Equinix Announces Proposed $1 Billion Public Offering of Senior Notes

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its senior notes due 2020 and senior notes due 2023 under an automatically effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The notes will be Equinix’s general senior obligations and will rank equal in right of payment to all of its existing and future senior indebtedness and interest will be payable semi-annually. The interest rate, offering price and other terms of the notes will be determined by Equinix and the underwriters.

Equinix intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem its outstanding 8.125% Senior Notes due 2018 pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of such notes and for general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, distributions to its stockholders in connection with its proposed conversion to a REIT, working capital and potential acquisitions and strategic transactions.

J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank Securities are acting as joint book-running managers and Evercore Partners, Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC, RBC Capital Markets and UBS Investment Bank are acting as co-managers for the offering.

Equinix has filed a registration statement (including a preliminary prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the registration statement (including the preliminary prospectus) for more complete information about Equinix and this offering. You may get the preliminary prospectus for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at the following address: 383 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10179 or by calling toll-free at: 800-245-8812.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About Equinix

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), connects more than 4,000 companies directly to their customers and partners inside the world’s most networked data centers. Today, businesses leverage the Equinix interconnection platform in 31 strategic markets across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. www.equinix.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements relating to the proposed offering of notes that are forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, whether or not Equinix will offer the notes or consummate the offering, the final terms of the offering, prevailing market conditions, the anticipated principal amount of the notes, which could differ based upon market conditions and the anticipated use of the proceeds of the offering, which could change as a result of market conditions or for other reasons.

Investors in Equinix are cautioned not to place undue reliance on its forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date such statements are made. Equinix does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or new information after this press release, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Equinix Investor Relations Contacts:
Katrina Rymill, 650-598-6583
krymill@equinix.com
Samir Patodia, 650-598-6587
spatodia@equinix.com
or
Equinix Media Contact:
Melissa Neumann, 650-598-6098
mneumann@equinix.com

Source: Equinix, Inc.

Released February 28, 2013