Investor Presentaiton
Risk Factors (cont'd)
Risk of early redemption and put option.
Under the Terms and Conditions, and as described in the term sheet for the Bonds, the Issuer will reserve the possibility to redeem all
outstanding Bonds before the final redemption date. If the Bonds are redeemed before the final redemption date, the holders of the Bonds
have the right to receive an early redemption amount which exceeds the nominal amount in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
However, there is a risk that the market value of the Bonds is higher than the early redemption amount and that it may not be possible for
bondholders to reinvest such proceeds at an effective interest rate as high as the interest rate on the Bonds and may only be able to do so at a
significantly lower rate.
The Bonds will be subject to prepayment at the option of each bondholder (put options) if an event or series of event occurs whereby Jorma
Jokela ceases to own and control more than 50 per cent. of the share capital and votes in the Guarantor or, in case of a new share issue
following the First Issue Date, Jorma Jokela ceases to own and control more than 35 per cent. of the share capital and votes in the Guarantor
and one or more persons acting together acquire control over the Guarantor. The Bonds will also be subject to prepayment at the option of
each bondholder if the shares of the Guarantor cease to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange or a regulated market of another stock exchange. There is, however, a risk that the Issuer will not have sufficient funds at the
time of such prepayment to make the required prepayment of the Bonds which could adversely affect the Issuer, e.g. by causing insolvency or
an event of default under the Terms and Conditions, and thus adversely affect all bondholders and not only those that choose to exercise the
option.
Market price risk.
The development of market prices of the Bonds depends on various factors, such as changes of market interest rate levels, the policies of
central banks, overall economic developments, inflation rates or the lack of or excess demand for the Bond. The bondholders are therefore
exposed to the risk of an unfavourable development of market prices of their Bonds which materialise if the bondholders sell the Bonds prior to
the final maturity. If a Bondholder decides to hold the Bonds until final maturity, the Bonds will be redeemed at the principal amount of the
Bonds.
Creditworthiness of the Guarantor.
If, e.g., because of the materialisation of any of the risks regarding the Guarantor, the likelihood that the Guarantor will be in a position to fully
perform all obligations under the Bonds when they fall due decreases, the market value of the Bonds will suffer. In addition, even if the
likelihood that the Guarantor will be in a position to fully perform all obligations under the Bonds when they fall due actually has not decreased,
market participants could nevertheless have a different perception. In addition, the market participants' estimation of the creditworthiness of
corporate debtors in general or debtors operating in the same business as the Group could adversely change.
Further, a downgrade of the Guarantor's rating may - irrespective of the actual creditworthiness of the Guarantor - lead to a decrease of the
exchange price of the Bonds.
If any of these risks occurs, third parties would only be willing to purchase Bonds for a lower price than before the materialisation of said risk.
Under these circumstances, the market value of the Bonds will decrease.
Risks relating to the Bonds being unsecured.
The Bonds constitute unsecured debt obligations of the Issuer. If the Issuer and/or the Guarantor is subject to any foreclosure, dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation, recapitalisation, administrative or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, all of the Issuer's and the Guarantor's
secured obligations must first be satisfied, potentially leaving little or no remaining assets in the Issuer or the Guarantor for the bondholders. As
a result, the bondholders may not recover any or the full value of their investment. The bondholders will only have an unsecured claim against
the assets (if any) in the Issuer and the Guarantor for the amounts under or in respect of the Bonds, which means that the bondholders
normally would receive payment (pro rata with other unsecured non-priority creditors) after any priority creditors have been paid in full. Each
investor should be aware that by investing in the Bonds, they risk losing the entire, or part of, the investment in the event of the Issuer's or the
Guarantor's liquidation, bankruptcy or group re-organisation.
Currency risk.
The Bonds are denominated in Euro. If such currency represents a foreign currency to a bondholder, such bondholder is particularly exposed to
the risk of changes in currency exchange rates which may affect the yield of such Bonds in the currency of the bondholder. Changes in currency
exchange rates result from various factors such as macro-economic factors, speculative transactions and interventions by central banks and
governments.
In addition, government and monetary authorities may impose (as some have done in the past) exchange controls that could adversely affect an
applicable currency exchange rate. As a result, investors may receive less interest or principal than expected, or no interest or principal at all.
Interest rate risk.
The Bonds' value depends on several factors, one of the most significant over time being the level of market interest. Investments in the Bonds
involve a risk that the market value of the Bonds may be adversely affected by changes in market interest rates.
Resolutions of bondholders.
Since the Bonds provide for meetings of bondholders or the taking of votes without a meeting, a bondholder is subject to the risk of being
outvoted by a majority resolution of the bondholders. As such majority resolution is binding on all bondholders, certain rights of such
bondholder against the Issuer under the Terms and Conditions may be amended or reduced or even cancelled.
Bondholders' representative.
Since the Bonds provide for the appointment of a bondholders' representative, it is possible that a bondholder may be deprived of its individual
right to pursue and enforce its rights under the Terms and Conditions against the Issuer, such right passing to the bondholders' representative
who is then exclusively responsible to claim and enforce the rights of all the bondholders. Consequently, individual bondholders do not have the
right to take legal actions to declare any default by claiming any payment from or enforcing any security granted by the Issuer and may
therefore lack effective remedies unless and until a requisite majority of the bondholders agree to take such action. However, there is a risk that
an individual bondholder, in certain situations, could bring its own action against the Issuer (in breach of the Terms and Conditions) which could
negatively impact an acceleration of the Bonds or other action against the Issuer. To enable the Agent to represent bondholders in court, the
bondholders and/or their nominees may have to submit a written power of attorney for legal proceedings. The failure of all bondholders to
submit such a power of attorney could negatively affect the legal proceedings. Under the Terms and Conditions, the Agent will in some cases
have the right to make decisions and take measures that bind all bondholders. Consequently, the actions of the Agent in such matters could
impact a bondholder's rights under the Terms and Conditions in a manner that would be undesirable for some of the bondholders.
No restriction on the amount of debt which the Issuer may incur in the future.
There is no restriction on the amount of debt which the Issuer may issue which ranks equal to the Bonds. Such issuance of further debt may
reduce the amount recoverable by the Bondholders upon winding-up or insolvency of the Issuer or may increase the likelihood that the Issuer
may or shall defer payments of interest under the Bonds.
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