GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 19, 2014--
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a family of specialty retail brands that
makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, today
announced the pricing of its offering of $350 million in aggregate
principal amount of its 5.50% senior notes due 2019 (which represents an
upsizing of $100 million). The offering is expected to close on
September 24, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions. Estimated
net proceeds of the offering after giving effect to the initial
purchasers’ discount and commissions and all legal fees and other
transaction-related expenses are expected to be $343.5 million.
GameStop intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to pay down
the remaining outstanding balance of its asset-based facility and for
general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions, dividends
and stock buybacks.
The notes will bear interest at a rate of 5.50% and will pay interest
semi-annually in cash in arrears on October 1 and April 1 of each year,
beginning on April 1, 2015. The notes will mature on October 1, 2019.
The notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by all existing
and future domestic restricted subsidiaries that are borrowers under, or
guarantee, the Company’s asset-based facility. The notes and related
guarantees will be the Company’s general unsecured senior obligations
and will be subordinated to all of its and the guarantors’ existing and
future secured debt to the extent of the assets securing that secured
debt. In addition, the notes will be structurally subordinated to all of
the liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries that are not guaranteeing
the notes, to the extent of the assets of those subsidiaries.
The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities
Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be
offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
applicable exemption from registration requirements of the Securities
Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Accordingly, the
notes are expected to be eligible for resale in the United States only
to qualified institutional buyers and outside the United States to
non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S. This announcement
shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
buy any of these securities nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any such state.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including the expected closing of our notes offering. Such statements
are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of GameStop's
management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking
statements. GameStop undertakes no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements. The following factors, among
others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the
forward-looking statements: the inability to obtain sufficient
quantities of product to meet consumer demand, including console
hardware and accessories; the timing of release of video game titles for
current generation consoles; the risks associated with international
operations, wireless industry operations and the integration of
acquisitions; the impact of increased competition and changing
technology in the video game industry, including browser and mobile
games and alternative methods of distribution; and economic, regulatory
and other events, including litigation, that could reduce or impact
consumer demand or affect the company’s business. Additional factors
that could cause GameStop's results to differ materially from those
described in the forward-looking statements can be found in GameStop's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014
filed with the SEC and available at the SEC's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov.
Source: GameStop Corp.
Matt Hodges
Vice President,
Public and Investor Relations
GameStop
Corp.
(817) 424-2130