Exhibit 99.1
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3/26/2019 | | PRESS RELEASE |
Atento Announces Pricing of $100 Million of Additional Senior Secured Notes
SÃO PAULO, March 26, 2019/PRNewswire/ – Atento S.A. (“Atento” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ATTO), the largest provider of customer relationship management and business process outsourcing solutions (CRM/BPO) in Latin America and among the top five providers worldwide, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Atento Luxco 1 S.A. (the “Issuer”), has priced a private offering of an additional US$100 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the “Additional Notes”). The Additional Notes are being offered as additional notes under the indenture, dated as of August 10, 2017, pursuant to which the Issuer previously issued US$400 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the “Existing Notes”). The Additional Notes and the Existing Notes will be treated as the same series for all purposes under the indenture and collateral agreements, each as amended and supplemented, that govern the Existing Notes and will govern the Additional Notes. The offering is expected to close on April 4, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions. Atento intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Additional Notes to repay all its outstanding Brazilian debentures and a part of its outstanding BNDES credit facilities, as well as to pay for related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes.
The Additional Notes were priced at 99.251% of their principal amount and will mature on August 10, 2022. The Additional Notes will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by certain of Atento’s wholly owned subsidiaries. The Existing Notes and the guarantees thereto are, and the Additional Notes and the guarantees thereto will be, secured, subject to permitted liens and other limitations, by a first-priority lien on the capital stock of the Issuer, each of the guarantors and Atento Argentina S.A.
The Additional Notes and related guarantees are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or outside the United States, to persons other than “U.S. persons” in compliance with Regulation S under the Act. The Additional Notes and related guarantees have not been and will not be registered under the Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Act.
This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. Any offers of the Additional Notes will be made only by means of a private offering circular.
About Atento
Atento is the largest provider of customer relationship management and business process outsourcing (CRM BPO) services in Latin America, and among the top five providers worldwide, based on revenues. Atento is also a leading provider of nearshoring CRM/BPO services to companies that carry out their activities in the United States. Since 1999, the company has developed its business model in 13 countries where it employs 150,000 people. Atento has over 400 clients to whom it offers a wide range of CRM/BPO services through multiple channels. Atento’s clients are mostly leading multinational corporations in sectors such as telecommunications, banking and financial services, health, retail and public administrations, among others. Atento’s shares trade under the symbol ATTO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In 2016, Atento was named one of the World´s 25 Best Multinational Workplaces by Great Place to Work® for a fourth consecutive year.
Contacts
Investor relations
Shay Chor
+55 11 3293 5926
shay.chor@atento.com
Fernando Schneider
+55 11 3779 8119
fernando.schneider@atento.com
Media relations
Maite Cordero
+34 91 740 74 47
atento.media@atento.com