Gold Reserve Announces Notice of Right of Repurchase for 5.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2022 and Proposed Restructuring for Noteholders

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nSPOKANE, WA, May 17, 2012 /CNW/ - Gold Reserve Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GRZ)\n (NYSE-Amex:GRZ) (the \"Company\") announced today that it is notifying\n holders (\"Holders\" or \"Noteholders\") of its 5.50% Senior Subordinated\n Convertible Notes due 2022 (the \"Notes\") that the Holders have the\n option, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, dated as of May 18,\n 2007 (the \"Indenture\") governing the Notes, to require the Company to\n purchase, in cash, all or a portion of their Notes at a price equal to\n 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid\n interest (the \"Put Option\").\n\n\nThe Company is also very pleased to announce today that it has agreed to\n a restructuring proposal with its three largest Noteholders in\n connection with the Put Option. The agreement with these Noteholders,\n representing 87.8% of the outstanding Notes, subject to shareholder\n approval and subject to such consents as may be required under the\n Indenture, will allow the Company to redeem and restructure its Notes\n with a combination of cash, common shares, new terms for the remaining\n balance of the Notes and a Contingent Value Right, each as further\n described below.\n\n\nAs required by the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\n (the \"SEC\"), the Company is filing its Tender Offer Statement on\n Schedule TO with the SEC notifying the Holders of the Put Option. The\n Company will pay for any Notes validly surrendered for cash. Because of\n the agreement reached with its three largest Noteholders, the Company\n anticipates that a maximum of $40.6 million will be required to fund\n the purchase of the Notes if all of the Holders put their Notes\n pursuant to the Put Option and assuming the restructuring is\n consummated with its three largest Noteholders upon the terms described\n in this release.  The Company anticipates filing an amendment to the\n Schedule TO within 10 days to provide other Holders with an election to\n participate in the restructuring agreed among the Company and its three\n largest Noteholders.\n\n\nIn order to surrender the Notes for repurchase pursuant to the Put\n Option, Holders must deliver a Repurchase Notice to The Bank of New\n York Mellon, as successor in interest to the Bank of New York, the\n Trustee and paying agent for the Notes under the Indenture, ...

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