BB&T Capital Markets Serves as Co-Manager for Commercial Metals Company’s $350 Million 5.750% Offering of Senior Notes due 2026

Transaction Summary
On April 19, 2018, BB&T Capital Markets served as a co-manager for an offering of $350 million 5.750% senior notes due 2026 by Commercial Metals Company.
Proceeds from the offering are being used to finance the acquisition of U.S. rebar steel mill and fabrication assets from Gerdau S.A.
About the Companies
Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC)www.cmc.com
Commercial Metals Company manufactures, recycles, and markets steel and metal products and related materials and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through five segments: Americas Recycling, Americas Mills, Americas Fabrication, International Mill, and International Marketing and Distribution. The Americas Recycling segment processes and sells scrap metals to steel mills and foundries, aluminum sheet and ingot manufacturers, brass and bronze ingot makers, copper refineries and mills, secondary lead smelters, specialty steel mills, high temperature alloy manufacturers, and other consumers. The Americas Mills segment manufactures finished long steel products, including reinforcing bars, merchant bars, light structural products, and other special sections. The Americas Fabrication segment offers fabricated steel products for use in the construction of commercial and non-commercial buildings, hospitals, convention centers, industrial plants, power plants, highways, bridges, arenas, stadiums, and dams. The International Mill segment manufactures rebars, merchant bars, and wire rods, as well as semi-finished billets. The company was founded in 1915.
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