WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP) today announced that it intends to commence a private offering to eligible purchasers, subject to market and other conditions, of $350 million in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2029. The Senior Notes will be co-issued by GLP Finance Corp. and guaranteed by certain other subsidiaries of Global. Global intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Senior Notes to fund the redemption of its 7.00% senior notes due 2023 and to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under its credit agreement. On September 23, 2020, Global delivered a conditional notice of redemption, subject to consummation of the offering of the Senior Notes, for all of the outstanding 2023 Notes. The redemption price for the 2023 Senior Notes is 101.750% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date of October 23, 2020.
The Senior Notes will be offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance upon Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and non-U.S. persons in transactions outside the United States in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Senior Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, the Senior Notes, nor shall there be any sale of the Senior Notes in any state in which the offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
About Global Partners LP
With approximately 1,550 locations primarily in the Northeast, Global is one of the region’s largest independent owners, suppliers and operators of gasoline stations and convenience stores. Global also owns, controls or has access to one of the largest terminal networks in New England and New York, through which it distributes gasoline, distillates, residual oil and renewable fuels to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers. In addition, Global engages in the transportation of petroleum products and renewable fuels by rail from the mid-continental U.S. and Canada.
