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HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) ("Nabors") announced today that Nabors Industries, Inc. ("NII"), its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, has commenced an offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of senior guaranteed notes due 2031 (the "Notes"). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Nabors and each of the subsidiaries, other than NII, that guarantee Nabors' 7.50% senior guaranteed notes due 2028.
The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of NII and will rank pari passu in right of payment with all of NII's existing and future senior obligations, including Nabors' 7.50% senior guaranteed notes due 2028. The guarantees of the Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the guarantors and will rank pari passu in right of payment with all of the guarantors' existing and future senior obligations, including the guarantors' guarantee of the 7.50% senior guaranteed notes due 2028.
Nabors intends to use the net proceeds from this offering, along with cash on hand, to redeem all of its 7.25% senior guaranteed notes due 2026. Any excess proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including, potentially, repayment of other outstanding indebtedness.
The Notes will be offered and sold to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to persons outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act and applicable exemptions from registration, prospectus or like requirements under the laws and regulations of the relevant jurisdictions outside the United States. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act 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 Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Notes will also not be registered in any jurisdiction outside of the United States and no action or steps will be taken to permit the offer of the Notes in any such jurisdiction where any registration or other action or steps would be required to permit an offer of the Notes.
The Notes will not be offered or sold in any such jurisdiction except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the relevant requirements of laws and regulations of such jurisdictions.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities of Nabors or its subsidiaries, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the Notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.