Square, Inc. Announces Pricing of $750 Million Convertible Notes Offering
23 5월 2018 - 2:45PM
Business Wire
Square, Inc. (“Square”) (NYSE:SQ) today announced the pricing of
$750 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes
due 2023 (the “Notes”) in a private placement to qualified
institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). Square also granted the initial
purchaser of the Notes a 30-day option to purchase up to an
additional $112.5 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes
solely to cover over-allotments, if any. The sale of the Notes to
the initial purchaser is expected to settle on May 25, 2018,
subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to result
in approximately $736.5 million in net proceeds to Square after
deducting the initial purchaser’s discount and estimated offering
expenses payable by Square (assuming no exercise of the initial
purchaser’s over-allotment option).
The Notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of Square. The
Notes will bear interest at a rate of 0.50% per year. Interest will
be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of
each year, beginning on November 15, 2018. The Notes will mature on
May 15, 2023, unless earlier repurchased or converted.
Square expects to use approximately $52.6 million of the net
proceeds of the offering of the Notes to pay the cost of the
convertible note hedge transactions described below, after such
cost is partially offset by the proceeds of the warrant
transactions described below, to raise the effective conversion
price of the Notes from Square’s perspective, and to use the
remaining proceeds of the offering for general corporate
purposes.
The initial conversion rate for the Notes is 12.8456 shares of
Square’s Class A common stock (“Class A common stock”) per $1,000
principal amount of Notes (which is equivalent to an initial
conversion price of approximately $77.85 per share). Prior to the
close of business on the business day immediately preceding
February 15, 2023, the Notes will be convertible at the option of
the noteholders only upon the satisfaction of specified conditions
and during certain periods. Thereafter until the close of business
on the second scheduled trading day preceding the maturity date,
the Notes will be convertible at the option of the noteholders at
any time regardless of these conditions. Conversions of the Notes
will be settled in cash, shares of Class A common stock, or a
combination thereof, at Square’s election. The last reported sale
price of the Class A common stock on May 22, 2018 was $54.63 per
share.
In connection with the pricing of the Notes, Square entered into
privately negotiated convertible note hedge transactions with the
initial purchaser and other financial institutions (the “hedge
counterparties”). The convertible note hedge transactions are
expected generally to reduce the potential dilution to the Class A
common stock upon any conversion of the Notes and/or offset the
cash payments Square is required to make in excess of the principal
amount of converted Notes, as the case may be, in the event that
the market price of the Class A common stock is greater than the
strike price of the convertible note hedge transactions, which
initially corresponds to the initial conversion price of the Notes.
Square also entered into privately negotiated warrant transactions
with the hedge counterparties. The warrant transactions could
separately have a dilutive effect to the extent the market value
per share of Class A common stock exceeds the strike price of any
warrant transactions, unless Square elects, subject to certain
conditions set forth in the related warrant confirmations, to
settle the warrant transactions in cash. The strike price of the
warrant transactions will initially be approximately $109.26 per
share, which represents a premium of approximately 100% over the
last reported sale price of the Class A common stock on May 22,
2018, and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the
warrant transactions. If the initial purchaser exercises its
over-allotment option to purchase additional Notes, Square intends
to enter into additional convertible note hedge transactions and
additional warrant transactions with the hedge counterparties.
Square expects that, in connection with establishing their
initial hedge of the convertible note hedge transactions and
warrant transactions, the hedge counterparties or their respective
affiliates may purchase shares of the Class A common stock and/or
enter into various derivative transactions with respect to the
Class A common stock concurrently with, or shortly after, the
pricing of the Notes. These activities could increase (or reduce
the size of any decrease in) the market price of the Class A common
stock or the Notes at that time. In addition, Square expects that
the hedge counterparties or their respective affiliates may modify
their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding derivative
transactions with respect to the Class A common stock and/or by
purchasing or selling shares of the Class A common stock or other
securities of Square in secondary market transactions following the
pricing of the Notes and prior to the maturity of the Notes (and
are likely to do so during any observation period relating to a
conversion of the Notes or in connection with any repurchase of
Notes by Square). This activity could also cause or avoid an
increase or a decrease in the market price of the Class A common
stock or the Notes, which could affect the ability of noteholders
to convert the Notes and, to the extent the activity occurs during
any observation period related to a conversion of the Notes, could
affect the amount and value of the consideration that noteholders
will receive upon conversion of the Notes. The convertible note
hedge transactions and warrant transactions have not been, and will
not be, registered under the Act or the securities laws of any
other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such
registration requirements.
This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation
of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute
an offer, solicitation, or sale in any jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful. The Notes and the shares
of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, if
any, have not been, and will not be, registered under the Act or
the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and unless so
registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except
pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements of the Act and applicable state laws.
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