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Published on 3/12/2013 in the Prospect News High Yield Daily.

New Issue: Steel Dynamics prices $400 million 10-year notes at par to yield 5¼%

By Paul A. Harris

Portland, Ore., March 12 - Steel Dynamics, Inc. priced a $400 million issue of 10-year senior notes (Ba2/BB+/) at par to yield 5¼% on Tuesday, according to a syndicate source.

The yield printed at the tight end of yield talk set in the 5 3/8% area.

Joint physical bookrunner BofA Merrill Lynch will bill and deliver. Goldman Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC were also joint physical bookrunners.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC were joint bookrunners.

The Fort Wayne, Ind.-based steel producer and recycler plans to use the proceeds, along with available cash, to fund the tender offer for its 6¾% senior notes due 2015 and for general corporate purposes, including debt repayment, capital expenditures and working capital.

Issuer:Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Amount:$400 million
Maturity:April 15, 2023
Securities:Senior notes
Bill and deliver:BofA Merrill Lynch
Physical bookrunners:BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Joint bookrunners:Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Co-managers:PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBS Securities Inc.
Coupon:5¼%
Price:Par
Yield:5¼%
Spread:323 bps
Call features:Make-whole call at Treasuries plus 50 bps until April 15, 2018, then callable at 102.625, 101.750, 100.875, par on and after April 15, 2021
Equity clawback:35% at 105.25 until April 15, 2016
Change-of-control put:101%
Trade date:March 12
Settlement date:March 26
Ratings:Moody's: Ba2
Standard & Poor's: BB+
Distribution:Rule 144A and Regulation S with registration rights
Price talk:5 3/8% area
Marketing:Quick to market

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