Epicor Announces Proposed Offering of $200 Million Convertible Senior Notes
Epicor Announces Proposed Offering of $200 Million Convertible
IRVINE, Calif. (May 01, 2007) – Epicor Software Corporation (Nasdaq: EPIC), a provider
of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000
companies, today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other
factors, $200 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2027 pursuant
to an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As
part of the offering, the Company intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase
up to an additional $30 million aggregate principal amount of the notes solely to cover
overallotments, if any. The notes will be unsecured. The offering price, interest rate,
conversion rate and circumstances in which a holder may convert its notes and other terms will
be determined by negotiations between the Company and the underwriters.
Epicor intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay in full the Company’s
term loan outstanding under its credit facility. The balance of the net proceeds, if any, will be
used for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes, which may
include funding acquisitions of businesses, technologies or product lines, although Epicor
currently has no commitments or agreements for any such specific acquisition. Epicor may also
use a portion of the remaining net proceeds to repurchase outstanding shares of its common
stock following the completion of the offering.
Subject to the final terms of the offering and assuming the repayment of its outstanding
term loan, Epicor expects the offering to be accretive to its fiscal 2007 earnings per diluted
share.
UBS Investment Bank and Lehman Brothers will act as joint book-running managers for
the offering. Cowen and Company, Needham & Company, and Piper Jaffray are serving as comanagers
for the offering.
Source: Epicor
