ZURICH and NEENAH, Wis.,
May 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.
("AFUI") and Bemis Company, Inc. ("Bemis") (NYSE:
BMS) today announced that the requisite number of consents have
been received to adopt the Proposed Amendments (as defined below)
with respect to all outstanding notes of the series set forth in
the table below issued by AFUI (the "Existing Amcor Notes")
and Bemis (the "Existing Bemis Notes" and, collectively, the
"Existing Notes"). The results are based on early tenders in
(i) the offers to exchange by AFUI and Bemis (each, an "Exchange
Offer" and collectively, the "Exchange Offers") any and
all outstanding Existing Notes, as applicable, for the
consideration summarized in the table below, consisting of new
notes to be issued by AFUI (the "New Amcor Notes") and Bemis
(the "New Bemis Notes" and, collectively, the "New
Notes"), as applicable, and (ii) the related consent
solicitations by AFUI and Bemis with respect to each series of its
corresponding Existing Notes from Eligible Holders (as defined
below) (each, a "Consent Solicitation" and collectively, the
"Consent Solicitations") to certain amendments to the
applicable indenture for that series of Existing Notes (the
"Proposed Amendments").
As of 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on May 21, 2019 (the "Early Participation
Time"), the principal amounts of Existing Notes set forth in
the table below had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn
(and consents thereby validly given and not validly revoked).
Title of
Security/CUSIP Number/ISIN Number
|
Issuer
|
Maturity
Date
|
Aggregate
Principal Amount Outstanding
|
Notes Tendered at
Early Participation Time
|
|
|
|
|
Principal
Amount
|
Percentage
|
6.800% Senior Notes
due 2019(1)/
CUSIP:
081437AF2
ISIN:
US081437AF22
|
Bemis Company,
Inc.
|
08/1/2019
|
US$400,000,000
|
US$288,408,000
|
72.10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.500% Senior Notes
due 2021/
CUSIP:
081437AH8
ISIN:
US081437AH87
|
Bemis Company,
Inc.
|
10/15/2021
|
US$400,000,000
|
US$344,631,000
|
86.16%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.100% Senior Notes
due 2026/
CUSIP:
081437AJ4
ISIN:
US081437AJ44
|
Bemis Company,
Inc.
|
09/15/2026
|
US$300,000,000
|
US$293,006,000
|
97.67%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal
Amount
|
Percentage
|
3.625% Guaranteed
Senior Notes due 2026/
CUSIP: 144A:
02343UAA3
and Reg S:
U02411AA1
ISIN: 144A:
US02343UAA34 and Reg S: USU02411AA18
|
Amcor Finance (USA),
Inc.
|
04/28/2026
|
US$600,000,000
|
US$590,406,000
|
98.40%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.500% Guaranteed
Senior Notes due 2028/
CUSIP: 144A:
02343UAB1 and Reg S: U02411AB9
ISIN: 144A:
US02343UAB17 and Reg S: USU02411AB90
|
Amcor Finance (USA),
Inc.
|
05/15/2028
|
US$500,000,000
|
US$497,450,000
|
99.49%
|
|
|
Notes:
|
(1)
|
Inclusion of this
series in the Exchange Offer assumes the Settlement Date occurs
before the maturity date of this series.
|
Eligible Holders who tendered and did not validly withdraw
Existing Notes at or prior to the Early Participation Time will be
eligible to receive, in exchange for each US$1,000 principal amount of Existing Notes, (a)
US$1,000 principal amount of New
Notes of the applicable series and (b) US$1.00 in cash.
The Withdrawal Time (as defined in the Offering Memorandum and
Consent Solicitation Statement (defined below)) has passed. Tenders
of any particular series of Existing Notes made at any time at or
before the Withdrawal Time may not be withdrawn, except in certain
limited circumstances where additional withdrawal rights may be
required by law.
The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations will expire at
11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 5, 2019, unless extended (such date and time
with respect to any Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation, as the
same may be extended for such Exchange Offer and Consent
Solicitation, the "Expiration Time"). Eligible Holders who
validly tender and who do not validly withdraw Existing Notes after
the Early Participation Time but at or prior to the Expiration
Time, and whose Existing Notes are accepted for exchange, will be
eligible to receive, in exchange for each US$1,000 principal amount of Existing Notes, (a)
US$970 principal amount of New Notes
of the applicable series and (b) US$1.00 in cash.
All Eligible Holders whose Existing Notes are validly tendered
and accepted for exchange in the applicable Exchange Offer and
Consent Solicitation will also receive the applicable accrued and
unpaid Interest and Rounding Cash Payment (as defined in the
Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement) in
cash.
Each Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation is subject to the
satisfaction of conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum and
Consent Solicitation Statement including, among other things, the
consummation of the Transaction (as defined in the Offering
Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement) (the "Transaction
Condition") which condition may not be waived or amended and
the completion of every other Exchange Offer and Consent
Solicitation. AFUI or Bemis may generally waive any such
conditions, with the exception of the Transaction Condition, with
respect to their applicable Exchange Offers and Consent
Solicitations in their sole discretion at or prior to the
Expiration Time. Each of AFUI and Bemis expressly reserve the
right, subject to applicable law, in their sole discretion to
terminate the applicable Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations
and not accept any Existing Amcor Notes or Existing Bemis Notes,
respectively. The complete terms of the Exchange Offers and Consent
Solicitations are set out in a confidential exchange offer
memorandum and consent solicitation statement, dated May 8, 2019 (the "Offering Memorandum and
Consent Solicitation Statement").
AFUI and Bemis have not registered, and will not register, the
New Notes under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), any state securities laws or the
securities laws of any other jurisdiction. The New Notes may not be
offered or issued in the United
States or to any "U.S. persons" (as
defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act), or any person acting for the account or benefit of
U.S. persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. The New Notes will be offered for exchange only to:
(1) "qualified institutional buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under
the Securities Act) in the United
States; (2) persons that are not, and are not acting for the
account or benefit of, U.S. persons outside the United States in compliance with
Regulation S under the Securities Act and, if resident or located
in a member state of the European Economic Area, persons who are
(a) 'qualified investors' within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of
Directive 2003/71/EC and (b) not retail investors. Only holders of
Existing Notes who complete and return an eligibility certification
("Eligible Holders") are authorized to receive and review
the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement and to
participate in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. No
assurance can be given that the Exchange Offers and Consent
Solicitations will be completed.
Holders of the Existing Notes who desire a copy of the
eligibility letter may contact Global Bondholder Services
Corporation, the Information and Exchange Agent for the Exchange
Offers and Consent Solicitations, by telephone at +1 212 430 3774
or +1 866 924 2200 or by email at info@gbsc-usa.com. A copy of the
eligibility letter related to the Existing Amcor Notes may also be
completed at http://gbsc-usa.com/eligibility/amcor, and a copy of
the eligibility letter related to the Existing Bemis Notes may be
completed at http://gbsc-usa.com/eligibility/bemis.
This announcement is for informational purposes only and does
not constitute an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer
to sell, the Existing Notes or an offer to sell, nor a solicitation
of an offer to buy, any New Notes, nor shall any such offer,
solicitation or sale occur in any state or jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any person who
is considering participating in the Exchange Offers and Consent
Solicitations must obtain a copy of the Offering Memorandum and
Consent Solicitation Statement from AFUI, Bemis or the Information
and Exchange Agent.
The communication of this announcement and any other document or
materials relating to the issue of the New Notes discussed herein
is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not
been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of section
21 of the United Kingdom's
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the
"FSMA"). Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are
not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general
public in the United Kingdom. The
communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial
promotion is only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom who have professional
experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within
the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article
19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Financial Promotion
Order")), or who fall within Article 43(2) of the Financial
Promotion Order, or who are other persons to whom it may otherwise
lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order (all such
persons together being referred to as "relevant persons").
In the United Kingdom, the New
Notes discussed herein are only available to, and any investment or
investment activity to which this announcement relates will be
engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person in the
United Kingdom that is not a
relevant person should not act or rely on this announcement or any
of its contents.
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SOURCE Amcor Finance (USA),
Inc. and Bemis Company, Inc.