SAO PAULO, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Marfrig
Global Foods S.A. ("Marfrig"), Marfrig Holdings
(Europe) B.V. (the
"Issuer"), Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., BTG Pactual US Capital
LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
(together, the "Dealer Managers") today announced the tender
results in connection with, and the expected settlement date of,
the Issuer's previously-announced (i) offer by the Issuer to
purchase for cash (the "2021 Notes Tender Offer") up to
U.S.$100.0 million in aggregate
principal amount (the "2021 Notes Maximum Tender Amount") of
the outstanding 11.250% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "2021
Notes") of the Issuer, and (ii) offer to purchase for cash (the
"2017 Notes Tender Offer" and, together with the 2021 Notes
Tender Offer, the "Tender Offers") the outstanding 9.875%
Senior Notes due 2017 (the "2017 Notes" and, together with
the 2021 Notes, the "Notes") of the Issuer in an aggregate
principal amount such that the aggregate principal amount of the
2017 Notes accepted for purchase does not exceed (1)
U.S.$130.0 million less (2) the
aggregate principal amount of the 2021 Notes validly tendered and
accepted for purchase pursuant to the 2021 Notes Tender Offer (the
"2017 Notes Maximum Tender Amount"). The Tender Offers were
made pursuant to the offer to purchase dated March 25, 2014 (the "Offer to Purchase")
and the related letter of transmittal (the "Letter of
Transmittal" and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the
"Offer Documents"). As previously announced, the expiration
date for the Tender Offers was 11:59
p.m., New York City time,
on April 22, 2014 (such date and
time, the "Expiration Date"). Settlement of the Tender
Offers is expected to take place on April
24, 2014 (the "Settlement Date").
As of the Expiration Date, U.S.$57,135,000 in aggregate principal amount of the
2021 Notes, or approximately 14.28% of the 2021 Notes outstanding,
had been validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the 2021
Notes Tender Offer, and U.S.$166,040,000 in aggregate principal amount of the
2017 Notes, or approximately 27.67% of the 2017 Notes outstanding,
had been validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the 2017
Notes Tender Offer.
The table below summarizes the results of the Tender Offers and
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to remain
outstanding:
Description of
Notes
|
Aggregate
Principal Amount Outstanding
|
Maximum Acceptance
Limit
|
Aggregate
Principal Amount Tendered and not Withdrawn Before Expiration
Date
|
Aggregate
Principal Amount Accepted
|
Total
Consideration1
|
11.250% Senior
Notes due 2021 (CUSIP / ISIN Nos. 56656UAE2 and N54468AC2/
US56656UAE29 and USN54468AC22)
|
U.S.$400.0
million
|
U.S.$100.0
million
|
U.S.$57,135,000
(14.28%)
|
U.S.$57,135,000
|
U.S.$1,075.00
|
9.875% Senior
Notes due 2017 (CUSIP / ISIN Nos.
56656UAD4 and
N54468AB4/ US56656UAD46 and USN54468AB49)
|
U.S.$600.0
million
|
2017 Notes Maximum
Tender Amount2
|
U.S.$165,590,000
(27.60%)3
|
U.S.$72,865,000
|
U.S.$1,050.00
|
U.S.$450,000
(0.07%)
|
U.S.$0.00
|
Not
applicable
|
|
(1) The amount to be
paid for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the applicable series
of Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase. In each case,
the Total Consideration includes an early tender payment of
U.S.$35.00 for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Notes. In
addition, accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the
settlement date will be paid.
|
(2) Equals U.S.$130.0
million less the aggregate principal amount of the 2021
Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the
2021 Notes Tender Offer. Tendered 2017 Notes were accepted for
purchase on a pro rata basis as described in the Offer to Purchase,
such that the aggregate principal amount of the 2017 Notes accepted
in the 2017 Notes Tender Offer equals the 2017 Notes Maximum Tender
Amount.
|
(3) Aggregate
principal amount of 2017 Notes validly tendered (and not withdrawn)
at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 7,
2014.
|
The Information Agent and Tender Agent for the Tender Offers is
D.F. King & Co., Inc. To contact
the Information Agent and Tender Agent, banks and brokers may call
+1-212-269-5550, and others may call U.S. toll-free:
1-800-967-4604. Additional contact information is set forth
below.
By Mail, Hand or
Overnight Courier:
48 Wall
Street
22nd Floor
New York, NY
10005
USA
Attention: Elton
Bagley
|
By Facsimile
Transmission:
(for eligible
institutions only)
+1 212-709-3328
Attention: Elton Bagley
Confirmation by
Telephone
+1
212-493-6996
|
Any questions or requests for assistance or for additional
copies of this notice may be directed to the Dealer Managers at
their respective telephone numbers set forth below or, if by any
Holder, to such Holder's broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust
company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Tender
Offers.
The Dealer Managers for the Tender Offers are:
Banco Bradesco BBI
S.A.
Av. Paulista, 1450
8th Floor
01310-917 São Paulo,
SP
Brazil
Attn: Fixed Income
Division
Collect: (212)
888-9145
|
BTG Pactual US
Capital LLC
601 Lexington Avenue,
57th Floor
New York, NY
10022
United States of
America
Collect: (212)
293-4600
|
Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc.
60 Wall St.,
2nd Floor
New York, NY
10005
United States of
America
Attn: Liability
Management Group
Collect: (212)
250-6429
|
Morgan Stanley
& Co. LLC
1585
Broadway
New York, NY
10036
United States of
America
Attn: Liability
Management Group
Toll free: (800)
624-1808
Collect: (212)
761-1057
|
This notice does not constitute or form part of any offer or
invitation to purchase, or any solicitation of any offer to sell,
the Notes or any other securities in the
United States or any other country, nor shall it or any part
of it, or the fact of its release, form the basis of, or be relied
on or in connection with, any contract therefor. The Tender Offers
were made only by and pursuant to the terms of the Offer to
Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal and the information
in this notice is qualified by reference to the Offer to Purchase
and the related Letter of Transmittal.
This notice to the market does not represent an offer to sell
securities or a solicitation to buy securities in the United States or in any other country.
This notice to the market is released for disclosure purposes only,
in accordance with applicable legislation. It not does not
constitute marketing material, and should not be interpreted as
advertising an offer to sell or soliciting any offer to buy
securities issued by the Issuer and Marfrig. This notice to the
market is not for distribution in or into or to any person located
or resident in the United States,
its territories and possessions, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or in any jurisdiction
where it is unlawful to release, publish or distribute this
announcement.
Forward-Looking Statements
This notice includes and references "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These statements may relate to, among other things,
Marfrig's business strategy, goals and expectations concerning its
market position, future operations, margins and profitability.
Although the Issuer and Marfrig believe the assumptions upon
which these forward-looking statements are based are reasonable,
any of these assumptions could prove to be inaccurate and the
forward-looking statements based on these assumptions could be
incorrect.
The matters discussed in these forward-looking statements are
subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause
actual results and trends to differ materially from those made,
projected, or implied in or by the forward-looking statements
depending on a variety of uncertainties or other factors.
The Issuer and Marfrig undertake no obligation to update any of
its forward-looking statements.
Ricardo
Florence dos Santos
Chief Financial and Investor
Relations Officer
Marfrig Global Foods S.A.
IR Contacts:
Av. Chedid Jafet, 222
Bloco A - 3º andar - Vila Olimpia - Sao
Paulo - SP – CEP: 04551-065, Tel: (11) 3792-8650/8600,
www.marfrig.com.br/ir, e-mail: ir@marfrig.com.br
SOURCE Marfrig Global Foods S.A.