Company Website:
http://www.intelsat.com
LUXEMBOURG -- (Business Wire)
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:I) today announced the commencement of an offering
of US$200 million of its common shares, nominal value $0.01 per share
(plus up to an additional US$30 million of common shares potentially
issuable pursuant to an option to purchase additional shares). Intelsat
also announced the commencement of an offering of US$300 million
aggregate principal amount of its convertible senior notes due 2025
(plus up to an additional US$45 million aggregate principal amount of
notes pursuant to an option to purchase additional notes) in a private
offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. The notes will be convertible into
common shares at the option of the holders under specified circumstances
(subject to Intelsat’s option to cash settle such conversions in whole
or in part). The offerings are subject to market conditions and other
factors.
The closing of the note offering is not contingent upon the closing of
the common share offering, and the closing of the common share offering
is not contingent upon the closing of the note offering.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley are acting as joint
book-running managers for the common share offering.
Intelsat currently expects that it will loan and/or contribute all or a
portion of the net proceeds from the note offering and the common share
offering to Intelsat Envision Holdings LLC, a new wholly-owned
subsidiary of Intelsat (Luxembourg) S.A. (“Intelsat Luxembourg”) that
will become the direct parent company to Intelsat Connect Finance S.A.
and will guarantee Intelsat S.A.’s new convertible senior notes.
Intelsat currently expects that it will use such net proceeds to
purchase, by way of tender offer, open market purchases, and/or other
means, the 7¾% Senior Notes due 2021 of Intelsat Luxembourg. If Intelsat
is not able to purchase such notes at acceptable prices, Intelsat may
seek to utilize such net proceeds for other general corporate purposes,
including without limitation the purchase, redemption or repayment
otherwise of other indebtedness of Intelsat Luxembourg or of Intelsat
Connect Finance S.A.
Intelsat has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the common share
offering. Before you invest in the common share offering, you should
read the prospectus in that registration statement, the related
prospectus supplement and other documents Intelsat has filed with the
SEC for more complete information about Intelsat and the common share
offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the
SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Alternatively, Intelsat, any underwriter or any dealer participating in
the common share offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and
related prospectus supplement if you request them by calling toll-free
1-866-471-2526.
The notes will be offered solely to qualified institutional buyers
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The notes and the common
shares deliverable upon conversion of the notes have not been and will
not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any
other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration
requirements.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy the notes or the common shares
deliverable upon conversion of the notes, nor will there be any sale of
the notes or the common shares deliverable upon conversion of the notes
in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful.
Intelsat Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this news release, including statements regarding the note
offering and the common share offering, constitute “forward-looking
statements” that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical
facts. When used in this release, the words “may,” “will,” “might,”
“should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “project,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “predict,” “intend,” “potential,” “outlook,” and “continue,”
and the negative of these terms, and other similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. The
forward-looking statements reflect Intelsat’s intentions, plans,
expectations, anticipations, projections, estimations, predictions,
outlook, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to
risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of
Intelsat’s control. Important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements include known and unknown risks. Known risks
include, among others, the risks described in Intelsat’s annual report
on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017, and its other filings
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and risks and
uncertainties related to our ability to consummate the note offering and
the common share offering.
Because actual results could differ materially from Intelsat’s
intentions, plans, expectations, anticipations, projections,
estimations, predictions, assumptions and beliefs about the future, you
are urged to view all forward-looking statements with caution. Intelsat
does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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Contacts:
Intelsat
Dianne VanBeber
Vice President, Investor Relations
Office:
+1-703-559-7406
Mobile: +1-703-627-5100
dianne.vanbeber@intelsat.com
Source: Intelsat
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