US Airways, Inc. announces $340 million aircraft financing
15-Dec-2010 US Airways, Inc. (“US Airways” or the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) (“US Airways Group”), announced today its intention to make an offering, subject to market and other conditions, of enhanced equipment trust certificates (the “Certificates”) in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $340 million.
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the offering to refinance eight Airbus aircraft currently owned by US Airways and use the balance, if any, for general corporate purposes.
The $340 million financing will be comprised of approximately $263 million of Class A certificates with a final expected distribution date of April 22, 2023 and approximately $77 million of Class B certificates with a final expected distribution date of April 22, 2017.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("Morgan Stanley") will act as structuring agent for the offering. Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ("Citigroup") and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("Credit Suisse") will act as the joint book-running managers for the offering; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated will act as a co-manager for the offering.
The Certificates will be offered under the Company's existing effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. When available, copies of both the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from Morgan Stanley (tel: 1-866-718-1649), from Citigroup (tel: 1-212-723-6171) or from Credit Suisse (tel: 1-800-221-1037).
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sales of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.