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New Fortress Energy Announces Upsizing and Pricing of $750 Million of Senior Secured Notes
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE) (the “Company”) announced today the pricing of its previously announced private offering
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[{"type":"text","content":" NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nNew Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE) (the “Company”) announced today the pricing of its previously announced private offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2029 (the “Notes”). The aggregate principal amount represents an increase in the size of the offering of $250 million from the previously announced offering of $500 million. The Notes will bear interest at 8.750% per annum and will be issued at an issue price equal to 100% of principal, plus accrued interest, if any, from March 8, 2024. The closing of the offering is subject to certain limited conditions.\n\n\nSubject to certain exceptions and thresholds, the Notes will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each domestic subsidiary and foreign subsidiary that is a wholly-owned restricted subsidiary of the Company that is a guarantor under its existing senior secured notes. The Notes will be secured by substantially the same collateral as the Company’s existing first lien obligations under its existing senior secured notes.\n\n\nThe Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay a portion of its outstanding indebtedness, including to repurchase up to $375 million of the Company’s existing senior secured notes due 2025 pursuant to its tender offer announced on March 5, 2024, together with any fees and related expenses, and/or for general corporate purposes.\n\n\nThe Notes and the guarantees thereof were offered in the United States to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to persons outside of the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes and the guarantees thereof will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.\n\n\nThis press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.\n\n\nAbout New Fortre...