HOUSTON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) (the "Company") today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, additional 6.50% Senior Notes due 2020. The notes will be an additional issuance of the Company's outstanding 6.50% Senior Notes due 2020, which it issued in January 2012 in an aggregate principal amount of $450 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including to fund its newbuild program. Pending ultimate use, the Company may use net proceeds to reduce outstanding borrowings under its senior secured revolving credit facility.

In connection with the notes offering, Barclays Capital Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and DNB Markets, Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers. When available, copies of the prospectus may be obtained from:



    Barclays Capital Inc.                    Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

    c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions       Attn: Client Support

    1155 Long Island Avenue                  550 South Tryon Street

    Edgewood, NY 11717                       7th Floor MAC D1086-070

    Phone: (888) 603-5847                    Charlotte, NC 28202

    Email: Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com Phone: (800) 326-5897

                                             Email: cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com


    Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC       DNB Markets, Inc.

    Attn: Prospectus Department              Attn: Investor Support

    One Madison Avenue, 1B                   220 Park Avenue, 31st Floor

    New York, NY 1001                        New York, NY 10166

    Phone: (212) 325-2000                    Phone: (212) 681-3800

    Email: pamela.burnham@credit-suisse.com  Email: kim.dalton@dnb.no


    Goldman, Sachs & Co.

    Prospectus Department

    200 West Street

    New York, NY 10282

    Telephone: 1-866-471-2526

    Email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com

Atwood Oceanics, Inc. is a global offshore drilling contractor engaged in the drilling and completion of exploratory and developmental oil and gas wells. The Company currently owns 13 mobile offshore drilling units located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean Sea, offshore West Africa, offshore Southeast Asia and offshore Australia, and is constructing three ultra-deepwater drillships.

The senior notes will be offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2013. This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The offering of these securities will be made only by means of a prospectus.

SOURCE Atwood Oceanics, Inc.