Navios Logistics announces closing of $375M 7.250% senior notes due 2022
Navios South American Logistics Inc. ("Navios Logistics") and its wholly owned finance subsidiary Navios Logistics Finance (US) Inc., completed the sale of $375 million of 7.250% senior notes due 2022 (the "Notes"). The Notes were offered and sold in the United States only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and in offshore transactions to non-United States persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act, the Navios Maritime Holdings press release said.
The net proceeds of this offering will be used (a) to fund its current tender offer and consent solicitation for certain outstanding notes and pay related fees and expenses, (b) to discharge and redeem any of such notes that are not purchased in the tender offer after all conditions to the tender offer are satisfied or waived, including the payment of any related fees and expenses and any redemption premium, and (c) for general corporate purposes.
The Notes and related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the benefit of U.S. persons unless so registered except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable securities laws in other jurisdictions. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes and the related guarantees, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes and the related guarantees in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. Any offer of the Notes and related guarantees will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum.
About Navios South American Logistics Inc.
Navios South American Logistics Inc. ("Navios Logistics") is one of the largest logistics companies in the Hidrovia region of South America, focusing on the Hidrovia region river system, the main navigable river system in the region, and on cabotage trades along the eastern coast of South America. Navios Logistics serves the storage and marine transportation needs of its petroleum, agricultural and mining customers through its port terminal, river barge and coastal cabotage operations.