International Wire Group, Inc. Announces Closing of Senior Secured Note Offering

International Wire Group, Inc. ("IWG") announced today that it has completed the offering of $260.0 million of its 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”).

The Notes bear interest at a rate of 10.750% per annum. IWG will pay interest semi-annually on February 1 and August 1, beginning on February 1, 2017. The Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of IWG’s existing and certain of its future domestic subsidiaries. The Notes and the guarantees are secured, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens on a second-priority basis by liens on IWG’s assets and the assets of the guarantors that secure indebtedness under IWG’s revolving credit facility.

IWG intends to use the net proceeds of the offering, together with advances under its revolving credit facility and cash on its balance sheet, to (1) redeem all of its outstanding Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the “Senior 2017 Notes”) at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Senior 2017 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date and (2) fund the repurchase of all of the Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2020 (the "PIK Toggle Notes") of International Wire Group Holdings, Inc., the parent corporation of IWG. The redemption of the Senior 2017 Notes is expected to occur on October 15, 2016.

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or for the account or benefit of any U.S. person or in any way distributed in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Forward-Looking Information is Subject to Risk and Uncertainty

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About International Wire Group, Inc.

International Wire Group, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of wire products, including bare, silver-plated, nickel-plated and tin-plated copper wire, engineered wire products and high performance conductors for other wire suppliers, distributors and original equipment manufacturers. Its products include a broad spectrum of copper wire configurations and gauges with a variety of electrical and conductive characteristics and are utilized by a wide variety of customers primarily in the aerospace, automotive/specialty vehicles, consumer and appliance, electronics and data communications, industrial and energy and medical products industries. The Company has 18 manufacturing facilities and one distribution facility located throughout the United States, France, Italy and Poland. International Wire Group, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Wire Group Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: ITWG).

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