Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
October 23 2017 - 2:18PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE
13a-16
OR
15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: October 23, 2017
Commission File Number
001-34153
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
c/o Portland
House,
Stag Place,
London SWIE 5RS,
United
Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form
20-F
or Form
40-F. Form
20-F ☒ Form
40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation
S-T
Rule 101(b)(1). Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation
S-T
Rule
101(b)(7). Yes ☐ No ☒
Information Contained in this Form
6-K
Report
Attached hereto as Exhibit I is a press release dated October 23, 2017 of Global Ship Lease, Inc. (the Company) announcing
that the Company has priced an offering of $360,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.875% first priority secured notes due 2022 at an issue price of 99.0% in a private placement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
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Date: October 23, 2017
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By:
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/s/ Ian J. Webber
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Ian J. Webber
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Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit I
Global Ship Lease Announces Pricing of
9.875% First Priority Secured Notes Due 2022
LONDON, October 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the Company) announced today that it has priced an
offering of $360,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.875% first priority secured notes due 2022 (the Notes) at an issue price of 99.0% in a private placement (the Offering).
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offering, together with borrowings under a new super senior secured term loan facility, to refinance the
Companys existing 10.000% first priority secured notes due 2019 and repay all outstanding borrowings under, and terminate, each of the Companys existing revolving credit facility and existing secured term loan.
The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The Notes may not be offered or sold within
the United States or to U.S. persons, except to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A and to certain persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S. You are
hereby notified that sellers of the Notes may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy Notes in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or sale would be unlawful.
Application will be made to list the Notes on the Official List of The
International Stock Exchange Authority Limited (the TISE, formerly the Channel Islands Securities Exchange Authority Limited) and for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the TISE.
About Global Ship Lease
Global Ship Lease is a
containership charter owner. Incorporated in the Marshall Islands, Global Ship Lease commenced operations in December 2007 with a business of owning and chartering out containerships under mainly long-term, fixed-rate charters to top tier container
liner companies.
Global Ship Lease owns 18 vessels with a total capacity of 82,312 TEU and an average age, weighted by TEU capacity, at August 31,
2017 of 12.7 years. All 18 vessels are currently fixed on time charters, 15 of which are with CMA CGM. The average remaining term of the charters at August 31, 2017 is 3.1 years or 3.4 years on a TEU weighted basis, taking into account the two
charter extensions announced on September 11, 2017 and the new charter for the
OOCL Tianjin
, announced on October 19, 2017.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements provide the Companys current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Companys expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives,
intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Words or phrases such as anticipate, believe, continue, estimate, expect, intend, may,
ongoing, plan, potential, predict, project, will or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the
absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or expectations included in
these forward-looking statements will come to pass. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the factors described in Risk Factors
in the Companys Annual Report on Form
20-F
and the factors and risks the Company describes in subsequent reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation
to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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CONTACT:
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Investor and Media Contact:
The IGB Group
Bryan Degnan
646-673-9701
or
Leon
Berman
212-477-8438
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