Aug. 17, 2010 (Business Wire) -- NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) intends to commence an offering of $750 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2020. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of NRG and will be guaranteed by certain of its domestic subsidiaries.
NRG expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, working capital needs, investment in business initiatives and capital expenditures, and potentially to prepay or repurchase outstanding indebtedness of NRG and/or its subsidiaries or to fund recently announced acquisitions.
The notes and related guarantees are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or, outside the United States, to persons other than “U.S. persons” in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes and related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This notice is issued pursuant to Rule 135c of the Securities Act, and does not constitute an offer to sell the notes, nor a solicitation for an offer to purchase the notes.
NRG Energy, Inc., a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, owns and operates one of the country’s largest and most diverse power generation portfolios.
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The foregoing review of factors that could cause NRG’s actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in the forward-looking statements included herein should be considered in connection with information regarding risks and uncertainties that may affect NRG’s future results included in NRG’s filings with the SEC at www.sec.gov.
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