Issuer: | AK Steel Corporation | |
Guarantee:
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The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by AK Steel Holding Corporation, the parent of AK Steel Corporation. | |
Security Type:
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Senior Notes | |
Ratings:*
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Ba3/BB | |
Pricing Date:
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December 6, 2010 | |
Settlement Date:
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December 9, 2010 (T + 3) | |
Principal Amount:
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US $150,000,000 | |
Maturity:
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May 15, 2020 | |
Benchmark:
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3.500% UST Due 05/15/2020 | |
Spread to Benchmark:
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486 bps | |
Coupon:
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7.625% | |
Price to Public:
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99.375%, plus accrued interest from November 15, 2010 | |
Yield to Maturity:
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7.718% | |
Interest Payment
Dates:
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May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2011 |
Issuer: | AK Steel Corporation | |
Optional Redemption:
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The Notes will be redeemable at AK Steels option at any time before May 15, 2015 at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of Notes being redeemed plus a make-whole premium of the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. | |
The Notes will be redeemable at AK Steels option, in whole or in part, at any time on and after May 15, 2015 at the redemption price for the Notes (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on May 15th of the years indicated below: |
Year | Redemption Price | |||
2015 |
103.813 | % | ||
2016 |
102.542 | % | ||
2017 |
101.271 | % | ||
2018 (and thereafter) |
100.000 | % |
At any time prior to May 15, 2013, AK Steel may redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Notes with the proceeds of offerings of AK Holdings shares of common stock at a redemption price of 107.625% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, if any. | ||
CUSIP/ISIN:
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001546 AL4 / US001546AL46 | |
Use of Proceeds:
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We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes. | |
Joint Book-Running
Managers:
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated UBS Securities LLC Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
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Co-Managers:
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Fifth Third Securities, Inc. PNC Capital Markets LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. US Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
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* | Note: A credit rating of a security is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to review, revision, suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. |
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