DENTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sally Holdings LLC (the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SBH), today announced that it intends to sell, in a registered public offering, $700 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes will be guaranteed by Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., Sally Investment Holdings LLC and certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries who have guaranteed obligations under its senior credit facilities and its existing notes due 2019.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to pay in full the aggregate outstanding principal amount owing under the Company’s senior secured term loan facility due 2013 plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, approximately $90.0 million outstanding principal amount under the Company’s senior revolving credit facility and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with this offering.
BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan and RBC Capital Markets are serving as joint book-running managers for the offering.
A shelf registration statement (including a prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Senior Notes offering has previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and has become effective. Before investing, you should read the prospectus, the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information about the Company and the offering. Copies of the prospectus and related supplement may be obtained by contacting any of the joint book-running managers whose contact information is listed at the bottom of this announcement. You may also obtain these documents free of charge by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.
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 these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
About Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SBH) is an international specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies with revenues of $3.3 billion annually. Through the Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group businesses, the Company sells and distributes through over 4,300 stores, including approximately 200 franchised units, throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Chile, France, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany. Sally Beauty Supply stores offer more than 6,000 products for hair, skin and nails through professional lines such as Clairol, L'Oreal, Wella and Conair, as well as an extensive selection of proprietary merchandise. Beauty Systems Group stores, branded as CosmoProf or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its outside sales consultants, sell up to 9,800 professionally branded products, including Paul Mitchell, Wella, Sebastian, Goldwell and TIGI, which are targeted exclusively for professional and salon use and resale to their customers.
Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “target,” “can,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions may also identify such forward-looking statements.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as such statements speak only as of the date they were made. Any forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the events or results described in the forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the events or results described in the forward-looking statements can be found in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Consequently, all forward-looking statements in this release are qualified by the factors, risks and uncertainties contained therein. We assume no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
| Joint book-running managers: |
| BofA Merrill Lynch |
| 4 World Financial Center |
| New York, NY 10080 |
| Attention: Prospectus Department |
| Telephone: 1-800-294-1322 |
| Credit Suisse |
| Credit Suisse Prospectus Department, |
| One Madison Avenue |
| New York, New York 10010 |
| Telephone: 1-800-221-1037 |
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
| Attn: Client Support |
| 550 South Tryon Street |
| 7th Floor MAC D1086-070 |
| Charlotte, NC 28202 |
| Telephone: (800) 326-5897 |
| Deutsche Bank Securities |
| 60 Wall Street |
| New York, NY 10005-2836 |
| Attention: Prospectus Group |
| Telephone: 1-800-503-4611 |
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Email: prospectuscpdg@db.com |
| Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
| Prospectus Department |
| 200 West Street |
| New York, NY 10282 |
| Telephone: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 |
| J.P. Morgan |
| c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions |
| 1155 Long Island Avenue |
| Edgewood, NY 11717 |
| Attention: Post Sale Fulfillment |
| Telephone: 1-212-834-4533 |
| RBC Capital Markets |
| Attention: High Yield Capital Markets |
| Three World Financial Center |
| 200 Vesey Street, 10th Floor |
| New York, NY 10281 |
| Telephone: 1-877-280-1299 |
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Email: CM-USA-PROSPECTUS@rbc.com |