Silver Standard Offers US$120 Million of Convertible Notes
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Feb 20, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX News Network) -- Silver Standard Resources Inc. ("Silver Standard") (TSX:SSO)(NASDAQ:SSRI) announced today a proposed offering of approximately US$120 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured convertible notes due February 2028 (the "Convertible Notes") pursuant to private placement exemptions. Silver Standard expects to grant the initial purchasers in the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional US$18 million principal amount of Convertible Notes.
The final terms of the offering have not been determined. Silver Standard currently expects that the Convertible Notes will be redeemable by Silver Standard in five years and convertible into Silver Standard common shares at a fixed conversion rate reflecting an effective conversion price higher than the closing share price on the day the
offering is priced, and that any conversion right will be contingent on Silver
Standard's common shares trading at a premium to that effective conversion price or upon the occurrence of certain other specified conversion events.
Silver Standard expects that the terms of the Convertible Notes will provide that, upon conversion, the holders of the Convertible Notes will receive cash and, if applicable, common shares (or, at Silver Standard's election, in lieu of such common shares, cash or any combination of cash and common shares). The offering of Convertible Notes is expected to close, subject to market conditions and satisfaction of closing requirements and the receipt of any required regulatory approvals, on or about February 26, 2008.
Silver Standard intends to use part of the expected net proceeds of the offering to finance a portion of the development costs of its Pirquitas Project, and expects to use the balance of the net proceeds for the
exploration of its other properties, for working capital and for general corporate purposes.
The offering is to be made pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"). The offering has not been and will not be registered under the Act, and none of the Convertible Notes or any Silver Standard common shares issuable upon any conversion of the Convertible Notes may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Act or the availability of an applicable exemption from registration requirements. Offers and sales in Canada will be made only pursuant to exemptions from the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian provincial or territorial securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security.
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Statements contained in this news release that are not historical fact, such as statements regarding the economic prospects of the company's projects, future plans or future revenues, timing of development or potential expansion or improvements, are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward looking statements, including expectations that the offering described in this news release will be successfully completed, or completed on terms consistent with the terms described herein, are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from estimated results. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
the company's ability to raise sufficient
capital to fund development, changes in economic conditions or financial markets, changes in prices for the company's mineral products or increases in input costs, litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments in Argentina or Canada, technological and operational difficulties or inability to obtain permits encountered in connection with exploration and development activities, labour relations matters, and changing foreign exchange rates, all of which are described more fully in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Silver Standard Resources Inc.
Robert A. Quartermain
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Silver Standard Resources Inc.
Paul LaFontaine
Director, Investor Relations
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