Exhibit 99.1
Ross Ayotte Corporate Marketing ON Semiconductor (602) 244-5978 ross.ayotte@onsemi.com | Ken Rizvi Investor Relations ON Semiconductor (602) 244-3437 ken.rizvi@onsemi.com |
ON Semiconductor Announces Proposed Offering of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Dec. 15, 2005– ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: ONNN) today announced that it proposes to offer approximately $95.0 million of convertible senior subordinated notes in an institutional private placement. ON Semiconductor expects to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay its outstanding 10 percent Junior Subordinated Note due 2011.
ON Semiconductor expects to grant the initial purchasers of the offering an option to purchase up to an additional $14.0 million aggregate principal amount of the notes. Any net proceeds not used to repay the 10 Percent Junior Subordinated Note due 2011 will be used for general corporate purposes.
This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Any offers of the securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum. The notes and the common stock issuable upon the conversion of the notes will be offered in the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The notes and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States without the registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
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