Alon Holdings Blue Square Israel Ltd : Alon Holdings Blue Square - Israel Announces a Private Placement of its Series C Notes in Israel
04/04/2012| 11:40am US/Eastern
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ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Alon Holdings Blue Square - Israel Ltd. (the "Company") (NYSE and TASE: BSI),
announced today that it has agreed with Israeli institutional investors to issue to such
investors NIS 35,000,000 nominal value of unsecured non-convertible Series C Notes of the
Company in consideration for an aggregate sum of NIS 31,325,000 through a private
placement (the "Private Placement").
If issued, the terms of the additional Series C Notes will be similar to the terms of
the Series C Notes offered by the Company in its shelf offering report published in Israel
on November 8, 2010 and which are currently traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (the
"TASE"). The additional Series C Notes, if issued, will form a single series together with
the currently outstanding Series C Notes. For details on the terms of Series C Notes, see
the Company's announcement dated November 8, 2010.
The sale of the additional Series C Notes to be issued as part of the Private
Placement on the TASE will be subject to lock-up mechanism as prescribed in the Israeli
Securities Law of 1968 and regulations promulgated there under.
The issuance of the Series C Notes is subject to the receipt of the approval of the
TASE for the listing for trade of such Series C Notes.
The net proceeds from the Private Placement, if completed, after deduction of the
arrangers' fees and other expenses relating to the Private Placement, are expected to be
approximately NIS 31,200,000.
The Series C Notes will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to
U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation "S" promulgated under the Securities Act) without
registration under the Securities Act or an exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act.
This press release shall not be deemed to be an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy any of the Series C Notes.
Alon Holdings Blue Square- Israel Ltd. (hereinafter: "Alon Holdings") is the leading
retail company in the State of Israel and operates in four reporting segments: In its
supermarket segment, Alon Holdings, through its 100% subsidiary, Mega Retail Ltd.,
currently operates 211 supermarkets under different formats, each offering a wide range of
food products, "Near Food" products and "Non-Food" products at varying levels of service
and pricing. In its "Non-Food" segment, Alon Holdings, through its 100% subsidiary BEE
Group Retail Ltd., operates specialist outlets in self operation and franchises and offers
a wide range of "Non-Food" products as retailer and wholesaler. In the Commercial and
Fueling Sites segment, through its 78.38% subsidiary, which is listed on the Tel Aviv
stock exchange ("TASE"), Dor Alon Energy in Israel (1988) Ltd is one of the four largest
fuel retail companies in Israel based on the number of petrol stations and a leader in the
field of convenience stores. Dor Alon operates a chain of 196 petrol stations and 198
convenience stores in different formats in Israel. In its Real Estate segment, Alon
Holdings, through its TASE traded 78.22% subsidiary Blue Square Real Estate Ltd., owns,
leases and develops yield generating commercial properties and projects.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of safe
harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, plans or projections about
our business and our future revenues, expenses and profitability. Forward-looking
statements may be, but are not necessarily, identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as "may," "anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans,"
"believes," and words and terms of similar substance. Forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events,
results, performance, circumstance and achievements to be materially different from any
future events, results, performance, circumstance and achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but
are not limited to, the following: the effect of the recession in Israel on the sales in
our stores and on our profitability; our ability to compete effectively against low-priced
supermarkets and other competitors; quarterly fluctuations in our operating results that
may cause volatility of our ADS and share price; risks associated with our dependence on a
limited number of key suppliers for products that we sell in our stores; the effect of an
increase in the minimum wage in Israel on our operating results; the effect of any actions
taken by the Israeli Antitrust Authority on our ability to execute our business strategy
and on our profitability; the effect of increases in oil, raw material and product prices
in recent years; the effects of damage to our reputation or to the reputation of our store
brands due to reports in the media or otherwise; and other risks, uncertainties and
factors disclosed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
including, but not limited to, risks, uncertainties and factors identified under the
heading "Risk Factors" in our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2010. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date of this press release. Except for our ongoing obligations
to disclose material information under the applicable securities laws, we undertake no
obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
Contact:
Alon Holdings Blue Square-Israel Ltd.
Ortal Klein
Corporate Secretary
Telephone: +972-9-9618504
Fax: +972-9-9618636
Email: ortal.klein@alon-oil.co.il
SOURCE Alon Holdings Blue Square-Israel Ltd
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