CILCORP Inc. Receives Required Consents in Connection With Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation
19 November 2009 - 12:58AM
PR Newswire (US)
PEORIA, Ill., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CILCORP Inc.
("CILCORP"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ameren Corporation
(NYSE:AEE), announced today that it has received consents from the
holders of $208,984,000, or 99.25%, of its outstanding 9.375%
senior bonds due 2029 (CUSIP No. 171794 AF7) (the "bonds"), as of
5:00 p.m. New York City time on November 17, 2009, the last date
and time for holders to receive the total consideration (as defined
below) (such date and time, the "consent date") under its
previously announced cash tender offer (the "tender offer") for any
and all of the outstanding bonds. Concurrently with the tender
offer, CILCORP is soliciting consents (the "consent solicitation")
from the holders of the bonds to certain proposed amendments (the
"proposed amendments") to the indenture governing the bonds (the
"indenture"). The number of consents received on or prior to the
consent date was sufficient to approve the adoption of the proposed
amendments. Based on the consents received, CILCORP and the trustee
under the indenture are expected to enter into a supplemental
indenture to effect the proposed amendments, which would eliminate
certain restrictive covenants in the indenture and the bonds.
CILCORP and the trustee will enter into the supplemental indenture
if and when the bonds are accepted for payment by CILCORP pursuant
to the tender offer. The complete terms and conditions of the
tender offer and the consent solicitation are set forth in an offer
to purchase and consent solicitation statement dated November 6,
2009 ("offer to purchase") and the related letter of transmittal
and consent. The tender offer will expire at midnight, New York
City time, on December 7, 2009, unless extended or earlier
terminated (as so extended or earlier terminated, the "expiration
date"). Bonds tendered after the consent date may not be withdrawn.
The total consideration for each $1,000 principal amount of bonds
validly tendered on or prior to the consent date, and not validly
withdrawn, and which is accepted, is $1,210.00 (the "total
consideration"), which includes a payment of $50.00 per $1,000
principal amount of such bonds tendered on or prior to the consent
date (the "consent payment"). Holders who tender bonds after the
consent date but before the expiration date will only be eligible
to receive the total consideration less the consent payment.
Consummation of the tender offer and the consent solicitation is
subject to a number of conditions, including the absence of certain
adverse legal and market developments, as described in the offer to
purchase. CILCORP has reserved the right to amend, extend,
terminate, or waive any conditions to the tender offer and the
consent solicitation at any time. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. is
the Dealer Manager for the tender offer and the consent
solicitation and may be contacted at 2128344802 (collect calls
accepted) or toll free at 8668344666. Requests for documents may be
directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the Information
Agent for the tender offer and the consent solicitation, at
2124303774 (collect calls accepted) or toll-free at 8668572200.
This press release does not constitute an offer or an invitation by
CILCORP to participate in the tender offer or the consent
solicitation in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make
such an offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. The tender
offer and the consent solicitation are only being made pursuant to
the offer to purchase and the related letter of transmittal and
consent. CILCORP is an Ameren Corporation subsidiary that operates
as a holding company for Central Illinois Light Company ("CILCO")
and a merchant generation subsidiary. CILCO operates a
rate-regulated electric transmission and distribution business, a
merchant electric generation business (through its subsidiary,
AmerenEnergy Resources Generating Company) and a rate-regulated
natural gas transmission and distribution business in Illinois.
CILCO supplies electric service to 214,000 customers and natural
gas service to 216,000 customers in portions of central and east
central Illinois. AmerenEnergy Resources Generating Company, a
merchant generation wholly owned subsidiary of CILCO, owns 1,125
megawatts of coal-fired electric generating capacity and has 15
megawatts of oil-fired electric generating capacity. DATASOURCE:
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