(Hong Kong, 23 April 2008) Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited (the "Company")
is pleased to announce the pricing of a US$300 million senior notes offering (the
"Notes").
The Reg S / 144A Notes were priced yesterday at 99.493% and will bear a coupon of
7.875% and mature in April 2013. The Notes will be guaranteed by certain
subsidiaries of the Company and have been rated “BBB-” by Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Services and “BBB-” by Fitch Ratings Inc. The estimated net proceeds from
the offering of the Notes, after deduction of expenses, will amount to approximately
US$294.2 million and the Company intends to use substantially all of the net proceeds
to fund its capital expenditures or to refinance its existing bank loans and other
borrowings that were incurred to fund capital expenditures. The offering of the Notes
is expected to close on 29 April 2008, subject to certain closing conditions.
Cheung Yan, Chairlady of the Company said, "The Company is very pleased to have
the distinction of being the first debut issuer from Asia to access the international
bond markets in 2008 and one of the few PRC private sector companies to obtain an
investment grade rating for its maiden international bond issuance."
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