person accepts any liability or
responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference between the
Drawdown Prospectus made available to you in electronic format and
the hard copy version available to you on request from the
issuer.
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