B&G Foods Announces Closing of Public Offering of Class A Common Stock
18 Setembro 2009 - 11:59AM
Business Wire
B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS, BGF), a manufacturer and
distributor of high quality, shelf-stable foods, announced today
the closing of its public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its
Class A common stock at $8.00 per share. In connection with the
offering, B&G Foods has granted to the underwriters an
option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional
1,500,000 shares of Class A common stock.
B&G Foods’ Class A common stock is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol “BGS” and trades separately from
B&G Foods’ Enhanced Income Securities (EISs), which are listed
on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BGF.”
The proceeds of the offering, after deducting underwriting
discounts and commissions, were $75.6 million. B&G Foods
expects to use the proceeds of the offering, after deducting other
offering expenses, for general corporate purposes, which may
include, among other things, the future repayment or retirement of
a portion of B&G Foods’ long-term debt, including, without
limitation, its 8% senior notes due 2011 or its 12% senior
subordinated notes due 2016.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and
BofA Merrill Lynch acted as joint book-running managers, and
Goldman, Sachs & Co. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation acted
as co-managers of the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of
these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction. The offering is being made only by means of a
prospectus and the related prospectus supplement included as part
of an effective shelf registration statement previously filed with
the Securities and the Exchange Commission.
Interested persons may obtain copies of the prospectus and the
related final prospectus supplement from Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010; Barclays
Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Integrated Distribution Services, 1155
Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717; or BofA Merrill Lynch,
4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, Attention: Prospectus
Department.
About B&G Foods, Inc.
B&G Foods and its subsidiaries manufacture, sell and
distribute a diversified portfolio of high-quality, shelf-stable
foods across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. B&G
Foods’ products include hot cereals, fruit spreads, canned
meats and beans, spices, seasonings, marinades, hot sauces, wine
vinegar, maple syrup, molasses, salad dressings, Mexican-style
sauces, taco shells and kits, salsas, pickles, peppers and other
specialty food products. B&G Foods competes in the retail
grocery, food service, specialty, private label, club and mass
merchandiser channels of distribution. Based in Parsippany, New
Jersey, B&G Foods’ products are marketed under many recognized
brands, including Ac’cent, B&G, B&M, Brer Rabbit, Cream of
Rice, Cream of Wheat, Emeril’s, Grandma’s Molasses, Joan of Arc,
Las Palmas, Maple Grove Farms of Vermont, Ortega, Polaner, Red
Devil, Regina, Sa-són, Trappey’s, Underwood, Vermont Maid and
Wright’s.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not statements of
historical or current fact constitute “forward-looking statements.”
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release
include, without limitation, statements related to our expected use
of proceeds from the offering. Such forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown
factors that could cause the actual results of B&G Foods to be
materially different from the historical results or from any future
results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In
addition to statements that explicitly describe such risks and
uncertainties readers are urged to consider statements labeled with
the terms “believes,” “belief,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates”
or “plans” to be uncertain and forward-looking. The forward-looking
statements contained herein are also subject generally to other
risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in
B&G Foods’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2008 filed on March 5, 2009. B&G
Foods undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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