FR Frankfurt – FMV Mexico ‐ AG First Majestic Prices Offering of Convertible Senior Notes
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 25, 2018
Toronto – FR
Frankfurt – FMV
Mexico ‐ AG
First Majestic Prices Offering of Convertible Senior Notes
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR)(NYSE:AG)(Frankfurt:FMV) (“First
Majestic” or the “Company”) announced today that it has priced its previously announced offering (the
“Offering”) of unsecured convertible senior notes due 2023 (the “Notes”). The Company will issue
US$150 million aggregate principal amount of Notes (or US$172.5 million aggregate principal amount
if the over‐allotment option is exercised in full). The Notes will be issued at par value.
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 consummated, for general corporate purposes.
If the acquisition of Primero is not completed, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes.
The Notes will bear cash interest semi‐annually at a rate of 1. 875% per annum. The initial conversion
rate for the Notes will be 104.3297 common shares (“Shares”) per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes,
equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately US$9.59 per Share. The initial conversion rate
represents a premium of approximately 35% relative to yesterday’s closing sale price of the Shares and
is subject to adjustment in certain events.
First Majestic will have the right to redeem the Notes in certain circumstances including, without
limitation, non‐completion of the acquisition of Primero. Holders will also have the right to require First
Majestic to repurchase their Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.
The Offering is expected to close on or about January 29, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.
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 exemption from registration under the Securities
Act. The Notes will be offered only to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act) and outside the United States to non‐U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under
the Securities Act. Offers and sales in Canada will be made only pursuant to exemptions from the
prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian 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 solicitation 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
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 res pect to timing of closing of the Offering and 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 variations of such words and phrases or statements that
certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “mi ght” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Forward‐
looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual
results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Firs t Majestic to be materially different from those expressed or
implied by such forward‐looking statements, including but not l imited to: failure to satisfy th e conditions to closing of the
Offering; risks related to the i ntegration of acquisitions; ris ks related to international operations; actual results of curre nt
exploration activities; actual results of current reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in
project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future pric es of metals; possible variation s 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 approv als or financing or in the completion of development or
construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled “Descriptio n of Business ‐ Risk Factors” i n
First Majestic’s Annual Information Form for the year ended Dec ember 31, 2016, available on www.sedar.com, and Form
40‐F on file with the United States Securities and Exchange Com mission 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 forward‐
looking statements, there may be other factors that cause resul ts not to be as anticipated, e stimated or in tended. 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.