(All dollar figures are in US dollars unless otherwise
indicated)
TORONTO, May 4, 2017 /CNW/ - New Gold Inc. ("New Gold")
(TSX:NGD) (NYSE MKT:NGD) today announces that it has commenced an
offering of $300 million aggregate
principal amount of Senior Notes due 2025 (the "Notes"). New Gold
intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes,
together with cash on hand, to fund the redemption of its
outstanding $300 million 7.00% Senior
Notes due 2020 (the "Existing Notes").
New Gold has issued a notice of redemption to redeem all of the
outstanding Existing Notes, pursuant to the terms of the indenture
governing the Existing Notes, which redemption will be conditional
upon the successful completion of the offering of the Notes.
The Notes will be offered and sold in the United States only to qualified
institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and outside the United States in
reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes will
be offered and sold in Canada on a
private placement basis pursuant to certain prospectus
exemptions.
The offer and sale of the Notes will not be registered under the
Securities Act and the Notes may not be offered or sold in
the United States or to U. S.
persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws. This news release shall not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor
shall there be any offer or sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" and
"forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable
Canadian and U.S. securities legislation. Generally,
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not
expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or
"believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that
certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might"
or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking
statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of
activity, performance or achievements of New Gold to be materially
different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements, including but not limited to risks discussed in the
risk factors section in New Gold's latest annual information
form. Although New Gold has attempted to identify important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other
factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will
prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. New Gold does not undertake to update
any forward-looking statements, except in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
SOURCE New Gold Inc.