Cowen Group, Inc. Announces Pricing of $55 Million Senior Notes Offering
today that it has priced its public offering of
senior notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). In connection with the offering,
the Company has granted the underwriters an option for 30 days to
purchase up to an additional
of the Notes. The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds
of the offering to capitalize a new commercial finance company being
formed by Cowen that would structure, underwrite and syndicate a broad
range of loans to middle market commercial borrowers. The remainder of
the net proceeds of the offering would be used for general corporate
purposes. The closing of the Notes offering is expected to occur on
Sterne Agee,
joint book-running managers, and
Securities
offering.
This offering is being made only by the prospectus supplement and the
accompanying base prospectus related to the offering of the notes
(collectively, the “prospectus”). The notes will be issued pursuant to
an effective shelf registration statement previously filed on Form S-3
with the
prospectus has been, and the final prospectus will be, filed with the
Copies of the preliminary prospectus, and when available, the final
prospectus may also be obtained by contacting Sterne Agee at
Avenue
or
215-665-6170, preinhart@janney.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About
with its consolidated subsidiaries, provides alternative asset
management, investment banking, research, and sales and trading services
through its two business segments: Ramius and its affiliates makes up
the Company’s alternative investment segment, while
and its affiliates make up the Company’s broker-dealer segment. Ramius
provides alternative asset management solutions to a global client base
and manages a significant portion of Cowen’s proprietary capital.
and Company
for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a
sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Founded in 1918,
the firm is headquartered in
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements provide the Company’s current expectations or forecasts of
future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the
Company’s expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions,
assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and
uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or
implied by the forward-looking statements, including without limitation,
whether or not the Company will offer the notes or consummate the
offering, the anticipated terms of the notes and the offering, and the
anticipated use of the proceeds of the offering. The Company’s actual
results could differ materially from those anticipated in
forward-looking statements for many reasons, including the factors
described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the preliminary
prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the notes and in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
as filed with the
on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q are available at our
website at www.cowen.com
and at the
Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances
or events after the date of this press release.
Source:
Cowen Group, Inc.
Stephen Lasota, 212-845-7919