B&G Foods Announces Public Offering of Class A Common Stock
09 September 2009 - 10:01PM
Business Wire
B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS, BGF), a manufacturer and
distributor of high quality, shelf-stable foods, announced today
its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions,
9,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock, pursuant to an
effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the
Securities and the Exchange Commission. In connection with the
offering, B&G Foods expects to grant the underwriters an
option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional
1,350,000 shares of Class A common stock.
B&G Foods’ Class A common stock is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol “BGS” and trades separately from
B&G Foods’ Enhanced Income Securities (EISs), which are listed
on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BGF.”
B&G Foods expects to use the net proceeds of the offering
for general corporate purposes, which may include among other
things, the future repayment or retirement of a portion of B&G
Foods’ long-term debt, including, without limitation its 8% senior
notes due 2011 or its 12% senior subordinated notes due 2016.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and
BofA Merrill Lynch are acting as joint book-running managers, and
Goldman, Sachs & Co. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation are
acting as co-managers of the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of
these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction. The offering is being made only by means of a
prospectus and the related prospectus supplement.
Interested persons may obtain copies of the prospectus and the
related preliminary prospectus supplement from Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010;
Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Integrated Distribution
Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717; or
BofA Merrill Lynch, 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY
10080, Attention: Prospectus Department.
About B&G Foods, Inc.
B&G Foods and its subsidiaries manufacture, sell and
distribute a diversified portfolio of high-quality, shelf-stable
foods across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. B&G
Foods’ products include hot cereals, fruit spreads, canned
meats and beans, spices, seasonings, marinades, hot sauces, wine
vinegar, maple syrup, molasses, salad dressings, Mexican-style
sauces, taco shells and kits, salsas, pickles, peppers and other
specialty food products. B&G Foods competes in the retail
grocery, food service, specialty, private label, club and mass
merchandiser channels of distribution. Based in Parsippany, New
Jersey, B&G Foods’ products are marketed under many recognized
brands, including Ac’cent, B&G, B&M, Brer Rabbit, Cream of
Rice, Cream of Wheat, Emeril’s, Grandma’s Molasses, Joan of Arc,
Las Palmas, Maple Grove Farms of Vermont, Ortega, Polaner, Red
Devil, Regina, Sa-són, Trappey’s, Underwood, Vermont Maid and
Wright’s.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not statements of
historical or current fact constitute “forward-looking statements.”
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the actual
results of B&G Foods to be materially different from the
historical results or from any future results expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements. In addition to statements that
explicitly describe such risks and uncertainties readers are urged
to consider statements labeled with the terms “believes,” “belief,”
“expects,” “intends,” “anticipates” or “plans” to be uncertain and
forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained herein
are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that
are described from time to time in B&G Foods’ filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including under Item 1A, “Risk
Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal
2008 filed on March 5, 2009. B&G Foods’ undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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