Carvana Co. Announces Senior Unsecured Notes Offering To Finance Adesa U.S. Auction Acquisition
04/25/22, 11:40 AM
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Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA), the leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars, today announced it is planning to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $2.275 billion in aggregate principal amount of Senior Unsecured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). Carvana intends to use the net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes, together with the net proceeds from the proposed offering of $1 billion of Series A perpetual preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock Private Placement”), to finance the proposed acquisition of the U.S. physical auction business of ADESA, Inc. from KAR Auction Services, Inc. for approximately $2.2 billion (the “ADESA U.S. Auction Acquisition”), to pay related fees and expenses, and they will also be used for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes. The consummation of the proposed private offering of the Notes is not contingent upon the closing of the proposed Preferred Stock Private Placement, and the proposed Preferred Stock Private Placement is not contingent upon the closing of the proposed private offering of the Notes.