D.R. Horton, Inc., America’s Builder, Announces Pricing of $400 Million of 2.550% Senior Notes Due 2020

Nov 29, 2017 04:08 pm
ARLINGTON, Texas -- 

D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), America’s Builder, announced that it has priced a registered underwritten public offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.550% senior notes due 2020. The senior notes will pay interest semi-annually at a rate of 2.550% per year and will mature on December 1, 2020. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on December 5, 2017, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. D.R. Horton will use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the early redemption of the Company’s 3.625% senior notes due February 15, 2018 (2018 Notes).

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. are acting as Joint Book-Running Managers in the transaction.

The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the prospectus supplement and other documents D.R. Horton, Inc. has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 800-831-9146 or at the following address: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717; Mizuho Securities USA LLC at 866-271-7403 or at the following address: 320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Attn: Debt Capital Markets; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 800-645-3751 or at the following address: 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attn: WFS Customer Service.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these senior notes, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of these senior notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The senior notes offering is being made only by means of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus.

Forward-Looking Statements

Portions of this document may constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although D.R. Horton believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance that actual outcomes will not be materially different. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available to D.R. Horton on the date this release was issued. D.R. Horton does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The forward-looking statements in this release include that the closing of the offering is expected to occur on December 5, 2017, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, and that D.R. Horton will use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the early redemption of the 2018 Notes.

Factors that may cause the actual results to be materially different from the future results expressed by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the cyclical nature of the homebuilding industry and changes in economic, real estate and other conditions; constriction of the credit markets, which could limit our ability to access capital and increase our costs of capital; reductions in the availability of mortgage financing provided by government agencies, changes in government financing programs, a decrease in our ability to sell mortgage loans on attractive terms or an increase in mortgage interest rates; the risks associated with our land and lot inventory; our ability to effect our growth strategies, acquisitions or investments successfully; home warranty and construction defect claims; the effects of a health and safety incident; the effects of negative publicity; supply shortages and other risks of acquiring land, building materials and skilled labor; the impact of an inflationary, deflationary or higher interest rate environment; reductions in the availability of performance bonds; increases in the costs of owning a home; the effects of governmental regulations and environmental matters on our homebuilding operations; the effects of governmental regulations on our financial services operations; our significant debt and our ability to comply with related debt covenants, restrictions and limitations; competitive conditions within the homebuilding and financial services industries; the effects of the loss of key personnel; and information technology failures and data security breaches. Additional information about issues that could lead to material changes in performance is contained in D.R. Horton’s annual report on Form 10-K which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

D.R. Horton, Inc.
Jessica Hansen, 817-390-8200
Vice President of Investor Relations
[email protected]