Bunge Limited Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering
05 Juni 2009 - 12:24AM
PR Newswire (US)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bunge Limited
(NYSE: BG) today announced that Bunge Limited Finance Corp., its
wholly owned finance subsidiary, has priced a public offering of
$600 million aggregate principal amount of 8.50% senior notes due
2019. The senior notes will be guaranteed by Bunge Limited. The
offering was made pursuant to a registration statement filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The transaction is expected
to close on June 9, 2009. Bunge Limited Finance Corp. intends to
use the net proceeds of this offering to repay existing
indebtedness. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., BNP Paribas Securities
Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and RBS Securities Inc. are
serving as joint book-running managers for the offering. This
offering of senior notes may be made only by means of a prospectus
supplement and an accompanying prospectus. Copies of the prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this
offering can be obtained by calling J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
collect at 1-212-834-4533, BNP Paribas Securities Corp. toll-free
at 1-800-854-5674, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. at 1-866-811-8049 or
RBS Securities Inc. toll-free at 1-866-884-2071. This press release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer
to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these senior notes in any
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. About Bunge Bunge Limited
is a leading global agribusiness and food company founded in 1818
and headquartered in White Plains, New York. Bunge's over 25,000
employees in over 30 countries enhance lives by improving the
global agribusiness and food production chain. The company supplies
fertilizer to farmers in South America, originates, transports and
processes oilseeds, grains and other agricultural commodities
worldwide, produces food products for commercial customers and
consumers and supplies raw materials and services to the biofuels
industry. Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking
Statements This press release contains both historical and
forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements
of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are not based
on historical facts, but rather reflect our current expectations
and projections about our future results, performance, prospects
and opportunities, including whether or not we will consummate the
offering described herein and the anticipated use of proceeds of
the offering. We have tried to identify these forward-looking
statements by using words including "may," "will," "should,"
"could," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "intend,"
"estimate," "continue" and similar expressions. These
forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual
results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ
materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these
forward-looking statements. The following important factors, among
others, could affect our business and financial performance:
industry conditions, including fluctuations in supply, demand and
prices for agricultural commodities and other raw materials and
products used in our business, fluctuations in energy and freight
costs and competitive developments in our industries; the effects
of weather conditions and the outbreak of crop and animal disease
on our business; global and regional agricultural, economic,
financial and commodities market, political, social and health
conditions; the outcome of pending regulatory and legal
proceedings; our ability to complete, integrate and benefit from
acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and strategic alliances;
changes in government policies, laws and regulations affecting our
business, including agricultural and trade policies, tax
regulations and biofuels legislation; and other factors affecting
our business generally. The forward-looking statements included in
this release are made only as of the date of this release, and
except as otherwise required by federal securities law, we do not
have any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances. DATASOURCE: Bunge Limited CONTACT: Investors: Mark
Haden, +1-914-684-3398, ; Media: Stewart Lindsay, +1-914-684-3369,
, both for Bunge Limited Web Site: http://www.bunge.com/
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