Atlas offers to trade $80 million Seaspan notes for $80 million Atlas notes

By Wendy Van Sickle

Columbus, Ohio, April 7 – Atlas Corp. is offering to exchange up to $80 million of subsidiary Seaspan Corp.’s 7 1/8% notes due 2027 for a like principal amount of new Security and Exchange Commission-registered 7 1/8% notes due 2027 issued by Atlas, according to a news release.

Holders may tender some or all of their Seaspan notes in minimum principal amounts of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof.

The terms of the new Atlas notes to be issued are similar except that they will be obligations of Atlas; will be redeemable on or after the second anniversary of their issuance at par plus interest; exclude a covenant requiring the primary business of Atlas and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, be the direct or indirect ownership, management, operation, leasing or chartering of container vessels and containers and any business incidental thereto; and exclude a covenant requiring Atlas to provide holders with certain reports and information in the event of a cross default.

The offer will expire at 5 p.m. ET on May 5. Settlement is expected on May 10.

The offer is subject to a $40 million minimum tender condition.

D.F. King & Co., Inc. (212 709-3328 or atco@dfking.com) is the exchange agent and information agent.

Atlas is a Vancouver, B.C.-based global asset manager whose subsidiaries, Hong Kong-based Seaspan and APR Energy Ltd., operate in maritime and energy sectors.

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