VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR) (NYSE:AG) (Frankfurt:FMV) (“First Majestic” or the “Company”) announced today that it is offering US$150 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured convertible senior notes due 2023 (the “Notes”) pursuant to private placement exemptions (the “Offering”). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fund certain costs and expenses associated with the recently announced acquisition of Primero Mining Corp. (“Primero”) and for general corporate purposes and, if the acquisition is not consummated, for general corporate purposes. If the acquisition of Primero is not completed, the Company expects that the terms of the Notes will permit the Company, at its option, to redeem the Notes.
First Majestic expects to grant the initial purchasers of the Notes an option to purchase up to an additional US$22.5 million aggregate principal amount of Notes at any time on or before the 20th day after the initial closing of the Offering.
The final terms of the Offering will be determined by First Majestic and the initial purchasers. The Notes will bear cash interest semi-annually at a fixed rate and be convertible by holders into First Majestic common shares (the “Shares”) at an initial conversion price higher than the closing Share price on the day the Offering is priced. First Majestic currently expects that the Notes will be redeemable by First Majestic at its option in certain circumstances including, without limitation, non-completion of the acquisition of Primero. First Majestic also expects that holders will have the right to require First Majestic to repurchase their Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.
The Notes, and the Shares into which the Notes are convertible, have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or qualified by a prospectus in Canada. The Notes and the Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Notes will be offered only to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. Offers and sales in Canada will be made only pursuant to exemptions from the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian provincial and territorial securities laws.
This news release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of, the Notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
First Majestic is a mining company focused on growing primary silver production in Mexico and is aggressively pursuing the development of its existing mineral property assets. The Company presently owns and operates six producing silver mines; the La Parrilla Silver Mine, the San Martin Silver Mine, the La Encantada Silver Mine, the La Guitarra Silver Mine, Del Toro Silver Mine and the Santa Elena Silver/Gold Mine. Production from these six mines is projected to be between 10.6 to 11.8 million ounces of pure silver or 15.7 to 17.5 million ounces of silver equivalents in 2018.
