Vector Announces Commencement of Notes Offering of Additional $230 Million of Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2026
The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by all of the wholly owned domestic subsidiaries of the Company that are engaged in the conduct of the Company’s cigarette businesses, and by
The Company intends to use the net cash proceeds from the offering to redeem, repurchase, repay or otherwise retire, the principal amount of, plus accrued and unpaid interest on, the Company’s outstanding 5.5% Variable Interest Senior Convertible Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Convertible Notes”) at, or prior to, their maturity, to pay costs and expenses in connection with the offering of the Notes and the transactions contemplated thereby, and for general corporate purposes. Pending the application of the proceeds of this offering, the Company intends to invest the net proceeds from the offering temporarily in investment grade securities, money market funds, bank deposit accounts or similar short-term investments.
The Notes are being offered in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase the Notes or any other security, and there will not be any offer, solicitation or sale of the Notes or any other security in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using words such as “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “expects”, “plans”, “intends”, “could” and similar expressions. These statements reflect the Company’s current beliefs and are based upon information currently available to it. Accordingly, such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such statements.
All information set forth in this press release is as of
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Emily Claffey/Benjamin Spicehandler/Columbia Clancy
Sard Verbinnen & Co
212-687-8080
Conrad Harrington
Sard Verbinnen & Co - Europe
+44 (0)20 3178 8914
J. Bryant Kirkland III, Vector Group Ltd.
305-579-8000