H&E Equipment Services, Inc. Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering

BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEES) (the “Company”) today announced the pricing of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 7% senior notes due 2022 (the “Notes”) in an unregistered offering (the “Offering”). The Notes were priced at 108.5% of the principal amount. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will be guaranteed by certain of its domestic subsidiaries. The Offering is expected to close on February 4, 2013, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The Notes will be issued as additional notes under an indenture dated as of August 20, 2012 pursuant to which the Company previously issued $530,000,000 of 7% senior notes due 2022 (the “Existing Notes”). The Notes will rank equally with and form a part of a single class of securities with such Existing Notes.

The Company expects to use the proceeds from the Offering to repay indebtedness outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for the payment of related fees and expenses.

The Notes and related guarantees are being offered in a private placement solely to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or outside the United States to persons other than “U.S. persons” in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes and related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any offer of the Notes will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.

Forward-Looking Statements

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