SÃO PAULO, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Marfrig Global Foods S.A. ("Marfrig"), MARB BondCo PLC ("MARB"), Marfrig Holdings (Europe) B.V. ("Marfrig Holdings"), Marfrig Overseas Limited ("Marfrig Overseas"), HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (the "Purchaser"), BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Jefferies LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Santander Investment Securities Inc., Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, Banco Safra S.A., acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., Rabo Securities USA, Inc. and UBS Securities LLC (the "Dealer Managers") today announced the commencement of an offer by the Purchaser to purchase for cash from each registered holder (each, a "Holder" and, collectively, the "Holders") up to U.S.$1,250,000,000, on a total cash basis, that Purchaser will accept for purchase (the "Aggregate Offer Limit") of the (i) outstanding 6.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes") issued on January 19, 2018 by MARB (the "2025 Offer") and (ii) outstanding 7.000% Senior Notes due 2024 (the "2024 Notes" and, together with the 2025 Notes, the "Notes") issued on March 15, 2017 by MARB (the "2024 Offer" and, together with the 2025 Offer, the "Offers").
The Offers are being made by the Purchaser pursuant to the offer to purchase dated January 11, 2021 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the related letter of transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal" and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the "Offer Documents"). The principal purpose of the Offers is to acquire for cash an amount of outstanding Notes up to the Aggregate Offer Limit.
Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Withdrawal Deadline (as defined below) will be purchased by the Purchaser in accordance with the Acceptance Priority Levels indicated for each series of Notes listed in the Offer to Purchase (for each series of Notes, the "Acceptance Priority Level"). The table below summarizes certain payment terms for each of the Offers:
Description of | CUSIP / ISIN Nos. | Acceptance | Principal Amount | Purchase | Early Tender | Total |
6.875% | CUSIP: 566007 AB6 / | 1 | U.S.$1,000,000,000.00 | U.S.$1,007.50 | U.S.$30.00 | U.S.$1,037.50 |
7.000% | CUSIP: 566007 AA8 / | 2 | U.S.$750,000,000.00 | U.S.$995.00 | U.S.$30.00 | U.S.$1,025.00 |
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* Amount to be paid for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the applicable series of Notes validly tendered, not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase.
The Offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on February 8, 2021, unless extended or earlier terminated (such date and time, including as extended or earlier terminated, the "Expiration Date"). Holders of Notes who validly tender (and do not validly withdraw) their Notes at or prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on January 25, 2021, unless extended or earlier terminated (such date and time, including as extended or earlier terminated, the "Early Tender Time"), will be eligible to receive the 2025 Total Consideration or the 2024 Total Consideration (as defined below), as applicable, which includes the 2025 Early Tender Payment (as defined below), and the 2024 Early Tender Payment (as defined below), respectively, plus Accrued Interest (as defined below). Holders of Notes who validly tender Notes after the Early Tender Time but at or prior to the Expiration Date in the manner described herein will not be eligible to receive the 2025 Early Tender Payment or 2024 Early Tender Payment and will therefore only be eligible to receive the 2025 Purchase Price (as defined below) or the 2024 Purchase Price (as defined below), as applicable, plus Accrued Interest (as defined below). Notes that have been validly tendered pursuant to the Offer Documents may be validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on January 25, 2021, which may be extended (such date and time, including as extended, the "Withdrawal Deadline"), but not thereafter, except as described in the Offer Documents or as required by applicable law.
The total consideration for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the 2025 Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn is U.S.$1,037.50 (the "2025 Total Consideration"), which includes an early tender payment of U.S.$30.00 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the 2025 Notes (the "2025 Early Tender Payment") and the 2025 Purchase Price (as defined below). The 2025 Early Tender Payment is payable only to Holders who tender and validly deliver their 2025 Notes on or prior to the Early Tender Time. Holders validly tendering and not withdrawing their 2025 Notes at or before the Early Tender Time will be eligible to receive the 2025 Total Consideration (including the 2025 Early Tender Payment) on a date promptly following the Early Tender Time (the "Early Settlement Date") (which date is expected to be within one business day after the Early Tender Time, but which the Purchaser may change without notice). Holders validly tendering and not withdrawing their 2025 Notes after the Early Tender Time and prior to or at the Expiration Date will be entitled to receive U.S.$1,007.50 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the 2025 Notes (the "2025 Purchase Price"), namely an amount equal to the 2025 Total Consideration less the 2025 Early Tender Payment, on a date promptly following the Expiration Date (the "Final Settlement Date") (which date is expected to be within two business days after the Expiration Date, but which the Purchaser may change without notice). If the 2025 Offer is consummated and the Purchaser purchases less than all of the outstanding 2025 Notes in the 2025 Offer, MARB currently intends to exercise its right under the indenture governing the 2025 Notes to redeem any 2025 Notes that remain outstanding afterwards at a price of 103.438% of their principal amount, which is less than the 2025 Total Consideration, although it has no legal obligation to the Holders to do so and the selection of any particular redemption date is in its discretion.
The total consideration for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the 2024 Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn is U.S.$1,025.00 (the "2024 Total Consideration"), which includes an early tender payment of U.S.$30.00 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the 2024 Notes (the "2024 Early Tender Payment") and the 2024 Purchase Price (as defined below). The 2024 Early Tender Payment is payable only to Holders who tender and validly deliver their 2024 Notes on or prior to the Early Tender Time. Holders validly tendering and not withdrawing their 2024 Notes at or before the Early Tender Time will be eligible to receive the 2024 Total Consideration (including the 2024 Early Tender Payment) on the Early Settlement Date (which date is expected to be within one business day after the Early Tender Time, but which the Purchaser may change without notice). Holders validly tendering and not withdrawing their 2024 Notes after the Early Tender Time and prior to or at the Expiration Date will be entitled to receive U.S.$995.00 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the 2024 Notes (the "2024 Purchase Price"), namely an amount equal to the 2024 Total Consideration less the 2024 Early Tender Payment, on the Final Settlement Date (which date is expected to be within two business days after the Expiration Date, but which the Purchaser may change without notice). If the 2024 Offer is consummated and the Purchaser purchases less than all of the outstanding 2024 Notes in the 2024 Offer, MARB currently intends to exercise its right under the indenture governing the 2024 Notes to redeem any 2024 Notes that remain outstanding afterwards at a price of 101.750% of their principal amount, which is less than the 2024 Total Consideration, although it has no legal obligation to the Holders to do so and the selection of any particular redemption date is in its discretion.
In addition, Holders whose Notes are purchased in the Offers will receive accrued and unpaid interest (the "Accrued Interest") in respect of their purchased Notes from the last interest payment date to, but not including, (i) in the case of any Notes accepted for purchase at or before the Early Tender Time, the Early Settlement Date and (ii) in the case of any remaining Notes accepted for purchase after the Early Tender Time, the Final Settlement Date, as the case may be.
The Offers are conditioned upon, among other things, the pricing and completion on terms satisfactory to Marfrig (the "Financing Condition") of a concurrent offering of senior notes by MARB and guaranteed by Marfrig, Marfrig Holdings, Marfrig Overseas and NBM US Holdings, Inc. ("NBM") (the "New Notes") to be sold in an offering exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (the "New Offering"). No assurance can be given that the New Offering will be priced or completed on the terms currently envisioned or at all. The New Offering is not conditioned upon the completion of the Offers. The Offers are not conditioned on any minimum participation by the Holders. Additional conditions to the Offers are described under "Conditions to the Offers" in the Offer to Purchase.
Marfrig, MARB, Marfrig Holdings, Marfrig Overseas and NBM have consented to the Purchaser making the Offers described in the Offer to Purchase.
The Information and Tender Agent for the Offers is D.F. King & Co., Inc. To contact the Information and Tender Agent, banks and brokers may call +1 (212) 269-5550, and others may call U.S. toll-free: +1 (800) 290-6424. Additional contact information is set forth below.
By Mail, Hand or Overnight Courier: | By Facsimile Transmission: |
48 Wall Street | (for eligible institutions only) |
22nd Floor | +1 (212) 709-3328 |
New York, NY 10005 | Attention: Michael Horthman |
USA | |
Attention: Michael Horthman | Confirmation by Telephone |
E-mail: marfrig@dfking.com | +1 (212) 232-3233 |
Any questions or requests for assistance in relation to the Offers and the Offer Documents 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 Offers. Requests for additional copies of the Offer Documents may be directed to the Information and Tender Agent at the address and telephone numbers set forth above.
Documents relating to the Offers, including the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, are also available at www.dfking.com/marfrig.
The Dealer Managers for the Offers are:
BNP Paribas 787 Seventh New York, New Attention: Liability Toll-Free: +1 (888) Confirmation: +1 E-mail:
| Banco Bradesco Av. Presidente No. 1309, 10th São Paulo, SP Attn: International Tel: +1 (646) 432- E-mail: | HSBC Securities 452 Fifth Avenue New York, New Attn: Global Toll-Free: +1 (888) Call Collect: +1 E-mail: | J.P. Morgan 383 Madison New York, New Attn: Latin America Toll Free: +1 (866) Call Collect: +1 | Santander 45 East 53rd Street New York, New Attn: Liability Toll-Free: +1 (855) Call Collect: +1 Fax: +1 (212) 407- E-mail: | Jefferies LLC 520 Madison New York, New Attn: Timothy Toll Free: +1 (888) Call Collect: +1 E-mail: | ||||
Banco BTG Pactual 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York Attn: Debt Capital Facsimile: +1 (212) E-mail: ol- | Banco Safra S.A., P.O. Box 1353, 103 South Church Grand Cayman KY1-1108 Cayman Islands Attention: Mrs. Ana E-mail: | Itau BBA USA 540 Madison Avenue – New York, New York Attn: Debt Capital Toll Free: +1 (888) 770- Call Collect: +1 (212) E-mail: | Rabo Securities USA, 245 Park Avenue New York, New York Attn: Jan Hendrik de Graaff E-mail: | UBS Securities LLC 1285 Avenue of the New York, New York Attn: Liability Toll-Free: +1 (888) Call Collect: +1 (203) E-mail: dl-synd- | |||||
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 Offers are 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. None of the Purchaser, Marfrig, MARB, Marfrig Overseas, Marfrig Holdings, NBM, the Dealer Managers or the Information and Tender Agent makes any recommendations as to whether Holders should tender their Notes pursuant to the Offers.
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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. The New Offering was not and will not be registered at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM) and also will not be registered under the Securities Act. Consequently, the notes issued in the New Offering are prohibited from being offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. citizens without the applicable registration or exemption from registration required under the Securities Act.
This notice to the market is released for disclosure purposes only, in accordance with applicable legislation. It 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 Marfrig, MARB, Marfrig Holdings, Marfrig Overseas or NBM.
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 Purchaser, Marfrig, MARB, Marfrig Overseas and Marfrig Holdings 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 Purchaser, MARB, Marfrig Overseas and Marfrig Holdings undertake no obligation to update any of its forward-looking statements.
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Tang David
Investor Relations Department
Marfrig Global Foods S.A.
MARFRIG GLOBAL FOODS S.A.
PUBLIC COMPANY
TAXPAYER ID (CNPJ/MF): 03.853.896/0001-40
(B3: MRFG3)
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