HL has the cash Tue April 9, 2013 2:35 PM | about: HL
COEUR DALENE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) (Hecla or the Company) today announced the pricing of its offering of US$500,000,000 of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (the Notes) to qualified institutional buyers in the United States pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The size of the offering represents an increase of US$100,000,000 from the amount originally proposed. The coupon on the Notes will be 6.875% per year payable in cash semi-annually in arrears. The Notes will mature on May 1, 2021. The transaction is expected to close on or about April 12, 2013, subject to the satisfaction of various customary closing conditions.
The Notes will be guaranteed by certain of the Companys subsidiaries. The Company will deposit the proceeds from the Notes into an escrow account until the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the consummation of the previously announced pending acquisition of Aurizon Mines Ltd. (the Escrow Conditions). If the Escrow Conditions are not satisfied or waived on or prior to September 1, 2013, or such earlier date as Hecla determines in its sole discretion that the Escrow Conditions cannot be satisfied, or the related escrow agreement is terminated, the Notes will be subject to a special mandatory redemption.