Silver Wheaton announces US$250 million bought deal financing
2009年9月8日 - 8:44PM
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TO BE USED TO FINANCE BARRICK SILVER STREAM ACQUISITION, ANNOUNCED
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 VANCOUVER, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Silver Wheaton Corp. ("Silver Wheaton" or the "Company") (TSX,
NYSE:SLW) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an
agreement with a syndicate of underwriters pursuant to which they
have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal basis, 22,525,000 common
shares of Silver Wheaton at a price of US$11.10 per share (the
"Offering"), for aggregate gross proceeds to Silver Wheaton of
approximately US$250 million. In addition, Silver Wheaton has
agreed to grant to the underwriters an option to purchase up to an
additional 3,378,750 common shares at a price of US$11.10 per
share, on the same terms and conditions as the Offering,
exercisable at any time, in whole or in part, until the date that
is 30 days following the closing of the Offering. In the event that
the option is exercised in its entirety, the aggregate gross
proceeds of the Offering to Silver Wheaton will be approximately
US$287.5 million. A portion of the net proceeds of the Offering
will be used to fund the Company's acquisition of certain silver
stream interests from Barrick Gold Corporation (as announced on
September 8, 2009), with the remaining funds being targeted for
general corporate purposes. The common shares to be issued under
the Offering will be offered by way of a short form prospectus in
all of the provinces of Canada and in the United States on a
private placement basis pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended. The Offering is scheduled to close on or about
September 30, 2009 and is subject to certain conditions including,
but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals
including the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the
securities regulatory authorities. This press release shall not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities
have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements. CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD
LOOKING-STATEMENTS The information contained herein contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United
States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
applicable Canadian securities legislation. Generally, these
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not
expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or
"believes", or variations of such words and phrases or statements
that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would",
"might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved".
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,
level of activity, performance or achievements of Silver Wheaton to
be materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements, including but not limited to:
fluctuations in the price of silver, the absence of control over
mining operations from which Silver Wheaton purchases silver and
risks related to these mining operations, including risks related
to fluctuations in the price of the primary commodities mined at
such operations, changes in laws and regulations including taxation
policies, actual results of mining and exploration activities,
changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined,
timing of funding the upfront cash payments, both the initial
payment and the following three annual payments payable to Barrick
in connection with the silver purchase agreement, and completion of
construction of the Pascua-Lama project, as well as those factors
discussed in the section entitled "Description of the Business -
Risk Factors" in Silver Wheaton's Annual Information Form available
on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com/ and in Silver Wheaton's Form 40-F
on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in
Washington, D.C. Forward-looking statements are based on
assumptions management believes to be reasonable, including but not
limited to the continued operation of the mining operations from
which Silver Wheaton purchases silver, no material adverse change
in the market price of commodities, that the mining operations will
operate in accordance with their public statements and achieve
their stated production outcomes, and such other assumptions and
factors as set out herein. Although Silver Wheaton has attempted to
identify important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in forward-looking
statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be
as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance
that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements. Silver Wheaton does not
undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are
incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with
applicable securities laws. DATASOURCE: Silver Wheaton Corp.
CONTACT: Brad Kopp, Director, Investor Relations, Silver Wheaton
Corp., Tel: 1-800-380-8687, Email: ; Website:
http://www.silverwheaton.com/
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