MOSCOW (MRC) -- A. Schulman, Inc., an international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds, powders and resins, has announced that it has priced USD375 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2023 in an offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, reported the company on its site.
The Notes will be jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by certain of the company's domestic subsidiaries.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Notes offering to finance a portion of the cash consideration to be paid in its proposed acquisition of HGGC Citadel Plastics Holdings, Inc., to refinance certain existing debt and for general corporate purposes, including fees and expenses related to the Acquisition.
The closing of the Notes offering is expected to occur on May 26, 2015, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
As MRC reported earlier, A. Schulman Inc. plans to spend 5 million to EUR7 mln (USD5.5 mln to USD7.7 mln) on a new masterbatch facility in Turkey, to tap into market growth in the region. The facility, in the greater Istanbul area, will have annual production capacity of about 40 million pounds of the company’s additive, white and breathable masterbatches for the food and industrial packaging markets, the company said. It’s expected to be in production at the end of the Fairlawn, Ohio-based company’s 2016 fiscal year, which closes Aug. 31, 2016.
A. Schulman is a global plastics supplier, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, and a leading international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds and resins, which are used as raw materials in a variety of markets. A. Schulman has 33 manufacturing facilities globally. A. Schulman's fiscal third-quarter earnings fell 69% amid continued sluggishness in European markets and higher-than-expected costs in Latin America, where the company has been consolidating its Brazilian operations.
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