Dycom Announces Proposed Private Placement of $90.0 Million Senior Subordinated Notes

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dycom Industries, Inc. DY today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dycom Investments, Inc., intends to commence an offering, subject to market and other conditions, of $90.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior subordinated notes due 2021 (the "Notes") to be offered and sold to qualified institutional buyers in the United States pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The Notes will be issued under the indenture dated January 21, 2011, pursuant to which the Dycom Investments, Inc. issued $187,500,000 of 7.125% senior subordinated notes due 2021, which we refer to as the existing 2021 notes. The Notes will be treated as a single series with the existing 2021 notes and will have the same terms as those of the existing 2021 notes, except for certain provisions relating to registration rights. The Notes and the existing 2021 notes will vote as one class under the indenture. The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 7.125% per year and will be guaranteed by Dycom Industries, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries on an unsecured senior subordinated basis.

Dycom Investments, Inc. intends to use the proceeds of this offering, after the payment of discounts and expenses, to repay a portion of the planned borrowings under a new senior secured credit facility that are expected to be used, together with cash on hand, to fund the purchase price for the acquisition of substantially all of Quanta Services, Inc.'s domestic telecommunications infrastructure services subsidiaries.

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

This press release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to purchase the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which, or to any persons to whom, such an offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.  Any offers of the Notes will be made only by means of an offering memorandum.  This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.

About Dycom
Dycom is a leading provider of specialty contracting services throughout the United States.  These services include engineering, construction, maintenance and installation services to telecommunications providers, underground facility locating services to various utilities including telecommunications providers, and other construction and maintenance services to electric and gas utilities and others.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as contemplated by the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.  These statements are based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results in the future to differ materially from the results projected or implied in any forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: anticipated outcomes of contingent events, including litigation; projections of revenues, income or loss, or capital expenditures; whether the carrying value of our assets are impaired; plans for future operations, growth and acquisitions, dispositions, or financial needs; availability of financing; plans relating to our services, including our contract backlog; restrictions imposed by our credit agreement and indenture; the use of our cash flow to service our debt; future economic conditions and trends in the industries we serve; assumptions relating to any of foregoing, as well as other risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Dycom does not undertake to update forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Dycom Industries, Inc.