28 December 2018 – TES Finance plc today issued a conditional notice of full redemption in respect of its 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the “Fixed Rate Notes”) and Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2020 (the “Floating Rate Notes”, and together with the Fixed Rate Notes, the “Notes”) on February 1, 2019 (the “Redemption Date”). The Issuer’s obligation to redeem any of the Notes on the Redemption Date is conditioned upon the completion of the previously announced TES Sale.
About the TES group
The TES group supports and connects teachers and schools worldwide, helping them improve children’s lives through education.
Building on its heritage of writing news for teachers for over a century, Tes is at the heart of the global teaching profession. It hosts a digital community of 11.6m educators, who create and share-teaching resources downloaded up to a million times a day. Through sophisticated digital tools and services, Tes helps schools attract candidates to fill vacancies, as well as qualify and train their own teachers.
More information about the TES group, including with respect to its financial condition and results of operations, has been made publicly available on its website at the following address: https://www.tes.com/tesglobal
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