Forterra Announces Closing of $500 Million Senior Secured Notes Offering

IRVING, Texas, July 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Forterra, Inc. (“Forterra” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FRTA) today announced the closing of the previously announced offering by Forterra Finance, LLC and FRTA Finance Corp., each a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). 

The Notes have a fixed annual interest rate of 6.50%, which will be paid semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year.  Obligations under the Notes are guaranteed by the Company and the Company’s existing and future subsidiaries (other than the issuers) that guarantee the Company’s senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) and the obligations of the U.S. borrowers under the Company’s senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Facility”). The Notes and the related guarantees are secured by first-priority liens on the collateral that secures the Term Loan Facility on a first-priority basis (which is generally all assets other than those that secure the ABL Facility on a first-priority basis as set forth below) and second-priority liens on the collateral that secures the ABL Facility on a first-priority basis (which is generally inventory, accounts receivable, deposit accounts, securities accounts, certain intercompany loans and related assets), which second-priority liens are ratable with the liens on such assets securing the obligations under the Term Loan Facility and junior to the liens on such assets securing the ABL Facility.

The Company expects to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay a portion of the amount outstanding under the Term Loan Facility and to pay related fees and expenses.  

This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Any offer, if at all, will be made only pursuant to Rule 144A under the 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 have not been and are not expected to be registered under the Securities 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 registration requirements.