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Avid Announces Proposed $115 Million Offering of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2020
The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of Avid, and interest will be payable semi-annually. Prior to
In connection with the pricing of the notes, Avid plans to enter into a capped call transaction with an affiliate of one of the initial purchasers (the "option counterparty"). The capped call transaction is expected generally to reduce potential dilution to the Common Stock and/or offset cash payments Avid would have to make in excess of the principal amount of any converted notes in the event that the market price per share of Common Stock, as measured under the terms of the capped call transaction, is greater than the strike price of the capped call transaction, which is expected to initially correspond to the conversion price of the notes and be subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the conversion rate of the notes. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional notes, Avid may enter into an additional capped call transaction with the option counterparty.
In connection with establishing its initial hedge of the capped call transaction, the option counterparty and/or its affiliates expect to enter into various derivative transactions with respect to the Common Stock and/or purchase Common Stock in secondary market transactions concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the notes. This activity could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of the Common Stock or the notes at that time.
In addition, the option counterparty and/or its affiliate may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding various derivatives with respect to the Common Stock and/or purchasing or selling the Common Stock or other securities of Avid in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the notes and prior to the maturity of the notes (and are likely to do so during, and potentially prior to, any observation period related to a conversion of notes). This activity could also cause or avoid an increase or a decrease in the market price of the Common Stock or the notes, which could affect the ability of holders to convert the notes and, to the extent the activity occurs during any observation period related to a conversion of notes, it could affect the number of shares and/or value of the consideration that holders will receive upon conversion of the notes.
Avid intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the notes to fund Avid's acquisition of Orad Hi-Tec Systems, Ltd. and pay the cost of the capped call transaction. Avid also (i) intends to use a portion of the remaining net proceeds from this offering to repurchase shares of its Common Stock, (ii) may use up to
In connection with the proposed offering, Avid's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to
This press release is neither an offer to sell, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. Any offer of these securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum. The notes and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, if any, will not be registered under the Act or any state securities laws, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in
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Special Note: The statements in this release that are not strictly historical, including, without limitation, statements regarding the expected terms of the notes, Avid's intended use of the proceeds of the offering constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties and, therefore, actual results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied herein. The proposed offering is subject to market conditions, customary closing conditions. There can be no assurance that the offering will be consummated on favorable terms or at all. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited
to, economic and other conditions in the markets in which Avid operates and the other risks discussed in Avid's Form 10-K and our other filings made with the
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CONTACT: PR Contact:Source:Avid Lisa Kilborn lisa.kilborn@Avid.com 617.285.2288 Investor ContactAvid Tom Fitzsimmons tom.fitzsimmons@avid.com 978.640.3346
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