Citycon Group successfully places EUR 350 million Eurobond

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Aug 30, 2016 at 10:30 AM

CITYCON OYJ Stock Exchange Release 30 August 2016 at 17:00 hrs NOT TO BE RELEASED, PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED IN OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (TOGETHER THE "UNITED STATES"), AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. Citycon Group has successfully placed a EUR 350 million Eurobond (the "Bond"). The issuer of the Bond is Citycon Treasury B.V. and the guarantor is Citycon Oyj. The 10-year guaranteed euro-denominated Bond matures on 8 September 2026 and carries fixed annual interest at the rate of 1.25 per cent, payable annually on 8 September. Citycon Treasury B.V. has applied for the Bond to be admitted to the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange and to trade on its regulated market. The Bond has been rated BBB by Standard & Poor's and Baa1 by Moody's, in line with Citycon's corporate credit rating. The net proceeds from the offering will mainly be used to partially repay and/or refinance Citycon Group’s existing indebtedness and, to a lesser extent, for general corporate purposes, including the development of existing properties, to acquire new properties or to increase its shareholdings in its existing joint ventures. CFO and Executive Vice President Eero Sihvonen: “We are pleased with the success of this placement that was more than 6 times oversubscribed. The order book reached EUR 2,200 million in total and the bond was allocated to a broad base of European investors.” Barclays, Danske Bank, Deutsche Bank and Nordea acted as joint lead managers. Helsinki, 30 August 2016 CITYCON OYJ For further information, please contact: Marcel Kokkeel, CEO Tel. +358 20 766 4521 or +358 40 154 6760 marcel.kokkeel@citycon.com Eero Sihvonen, Executive Vice President and CFO Tel. +358 20 766 4459 or +358 50 557 9137 eero.sihvonen@citycon.com Citycon Oyj (Nasdaq Helsinki: CTY1S) is a leading owner, developer and manager of urban grocery-anchored shopping centres in the Nordic and Baltic regions, managing assets that total EUR 4.7 billion and with market capitalisation of close to EUR 2 billion. For more information about Citycon, please visit www.citycon.com Important regulatory notice This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction nor shall it (or any part of this announcement) or the fact of its distribution form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, or act as any inducement to enter into, any contract or commitment. Recipients of this announcement who intend to purchase any securities are reminded that any such purchase or subscription must be made solely on the basis of the information contained in any final form prospectus published in connection with any such securities, which if and when published will be available on the website of the Central Bank of Ireland. The transaction described above and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the transaction in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This communication is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or any other jurisdiction where to do so would be unlawful. Neither Citycon Oyj nor Citycon Treasury B.V. has registered, or intends to register, securities in any of these jurisdictions or to conduct an offer of securities for sale in any of these jurisdictions. In particular, no securities of Citycon Oyj or Citycon Treasury B.V. have been or will be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and such securities 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 under the Securities Act) except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. This announcement is directed only at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals falling within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”) or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons in (i), (ii) and (iii) above together being referred to as "relevant persons").

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