Exhibit 99.1
| Celanese Corporation1601 West LBJ Freeway Dallas, Texas 75234-6034 |
Celanese Completes Amendment to Senior Secured Credit Facility and
Offering of $600 Million of Senior Unsecured Notes
Offering of $600 Million of Senior Unsecured Notes
DALLAS, September 29, 2010 -— Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) (the “Company”) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Celanese US Holdings LLC (the “Issuer”), had successfully closed an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its existing senior credit facility. The Amendment modified certain terms and conditions of the credit facility and extended (i) the maturity of a portion of the term loans to October 2016 and (ii) the maturity of the revolving credit facility to October 2015, in each case a two and one-half year maturity extension. As a result of the Amendment, the Company’s credit facility now consists of $417 million of US dollar-denominated and €69 million of Euro-denominated term loans due 2014, $1,140 million of US dollar-denominated and €204 million of Euro-denominated term loans due 2016, a $600 million revolving credit facility terminating in 2015, and a $228 million credit-linked revolving facility terminating in 2014. The extended facilities are subject to modified interest rates.
The Company also announced that the Issuer had completed its previously announced offering of $600 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.625% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2018 (the “Notes”) on September 24, 2010. In connection with the Amendment, the Company used the proceeds from the sale of the Notes and approximately $200 million of cash on hand to repay $800 million of its term loans.
“These transactions exemplify Celanese’s ongoing strategy of maintaining a flexible, low cost and stable capital structure,” said Steven Sterin, senior vice president and chief financial officer. “By taking advantage of strong credit market conditions, we divided our previous $2.7 billion term loan maturing in 2014 into staggered maturities of 2014, 2016 and 2018. Additionally, we reduced total leverage by paying down $200 million of term debt and maintained the covenant-light structure of our original credit facility.”
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC were Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Runners on the Amendment.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor shall there be any sales of Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
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Andy.Green@celanese.com
Andy Green
Phone: +1 972 443 4965
Telefax: +1 972 443 8519
Andy.Green@celanese.com
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