“…Ask and you shall receive…”

The overriding theme of capital being available to existing companies continues. Both DHT Holdings Inc. (“DHT”) and Teekay Tankers Ltd successfully concluded overnight follow-on equity offerings last week and both were well received.

DHT initially announced plans to offer 8 million shares in an underwritten public offering, “subject to market conditions.” Market conditions were certainly good with the transaction approximately 3 times oversubscribed.  The offer was upsized approximately 93% to 15.5 million shares, which included an exercised underwriter’s option to purchase up to 2.025 million shares to cover overallotments. The shares were offered at a discount range of 8-10% of the closing price on February 3^rd of $5.08.  The strong demand resulted in the transaction being priced at $4.65/share equal to a discount of 8.4%. Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, vessel acquisitions, business acquisitions or other strategic alliances, reduction of outstanding borrowings, capital expenditures and working capital.

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Blowout!

As a seasoned issuer, Teekay Corporation wasted no in pricing what was expected to be $300 million of senior unsecured notes due in 2020. On Friday, not only did they announce highly competitive pricing, but also that the offering had been upsized by 50% to $450 million.

With a coupon of 8.5%, the deal was priced at 99.181% to yield 8.625% or 492 bps over like term Treasuries. Details of the transaction are shown in the Guts of the Deal below.

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Swap to Extend

On Tuesday, Teekay Corporation announced a cash tender offer for all of its outstanding 8.875% Senior Notes due 2011. As of December 31, 2009, $176.6 million aggregate principal amount of these notes were outstanding. The total consideration for the tender offer will be $1,078 per $1,000 principal amount, consisting of a tender offer premium of $60 and a consent payment of $18 for early tenders. The offer, managed by J.P. Morgan, is scheduled to expire February 9th.
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Teekay LNG goes to the Shelf

Having filed its F-3 shelf registration on October 20th (effective on the 29th), Teekay LNG Partners wasted no time and announced on Monday the offering of 3.5 million common units with a green shoe of a further 525,000 shares. On Tuesday the company announced that the shares were priced at $24.40, which is a discount of about 5% to Monday’s close at $25.67 just before the announcement.
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