CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) announced today the pricing of one series of the company’s senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of $500 million maturing on January 12, 2028 and bearing interest at an annual rate of 3.875% (the “Notes”). The offering is expected to close on June 12, 2017. Net proceeds from this offering are expected to be used to: (i) repurchase a portion of the company’s outstanding 3.00% notes due 2018, 6.00% notes due 2020, 5.125% notes due 2021 and 7.50% senior debentures due 2027, pursuant to a tender offer and (ii) redeem all of the company’s outstanding 6.875% senior debentures due 2018, pursuant to a redemption. Pending the application of the net proceeds, the company may invest the net proceeds in short-term interest-bearing accounts, securities or similar investments. The company may apply the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions or the repayment of other indebtedness, including the repurchase or redemption of any existing notes not tendered in the tender offer.
The Notes are being offered under an automatic shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and which became effective upon filing. The offering is being led by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes. In addition, there shall be no sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.
Information Relating to Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements that are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or facts to differ materially from such statements for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to: industry conditions, the company's implementation of its new enterprise resource planning system, changes in product supply, pricing and customer demand, competition, other vagaries in the global components and global enterprise computing solutions markets, changes in relationships with key suppliers, increased profit margin pressure, the effects of additional actions taken to become more efficient or lower costs, risks related to the integration of acquired businesses, changes in legal and regulatory matters, and the company’s ability to generate additional cash flow. Forward-looking statements are those statements which are not statements of historical fact. These forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "may," "will," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," and similar expressions. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. The company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any of the forward-looking statements.
For a further discussion of factors to consider in connection with these forward-looking statements, investors should refer to Item 1A Risk Factors of the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 125,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 465 locations serving over 90 countries.
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