SIGNA Sports United N.V. Announces the Termination of Unconditional Equity Commitment Letter by SIGNA Holding GmbH
October 16 2023 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
- SIGNA Holding today informed SSU of the termination of the
unconditional EUR150 million Equity Commitment Letter
- The availability of funds under the unconditional Equity
Commitment Letter from SIGNA Holding GmbH constituted the basis of
Management’s going concern and liquidity assumptions and thus the
Company will evaluate appropriate measures
- The Company believes the termination of the unconditional
Equity Commitment Letter by SIGNA Holding GmbH is
unjustified
- The Company will take appropriate legal steps in the
interests of all its shareholders creditors, and employees
SIGNA Sports United N.V. (“SSU” or the “Company”), a specialist
sports e-commerce company with businesses in bike, tennis and
outdoor today has received a termination notice with respect to the
unconditional Equity Commitment Letter from SIGNA Holding GmbH
(“SIGNA Holding”), an affiliate of the Company’s largest
shareholder SIGNA International Sports Holding GmbH (“SISH”).
The Company has entered into a binding equity commitment letter
dated June 26, 2023 with unconditional commitments by SIGNA Holding
to provide the Company with additional liquidity of €150 million in
the period from September 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025 (“Equity
Commitment Letter”), supplemented by a side letter dated September
27, 2023, to cover the operational financing needs of SSU and to
secure the going concern of SSU. Of the original €150 million
commitment, €143 million remains undrawn to date. SIGNA Holding has
terminated the Equity Commitment Letter today.
After many years of mutually trusted collaboration and reliable
financing between the Company and SIGNA Holding, SSU has relied on
the binding and unconditional nature of the Equity Commitment
Letter to continue to draw funds to meet its near-term obligations
and for its going concern assessment of the Company and its
subsidiaries. The Company considers the termination of the Equity
Commitment Letter by SIGNA Holding unjustified.
While the Company regrets the termination of the Equity
Commitment Letter, it will take the appropriate legal steps in the
interests of all its shareholders, creditors and employees.
About SIGNA Sports United:
SIGNA Sports United (SSU) is a specialist sports e-commerce
company with headquarters in Berlin. It has businesses operating
within bike, tennis, outdoor, and team sports. SSU has more than 80
online sites and partners with 500 shops serving over 6 million
customers worldwide. It includes Tennis-Point, WiggleCRC,
Fahrrad.de, Bikester, Probikeshop, Campz, Addnature and
TennisPro.
Further information: www.signa-sportsunited.com.
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