FR Frankfurt – FMV Mexico ‐ AG First Majestic Completes US$150 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering
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FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP.
Suite 1800 – 925 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6C 3L2
Telephone: (604) 688-3033 Fax: (604) 639-8873
Toll Free: 1-866-529-2807
E-mail: [email protected]
NEWS RELEASE
New York – AG January 29, 2018
Toronto – FR
Frankfurt – FMV
Mexico ‐ AG
First Majestic Completes US$150 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR)(NYSE:AG)(Frankfurt:FMV) (“First
Majestic” o r t h e “Company”) announced today the closing of its previously announced offering of
US$150 million aggregate principal amount of 1.875% unsecured c onvertible senior notes due 2023
(the “Notes”). The initial conversion rate for the Notes is 104.3297 common shares (“Shares”) per
US$1,000 principal amount of Notes, equivalent to an initial co nversion price of approximately
US$9.59 per Share.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fund certain costs and expenses
associated with the recently announced acquisition of Primero Mining Corp. (“Primero” ) a n d f o r
general corporate purposes and, if the acquisition is not consu m m a t e d , f o r g e n e r a l c o r p o r a t e
purposes. If the acquisition of Primero is not completed, the C ompany may, at its option, redeem the
Notes.
The Notes, and the Shares into which the Notes are convertible, have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (t he “Securities Act”), or qualified by a
prospectus in Canada. The Notes and the Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable e xemption from registration under the
Securities Act. The Notes were offered only to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A
under the Securities Act) and outside the United States to non‐ U . S . p e r s o n s i n c o m p l i a n c e w i t h
Regulation S under the Securities Act. Offers and sales in Cana da were made only pursuant to
exemptions from the prospectus requirements of applicable Canad ian provincial and territorial
securities laws.
This news release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any
other securities and shall not constitute an offer to sell or s olicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of,
the Notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
About the Company
F i r s t M a j e s t i c i s a m i n i n g c o m p a n y f o c u s e d o n g r o w i n g p r i m a r y silver production in Mexico and is
aggressively pursuing the development of its existing mineral p roperty assets. The Company presently
owns and operates six producing silver mines; the La Parrilla S ilver Mine, the San Martin Silver Mine,
the La Encantada Silver Mine, the La Guitarra Silver Mine, Del Toro Silver Mine and the Santa Elena
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Silver/Gold Mine. Production from these six mines is projected to be between 10.6 to 11.8 million
ounces of pure silver or 15.7 to 17.5 million ounces of silver equivalents in 2018.
For further information contact [email protected] or call Investor Relations at 1‐866‐529‐2807.
FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP.
“signed”
Keith Neumeyer, President & CEO
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward‐looking statements”, within the meaning of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or forward looking information wi thin the meaning of applicable Canadian securities
legislation, concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of First Majestic. Forward‐
looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the proposed use of proceeds of the
Offering. Generally, these forward‐looking statements can be identified by the use of forward‐looking terminology such as
“plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget ”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”,
“anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or varia tions of such words and phrases or statements that certain
actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Forward‐looking
s t a t e m e n t s a r e s u b j e c t t o k n o w n a n d u n k n o w n r i s k s , u n c e r t a i n t i es and other factors that may cause the actual results,
level of activity, performance or achievements of First Majesti c to be materially different from those expressed or implied
by such forward‐looking statements, including but not limited to: risks related to the integration of acquisitions; risks
related to international operations; actual results of current exploration activities; actual results of current reclamation
activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in proj e c t p a r a m e t e r s a s p l a n s c o n t i n u e t o b e r e f i n e d ; f u t u r e
prices of metals; possible variati ons in ore reserves, grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to
operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental
approvals or financing or in the completion of development or c onstruction activities, as well as those factors discussed in
the section entitled “Description of Business ‐ Risk Factors” in First Majestic’s Annual Information Form for the year ended
December 31, 2016, available on www.sedar.com, and Form 40‐F on file with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission in Washington, D.C. Although First Majestic has attempted to identify important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in forw a r d ‐ l o o k i n g s t a t e m e n t s , t h e r e m a y b e o t h e r f a c t o r s t h a t
cause results not to be as antic ipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove
to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward ‐looking statements. First Majestic does not undertake to
update any forward‐looking statements, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.