Boston, MA 09/22/2014 (wallstreetpr) – GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), recently announced the pricing of 5.5% senior notes of $350 Million offering which are due in FY2019. The offering is estimated to close on September 24, 2014, customary closing conditions shall apply. Net proceeds of the offering are expected to be $343.5 million after giving initial purchaser’s discount and legal fees and commissions and other expenses related to the transaction.
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) plans to pay its asset based facility’s remaining outstanding balance by using the net proceeds from the offering. It also plans to use net proceeds for general corporate purposes including dividends, acquisitions and stock buybacks.
Notes will pay interest semi-annually
The notes will carry interest at 5.5% rate, and interest will be paid semi-annually in cash in arrears on April 1 and October 1 each year, beginning April 1, 2015. The maturity of notes will be on October 1, 2019. The GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) will have general unsecured senior obligation for the notes and related guarantees and will be subordinated to its and guarantor’s present and future secured debt to the extent assets securing the secured debt. Additionally, the notes will be subordinated to the company subsidiaries liabilities which don’t guarantee the notes, to the extent of assets of subsidiaries.
The Securities Act or any jurisdiction’s securities law does not apply or will not apply to the notes. The notes might not be sold or offered in the absent registration of United States or securities act or law registration exemption which is applicable. The notes are expected to qualify for resale in the U.S. only to institutional buyers who are qualified. Also qualify outside the U.S. to non-U.S. people with respect to Regulation S. The announcement will not be understood as an offer to sell or offer to buy any of these securities. Nor there will be any sale of these securities in the state in which this offer is unlawful prior to registration.
