Playtex Products, Inc. Announces Pricing of the 8% Notes and Results as of the Consent Date of Its Previously Announced Debt Ten
21 Septembre 2007 - 12:36AM
PR Newswire (US)
WESTPORT, Conn., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Playtex
Products, Inc. announced today the pricing terms of the previously
announced cash tender offers and consent solicitations (the
"Offers"), for its 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2011 (CUSIP No.
72813PAK6) (the "8% Notes") and its 93/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2011 (CUSIP No. 72813PAH3) (the "93/8% Notes" and, together
with the 8% Notes, the "Notes"). The total consideration for each
$1,000 principal amount of 8% Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday,
September 19, 2007 (the "Consent Date") is $1,052.98, which
includes a consent payment of $30.00. The total consideration was
determined by reference to a fixed spread of 50 basis points over
the yield, based on the bid price, of the 45/8% U.S. Treasury Note
due February 29, 2008, which was calculated at 2:00 p.m., New York
City time, today. The Reference Yield and the Tender Offer Yield,
as such terms are used in the Offer to Purchase and Consent
Solicitation Statement dated September 5, 2007(the "Offer to
Purchase") are 4.110% and 4.610%, respectively. The Company expects
the initial payment date for the Offers to be on or about October
1, 2007, on which date the Company will accept for purchase all
Notes tendered at least one business day prior to such date.
Holders of such Notes will receive accrued and unpaid interest on
such Notes up to, but not including, the initial payment date.
Holders of Notes validly tendered on or after the initial payment
date, but before the Expiration Date (defined below) for the
applicable offer, will receive accrued and unpaid interest on the
Notes up to, but not including, the final payment date for that
offer, which is expected to be on or promptly following the
Expiration Date (defined below). As of the Consent Date, tenders
and consents had been received from holders of $286.3 million
(98.7%) in aggregate principal amount of 8% Notes and $273.4
million (95.5%) in aggregate principal amount of 93/8% Notes.
Holders tendering their Notes after the Consent Date but on or
prior to the Expiration Date (defined below) for the Offers and
such Notes are accepted for purchase will receive the related
Tender Offer Consideration as defined in the Offer to Purchase, but
will not receive the related Consent Payment. The Offers remain
open and are scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on October 3, 2007, unless extended (the "Expiration Date"). The
Offer to Purchase and this notice is not an offer to sell or a
solicitation to buy any securities. The Company's obligation to
accept for purchase and to pay the Total Consideration or Tender
Offer Consideration, as applicable, for each of the Notes validly
tendered in the tender offer is subject to, and conditioned upon,
the satisfaction of or waiver of all conditions to the closing of
the previously announced merger of the Company with a subsidiary of
Energizer Holdings, Inc. have been satisfied, or will be satisfied
on the date of such purchase. The Company reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to waive any or all conditions of the tender
offers on or prior to the acceptance date. The Offers are being
made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The Company has
retained Banc of America Securities LLC to serve as the exclusive
Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent for the tender offers and
consent solicitations and Global Bondholder Services Corporation to
serve as the Information Agent. Requests for documents may be
directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation by telephone at
866-470-4300 (U.S. toll-free). Questions regarding the tender
offers and consent solicitations may be directed to Banc of America
Securities LLC, High Yield Special Products at 888-292-0070 (U.S.
toll-free) or 704-388-9217 (collect). About Playtex Products, Inc.
Celebrating 75 years of innovation, Playtex Products, Inc. is a
leading manufacturer and distributor of a diversified portfolio of
Skin Care, Feminine Care, and Infant Care products, including
Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, Wet Ones, Playtex gloves, Playtex
tampons, Playtex infant feeding products, and Diaper Genie. About
Energizer Holdings, Inc. Energizer Holdings, Inc., headquartered in
St. Louis, Missouri, is a global leader in the dynamic business of
providing portable power and ranks among the world's largest
manufacturers of primary batteries and flashlights. Anchored by our
universally recognized and respected Energizer and Eveready brands,
the portfolio of products includes household batteries, specialty
batteries and battery-powered lighting products. Energizer is also
the parent company of Schick-Wilkinson Sword ("SWS"), the second
largest manufacturer of wet shave products in the world. With two
widely recognized personal care brands, SWS competes successfully
in all three segments of the global wet shave category - men's
systems, women's systems and disposables. Energizer trades on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ENR. DATASOURCE: Playtex
Products, Inc.; Energizer Holdings, Inc. CONTACT: Banc of America
Securities LLC, toll free, 1-888-292-0070, or collect,
+1-704-388-9217, for Playtex Products, Inc. and Energizer Holdings,
Inc.
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