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Britannia Bulk Holdings Inc Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering
| Source: Britannia Bulk Holdings
LONDON--(Marketwire - June 18, 2008) - Britannia Bulk Holdings Inc (the "Company") (NYSE : DWT ) announced today that its initial public offering of 8,333,333 shares
of common stock was priced at $15.00 per share to the public. To the
extent the underwriters sell more than the 8,333,333 shares of common
stock, the underwriters have the option to purchase up to an additional
1,250,000 shares from the Company. All stock sold in the offering will be
issued by the Company. Assuming no exercise of the underwriters' option to
purchase additional shares of common stock, the net proceeds to the Company
will be approximately $112.8 million. Completion of the offering is
expected to occur on June 23, 2008, subject to satisfaction of customary
closing conditions.
The Company intends to use net proceeds from this offering, together with
amounts held in its vessel acquisition account and borrowings under its new
secured term loan facility, for the repayment of its existing senior
secured notes and secured bridge facilities.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Banc of America Securities LLC are acting as joint
book-runners for the offering. Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC and Oppenheimer
& Co. Inc. are acting as co-managers for the offering.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an
offer to buy shares of common stock in any state in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state. The offering of
these securities will be made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the
preliminary prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attn: Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New
York, NY 10004, Fax: (212) 902-9316 or email at
prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com or Banc of America Securities LLC, Capital
Markets (Prospectus Fulfillment) by email to
dg.prospectus_distribution@bofasecurities.com or by mail to Banc of America
Securities LLC, Capital Markets Operations, 100 West 33rd Street, 3rd
Floor, New York, NY 10001.
ABOUT BRITANNIA BULK HOLDINGS INC
Britannia Bulk Holdings Inc is an international provider of drybulk
shipping and maritime logistics services with a focus on transporting
drybulk commodities in and out of the Baltic region.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements about the
Company's proposed initial public offering of its common stock.
Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the market for the
common stock and anticipated future results and can be identified by the
fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They
often include words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate"
and "intend" or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would,"
"should," "could" or "may." Certain factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from expected results include delays in consummation
of the offering and concurrent transactions, general economic conditions,
market conditions, conditions in the market for agency securities, and
legislative and regulatory changes that could adversely affect the business
of the Company.