U.S. Concrete Prices $400 Million of Senior Notes Due 2029
U.S. Concrete has priced a private offering of $400 million in 5.125% senior notes due 2029, increasing by $100 million from previous announcements. The offering aims to close on September 23, 2020, and the proceeds will be used to redeem $400 million of 6.375% senior unsecured notes due 2024. The company plans to guarantee the new notes through its restricted subsidiaries. This offering is targeted at qualified institutional buyers and will be conducted under Regulation S and Rule 144A.
- Successful pricing of a $400 million offering, providing liquidity.
- Redeeming higher-interest notes (6.375%) with a lower-rate issuance (5.125%).
- Increased overall debt burden with a new issuance.
- Existing notes due in 2024 remain to be managed.
EULESS, Texas, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Concrete, Inc. (NASDAQ: USCR) (the "Company" or "U.S. Concrete") announced today that it has priced a private offering of
The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Company's restricted subsidiaries that guarantees any of the Company's indebtedness or indebtedness of any restricted subsidiary (other than a foreign subsidiary or domestic subsidiary thereof that guarantees only indebtedness incurred by a foreign subsidiary or domestic subsidiary thereof).
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with available borrowings under the Company's senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility, to redeem
The Notes are being offered and sold only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States to certain non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
This press release shall not constitute a notice of redemption under the optional redemption provisions of the indenture (and supplements thereto) governing the Company's
ABOUT U.S. CONCRETE
U.S. Concrete, Inc. (NASDAQ: USCR) is a leading supplier of aggregates and concrete for infrastructure, residential and commercial projects across the country. The Company holds leading market positions in the high-growth metropolitan markets of Dallas/Fort Worth, San Francisco, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., and its materials have been used in some of the most complex and highly specialized construction projects of the last decade. U.S. Concrete has continued to grow organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions of independent producers in its target markets.
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