Metaldyne further extends early deadline in deeply discounted tender offer for 10%, 11% notes

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 17 - Metaldyne Corp. said it extended the early participation deadline of the tender offer for all of its outstanding notes to midnight ET on Nov. 18 from Nov. 14.

The company has $142.2 million of outstanding 10% senior notes due 2013 and $250 million of outstanding 11% senior subordinated notes due 2012.

"We are extending the early participation deadline because we want to make sure that in particular, the significant number of retail holders of 2012 bonds have adequate time to tender, as we understand that some only recently received the tender offer materials," chairman and chief executive officer Thomas A. Amato said in a company news release.

More than two-thirds of the total amount of bonds had been tendered through Nov. 15, Amato added.

The tender offer began on Oct. 30 and will expire on Nov. 26. The early participation deadline was originally scheduled for Nov. 12 and has been extended twice.

For each $1,000 principal amount of notes tendered by the early participation deadline, the payout will be $270.18 for the 10% notes and $106.30 for the 11% notes. For notes tendered after the early deadline and before the final deadline, the payout will be $265.18 for the 10% notes and $101.30 for the 10% notes.

The total amount paid will be $65 million if all notes are tendered by the early participation deadline, according to a previous company news release.

The company is also soliciting consents to amend the indentures governing the notes. The amendments would eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and some events of default and release all collateral securing the notes.

Consents are needed from holders of at least two-thirds of each series of notes in order to adopt the proposed amendments.

Completion of the tender offer is subject to the receipt of tenders for at least 95% of the notes, the receipt of funding and other customary conditions.

Cash for the tender offer, along with cash for general funding purposes, will be provided by parent company Asahi Tec Corp. after it receives funds from RHJ International, Asahi Tec's largest shareholder, and some of Metaldyne's customers.

BMC Group, Inc. (310 321-5541 or 888 900-0100) is the information and voting agent.

Metaldyne is a Plymouth, Mich.-based maker of metal-based components, assemblies and modules for transportation-related powertrain and chassis applications.

Asahi Tec is based in Shizuoka, Japan, and makes chassis and powertrain components in the passenger car/light truck and medium/heavy truck segments.

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