EVANSVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2014--
Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY “Berry Group”) announced today
that Berry Plastics Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary (the
“Issuer”), intends to offer for sale in an underwritten public offering
$500 million of second priority senior secured notes due 2022 (the
“Notes”) pursuant to a shelf registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The Issuer
intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund its previously
announced cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) and related consent
solicitation for certain of its outstanding notes. The closing of the
Tender Offer and related consent solicitation remain subject to the
satisfaction of the terms and conditions of such Tender Offer.
The Notes will be offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration
statement of Berry Group and the Issuer under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. The Notes offering will be made solely by means of a
separate prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. A copy of
the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus
relating to the Notes offering can be obtained from: Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New
York, NY 10010, email: newyork.prospecus@credit-suisse.com
or phone: 1-800-221-1037 or Barclays Capital Inc., Attention: Prospectus
Department, c/o Broadridge Financials Solutions, 1155 Long Island
Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, email:barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com
or phone: 1-888-603-5847 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention:
Client Support, 550 South Tryon Street, 7th Floor MAC
D1086-070, Charlotte, NC 28202, email: cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com
or phone: 1-800-326-5897. Potential investors should first read the
applicable prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, the
registration statement and the other documents filed with the Commission
in connection with the Notes offering. A copy of the prospectus
supplement and accompanying base prospectus may also be obtained without
charge by visiting the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an
offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Berry Plastics
Berry Plastics Group, Inc. is a leading provider of value-added plastic
consumer packaging and engineered materials delivering high-quality
customized solutions to our customers with annual net sales of over $4.6
billion in fiscal 2013. With world headquarters in Evansville, Indiana,
the Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the ticker symbol BERY. For additional information, visit the
Company’s website at www.berryplastics.com.
Forward-looking statements
Certain statements and information included in this release may
constitute “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the
Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance, or achievements of the companies to be materially different
from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or
implied in such forward looking statements. Additional discussion of
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
management’s projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is
contained in the companies’ Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
The companies do not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
Source: Berry Plastics Group, Inc.
Berry Plastics Group, Inc.
Media Contact
Eva Schmitz,
812-306-2424
evaschmitz@berryplastics.com
or
Investor
Contact
Dustin Stilwell, 812-306-2964
dustinstilwell@berryplastics.com