pcNewsWire – Parkland Fuel Corporation (TSX: PKI) has completed its previously announced offering of common shares for gross proceeds of approximately $662 million and its previously announced private placement of senior notes due May 9, 2025 with an aggregate principal amount of $500 million.
Press Release
Parkland Closes Previously Announced $662,030,000 Common Share Offering and $500,000,000 Senior Notes Offering
(All financial figures are approximate and in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted)
May 09, 2017 09:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time
CALGARY, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Parkland Fuel Corporation (“Parkland”) (TSX:PKI):
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Parkland Fuel Corporation (“Parkland”) (TSX:PKI), Canada’s largest independent marketer of fuel and petroleum products, announced today that it has closed its previously announced offering (the “Common Share Offering”) of common shares (the “Common Shares”) for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $662 million and its previously announced private placement of senior notes due May 9, 2025 (the “Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of $500 million (the “Note Offering” and collectively with the Common Share Offering, the “Offerings”).
The net proceeds of the Offerings will be used by Parkland to fund a portion of the previously announced agreement with Chevron Canada Limited to acquire all of the shares of Chevron Canada R&M ULC, which operates its Canadian integrated downstream fuel business (the “Acquisition”). The Acquisition is expected to close in Q4 2017. In the event the Acquisition is not completed, Parkland may use the net proceeds of the Offerings to reduce indebtedness, fund future acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.
The Common Share Offering was underwritten by TD Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc., as joint bookrunners, RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., AltaCorp Capital Inc. and Canaccord Genuity Corp.
The Note Offering was underwritten by TD Securities Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, Scotia Capital Inc. as joint lead manager, and RBC Dominion Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities Canada, Ltd. as co-managers.
The Common Shares were offered by way of private placement exemptions to accredited investors in all provinces of Canada, and in the United States on a private placement basis pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”).
The Notes were conditionally offered for sale in Canada on a private placement basis pursuant to certain prospectus exemptions. The Notes have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act, or any state securities laws, and are being offered and sold in the United States only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and outside the United States in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.
The securities offered have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or under any state securities laws, and may not be offered, sold, directly or indirectly, or delivered within the United States of America and its territories and possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, United States persons except in certain transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.
About Parkland Fuel Corporation
Parkland Fuel Corporation is one of North America’s largest marketers of fuel and petroleum products. We deliver gasoline, diesel, propane, lubricants, heating oil and other high-quality petroleum products to motorists, businesses, households and wholesale customers in Canada and in the United States. Our mission is to be the partner of choice for our customers and suppliers, and we do this by building lasting relationships through outstanding service, reliability, safety and professionalism.
We are unique in our ability to provide customers with dependable access to fuel and petroleum products, utilizing a portfolio of supply relationships, storage infrastructure, and third-party rail and highway carriers to rapidly respond to supply disruptions in order to protect our customers.
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Contacts
Investor and Media Inquiries – French and English
Investor Inquiries
Ben Brooks, 403-567-2534
Vice President Treasury & Investor Relations
Ben.Brooks@parkland.ca
or
Media Inquiries
Annie Cuerrier, 403-567-2579
Director, Corporate Communications
Annie.Cuerrier@parkland.ca
