Protective Life Corp. (PL) announced that it closed its offering of $400 million of its senior notes due in 2019, $100 million of its senior notes due in 2024, and $300 million of its senior notes due in 2039, for an aggregate principal amount of $800 million.
Protective used the net proceeds to purchase $800 million of newly issued surplus notes from its indirect wholly-owned insurance subsidiary, Golden Gate Captive Insurance Company.
Golden Gate concurrently purchased at a discount $800 million in aggregate principal amount of its floating rate surplus notes held by third parties. The repurchase transactions are expected to result in an estimated pre-tax gain of $126 million or $0.94 per diluted share, to be recognized in the fourth quarter of 2009.
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