Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
The Notes and the Note Guarantees have not been registered under the US Securities Act
of 1933, as amended
(the US Securities Act), or any state securities laws. Accordingly, the Notes and the Note
Guarantees are being
offered and sold only to qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) in accordance with Rule
144A under the US Securities
Act (Rule 144A) and outside the United States in offshore transactions in accordance
with Regulation S under the US
Securities Act (Regulation S). Prospective purchasers that are QIBs are hereby notified
that the seller of the Notes
may be relying on the exemption from the registration requirements under the US
Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.
The Notes have been issued in the form of global notes in registered form. Please see
Book-entry; Delivery and Form.
Joint Physical Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Important
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Notes on Defined Terms Used in this Offering
Memorandum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Presentation of Financial and Other Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . ix
Forward-looking Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . xiii
Exchange
Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xv
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.......1
Risk
Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 23
Use of
Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 43
Capitalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 44
Selected Consolidated Financial and Other
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 49
Our Industry and Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 84
Our Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 91
Board of Directors and Senior Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 117
Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 127
Description of Other Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 128
Description of the Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 144
Book-Entry; Delivery and Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 192
Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 196
Plan of Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 203
Notice to
Investors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
206
Legal
Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 208
Independent Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 208
Service of Process and Enforcement of Judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 209
Where You Can Find More
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Listing and General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 211
Glossary of Selected Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 213
Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . F-1
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
You should rely only on the information contained in this offering
memorandum (the Offering
Memorandum). None of the Issuer, the Guarantors or Citigroup Global
Markets Limited, Credit
Guarantors of their respective obligations under the terms of the Notes and the
Note Guarantees.
The initial purchasers make no representation or warranty, express or implied, as
to the accuracy
or completeness of the information contained in this Offering Memorandum.
Nothing contained in this
Offering Memorandum is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise or representation
by the initial
purchasers as to the past or future.
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Offering
Memorandum. To
the best of the Issuers knowledge and belief, the information contained in this
Offering Memorandum
is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the
import of such
information. However, the information set out under the headings Exchange
Rates, Summary,
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects and Our Business includes
extracts from
information and data, including industry and market data and estimates, released
by publicly available
sources in Europe and elsewhere. While we accept responsibility for the accurate
extraction and
i
summarisation of such information and data, we have not independently verified
the accuracy of such
information and data and we accept no further responsibility in respect thereof.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, when we refer to we, us, our,
Jaguar Land Rover,
the Group and our Group for the purposes of this Offering Memorandum, we
are referring to the
Issuer and its subsidiaries.
The information set out in relation to sections of this Offering Memorandum
describing clearing
arrangements, including the section entitled Book-Entry; Delivery and Form, is
subject to any change
in or reinterpretation of the rules, regulations and procedures of Euroclear Bank
S.A./N.V.
(Euroclear) or Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme (Clearstream
Banking) currently in effect.
While the Issuer accepts responsibility for accurately summarising the information
concerning Euroclear
and Clearstream Banking, they accept no further responsibility in respect of such
information. In
addition, this Offering Memorandum contains summaries believed to be accurate
with respect to
certain documents, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete
information. All such
summaries are qualified in their entirety by such reference. Copies of documents
referred to herein will
be made available to prospective investors upon request to us or the initial
purchasers.
By receiving this Offering Memorandum, you acknowledge that you have had an
opportunity to
request from the Issuer for review, and that you have received, all additional
information you deem
necessary to verify the accuracy and completeness of the information contained
in this Offering
Memorandum. You also acknowledge that you have not relied on the initial
purchasers in connection
with your investigation of the accuracy of this information or your decision
whether to invest in the
Notes.
The Issuer reserves the right to withdraw this offering at any time. The Issuer is
making this
offering subject to the terms described in this Offering Memorandum and the
purchase agreement