Completion of Bond Issue
John Lewis plc (the 'Company'), the owner of Waitrose supermarkets and John Lewis department stores, announces the completion of its £275 million bond issue. The bonds (the 'Bonds') are due 2019 and carry a coupon of 8.375 per cent.
The Company anticipates that the Bonds will be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Regulated Market on 9 April 2009.
This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. The Bonds have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the 'Securities Act'), and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. No public offer of the bonds is being made in the United States, and the information contained herein does not constitute an offering of securities for sale in the United States.
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Enquiries
For further information, please contact:
George Cazenove
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Telephone: 020 7282 2870