Actuant Announces Pricing of Senior Notes
MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Actuant Corporation (NYSE:ATU) today announced the pricing of its private placement of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2017. The Senior Notes will be issued at a price of 99.607%, to yield 6.93%. The sale of the senior notes is expected to close on or about June 12th.
The Company will use the net proceeds from the offering to refinance a portion of its term loans under its senior credit facility and to pay certain transaction costs and expenses.
The senior notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the notes are being offered and sold only (a) to "qualified institutional buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) and (b) outside the United States, to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any of the securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Actuant
Actuant, headquartered in Butler, Wisconsin, is a diversified industrial company with operations in more than 30 countries. The Actuant businesses are market leaders in highly engineered position and motion control systems and branded hydraulic and electrical tools and supplies. Since its creation through a spin-off in 2000, Actuant has grown its sales from $482 million to over $1.3 billion and its market capitalization from $113 million to over $1.3 billion. The Company employs a workforce of more than 6,700 worldwide. Actuant Corporation trades on the NYSE under the symbol ATU. For further information on Actuant and its business units, visit the Company's website at www.actuant.com.
Safe Harbor
This news release contains forward-looking statements concerning Actuant's senior notes offering. The issuance of the senior notes is subject to customary closing conditions. The forward-looking statements are subject to these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Source: Actuant Corporation
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