Wolverine Worldwide announced that it intends to offer $375 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2020. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to finance, in part, its acquisition of the Performance + Lifestyle Group business (the “PLG Business”) of Collective Brands, Inc. (“CBI”), repay any amounts outstanding under, and terminate, its existing revolving credit facility, repay certain of CBI's indebtedness, and pay related fees and expenses. The Notes will be guaranteed by certain of the Company's domestic subsidiaries.
The Notes and related guarantees will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to non-U.S. persons in transactions outside the United States under Regulation S of the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.
