TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Issues Seven Year Fixed Rate Senior Notes
September 22 2006 - 5:35PM
PR Newswire (US)
WESTCHESTER, Ill., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
(NYSE:THS) today announced the completion of a $100 million private
placement debt issuance. These senior unsecured notes have a seven
year bullet maturity and a fixed coupon rate of 6.03%. The proceeds
from the sale of notes will be used to refinance existing debt and
for general corporate purposes. TreeHouse previously disclosed that
it had amended its five year revolving line of credit by increasing
its capacity from $400 million to $500 million, lowering the
associated interest rates and fees and extending the termination
date of the agreement to August 31, 2011. The combination of
increased capacity under the revolving credit agreement and
issuance of senior unsecured notes increases the company's debt
capacity by $200 million. Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Sam
K. Reed, CEO and Chairman of TreeHouse said, "We are very pleased
that both the private placement and the amended credit agreement
were oversubscribed, which shows the confidence our lenders have in
our business model. We not only increased the amount of capital we
have access to, but we also reduced our costs of borrowing. The
increase in available financial capacity facilitates our strategy
of fueling growth through strategic acquisitions." About TreeHouse
Foods TreeHouse is a food manufacturer servicing primarily the
retail grocery and foodservice channels. Its products include
pickles and related products; non-dairy powdered coffee creamer;
private label soup and infant feeding products, and other food
products including aseptic sauces, refrigerated salad dressings,
and liquid non-dairy creamer. TreeHouse believes it is the largest
manufacturer of pickles and non-dairy powdered creamer in the
United States based on sales volume. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains "forward-looking statements."
Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not
relate solely to historical or current facts, and can generally be
identified by the use of words such as "may," "should," "could,"
"expects," "seek to," "anticipates," "plans," "believes,"
"estimates," "intends," "predicts," "projects," "potential" or
"continue" or the negative of such terms and other comparable
terminology. These statements are only predictions. The outcome of
the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject
to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that
may cause the company or its industry's actual results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements to be materially different
from any future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievement expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements. TreeHouse's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2005 discusses some of the factors that could contribute to these
differences. You are cautioned not to unduly rely on such
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made,
when evaluation the information presented in this presentation. The
company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to
disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking
statement contained herein, to reflect any change in its
expectations with regard thereto, or any other change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
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CONTACT: TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Investor Relations, +1-708-483-1300
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