PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Holdings,
Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that it has priced its private
placement of €600 million principal amount of 2.625% senior
unsecured notes due 2024, issued at par by Crown European Holdings
S.A., a subsidiary of Crown, and its private placement of
$400 million principal amount of
4.250% senior unsecured notes due 2026, issued at par by Crown
Americas LLC and Crown Americas Capital Corp. V, each a subsidiary
of Crown.
Both sets of notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by Crown
and certain of its subsidiaries.
Crown intends to use the net proceeds of the two offerings,
together with other available funds, to repay a portion of its term
loan facility, to pay fees and expenses associated with the
offering of the notes and for general corporate purposes.
The notes will be issued through a private placement and resold
by initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers under Rule
144A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
to persons outside the United
States under Regulation S of the Securities Act. The notes
will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be
offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
the registration requirements. This press release does not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
any security in any jurisdiction in which such offer or sale would
be unlawful.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical information, all other information in this
press release consists of forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking
statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other
factors, including regarding the expected completion of the note
offering, the prospective impact of the note offerings and plans to
repay certain indebtedness, which may cause the actual results to
be materially different from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Other important factors that could
cause the statements made in this press release or the actual
results of operations or financial condition of Crown to differ
include, without limitation, that the note offerings are subject to
a number of conditions. There can be no assurance that the note
offerings will be completed as described herein or at all. Other
important factors are discussed under the caption "Forward-Looking
Statements" in Crown's Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended
December 31, 2015 and in subsequent
filings made prior to or after the date hereof. Crown does
not intend to review or revise any particular forward-looking
statement in light of future events.
About Crown Holdings, Inc.
Headquartered in Philadelphia,
PA, Crown Holdings, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of
packaging products for consumer marketing companies around the
world. Crown makes a wide range of metal packaging for food,
beverage, household and personal care and industrial products and
metal vacuum closures and caps. As of December 31, 2015, Crown operated 147 plants
located in 37 countries, employing approximately 24,000
people. For more information,
visit www.crowncork.com.
For more information, contact: Thomas T.
Fischer, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate
Affairs, (215) 552-3720.
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