WESTCHESTER, Ill., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TreeHouse Foods, Inc. announced today that it priced an underwritten public offering of $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.750% senior notes due 2018. TreeHouse will use the net proceeds of the notes offering to fund, in part, the previously announced and pending acquisition of Sturm Foods, Inc. The notes offering and the acquisition are expected to close concurrently on March 2, 2010, subject to market and other conditions.
BofA Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the notes offering. TreeHouse is making the offering pursuant to a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2010, which has been declared effective, and a prospectus supplement to TreeHouse's prospectus, dated February 16, 2010, filed with the shelf registration statement. A final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement relating to the offering may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus Department, 100 West 33rd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001 (1-800-294-1322 or dg.prospectus_distribution@bofasecurities.com) or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention: High Yield Capital Markets, One Wachovia Center, 301 South College Street, Charlotte, NC 28288?0604.
TreeHouse has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement dated February 16, 2010) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents TreeHouse has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more complete information about TreeHouse and the offerings. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at http://www.sec.gov/. Alternatively, TreeHouse, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offerings will arrange to send you the relevant prospectus, when available, if you request it by calling TreeHouse's Investor Relations department at 708-483-1300 Ext 1331.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities of TreeHouse, nor will there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification.
About TreeHouse Foods
TreeHouse is a food manufacturer servicing primarily the retail grocery and foodservice channels. Its products include non-dairy powdered coffee creamer; canned soup, salad dressings and sauces; salsa and Mexican sauces; jams and pie fillings under the E.D. Smith brand name; pickles and related products; infant feeding products; and other food products including aseptic sauces, refrigerated salad dressings, and liquid non-dairy creamer. TreeHouse believes it is the largest manufacturer of pickles and non-dairy powdered creamer in the United States and the largest manufacturer of private label salad dressings in the United States and Canada based on sales volume.
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