Pitney Bowes Inc. (“Issuer”) Global Medium-Term Notes TERMS AGREEMENT
Exhibit
1(d)(1)
Pitney Xxxxx Inc.
(“Issuer”)
Global Medium-Term Notes
November 10, 2006
Pitney Xxxxx Inc.
World Headquarters
0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
World Headquarters
0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx, Vice President and Treasurer
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Distribution Agreement, dated July 6, 2005, among the Issuer and the
distributors named therein (the “Distribution Agreement”) relating to the Issuer’s Global
Medium-Term Notes.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Distribution Agreement, which
is incorporated by reference herein, the Issuer hereby agrees to sell, and the distributors named
herein (the “Distributors”) agree to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amounts of
the Issuer’s 5.25% Global Medium-Term Notes due January 15, 2037 (the “Notes”) set forth opposite
their names below.
Principal Amount | ||||
Name | of Notes | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
$ | 133,334,000 | ||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
$ | 133,333,000 | ||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
$ | 133,333,000 | ||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
$ | 39,286,000 | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
$ | 39,285,000 | ||
The Xxxxxxxx Capital, Group L.P. |
$ | 21,429,000 | ||
Total |
$ | 500,000,000 |
The terms of Notes shall be as follows:
Principal amount: $500,000,000
Distributor’s discount or commission: 0.70%
Net proceeds to the Issuer: $493,285,000
Public offering price:
o | The Notes are being offered at varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of resale or otherwise. | ||
þ | The Notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering price of 99.357% of the principal amount. |
Interest rate: 5.25% per annum
Original issue date: November 17, 2006
Stated Maturity: January 15, 2037
Option to extend Maturity Date: o Yes þ No
Renewable Note: o Yes þ No
o | Initial Maturity Date: | ||
o | Final Maturity Date: |
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15; first coupon payment on July 15, 2007
Regular Record Dates (if other than the 15th day of November and May): January 1 and July 1
Original Issue Discount Securities: oYes þ No
Issue price:
Total amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial accrual period OID:
Day count convention:
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o | Actual/360 | ||
o | Actual/actual | ||
þ | 30/360 |
Redemption:
o | The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity. | ||
þ | The Notes can be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity – See “Other Provisions”. |
Repayment:
o | The Notes cannot be repaid prior to Stated Maturity. | ||
þ | The Notes can be repaid prior to Stated Maturity at the option of the holder of the Notes. | ||
Optional repayment date(s): January 15, 2017 | |||
Optional repayment price(s): 100% |
Specified currency (if other than U.S. dollars):
Authorized denomination (if other than U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof):
Additional paying agent, if any: oYes þ No
Form:
þ | Book-entry (to be held on behalf of The Depository Trust Company) | ||
o | Individually certificated |
Distributor(s) and DTC participant numbers:
o | ABN AMRO Incorporated | ||
o | Banc of America Securities LLC | ||
þ | Barclays Capital Inc. | ||
o | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||
þ | Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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þ | Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | ||
þ | X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | ||
o | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated | ||
þ | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
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þ | Other: The Xxxxxxxx Capital Group, L.P. |
Settlement Date, Time and Place:
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November 17, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. New York City time at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP for the delivery of documents; delivery of funds on November 17, 2006 in accordance with DTC procedures for medium-term notes. |
Other provisions:
1. Optional Repayment Notice Period.
Each Note will be repayable in whole or in part in increments of $1,000 on January 15, 2017
(the “Put Date”) at the option of a holder of such Note, at 100% of its principal amount plus
accrued, but unpaid, interest to the Put Date.
In order to exercise such option, a holder must, upon at least 30 calendar days’ notice prior
to the Put Date, instruct its direct or indirect participant through which it holds an interest in
the Notes to notify The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) of its election to have the Notes repaid
in accordance with the then applicable operating procedures of DTC. DTC will in turn deliver such
notice to the Trustee, Citibank, N.A.
DTC must receive any such notice from its participants no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the 30th calendar day prior to the Put Date.
Different firms have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. The
holder should consult the direct or indirect participant through which it holds an interest in the
Notes to ascertain the deadline for ensuring that timely notice will be delivered to DTC.
All instructions from a holder of the Notes to its participant relating to this option to
elect repayment shall be irrevocable. Furthermore, at the time such instructions are given, such
holder of the Notes shall cause its participant to transfer such holder’s interest in the Notes, on
DTC’s records to that of Citibank, N.A., as Trustee.
2. Make Whole Redemption. The Issuer may redeem the Notes, at any time in whole or from time
to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of 100% of the aggregate principal amount
of the Notes being redeemed, accrued but unpaid interest on those Notes to the redemption date, and
the Make-Whole Amount, if any, as defined below.
“Make-Whole Amount” means, in connection with any optional redemption, the excess, if
any, of (a) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption of each
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dollar of principal being redeemed and the amount of interest, exclusive of interest
accrued to the date of redemption, that would have been payable in respect of each such
dollar if such redemption had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semiannual
basis (assuming a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months), such principal and interest at the
Reinvestment Rate, determined on the third business day preceding the date notice of such
redemption is given, from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would
have been payable if such redemption had not been made, to the date of redemption, over (b)
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed.
“Reinvestment Rate” means 0.125% plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the
heading “Week Ending” published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption
“Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity, rounded to the nearest month, corresponding
to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of the principal amount of the
Notes being redeemed. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the
two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be
interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of
such relevant periods to the nearest month. For the purposes of calculating the
Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of
determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used. If the format or content of the
Statistical Release changes in a manner that precludes determination of the Treasury yield
in the above manner, then the Treasury yield shall be determined in the manner that most
closely approximates the above manner, as reasonably determined by the Issuer.
“Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any
successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve System and which
reports yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant
maturities, or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any required
determination under the Indenture referred to above, then such other reasonably comparable
index which shall be designated by the Issuer.
3. Terms Agreement Supplement. This Terms Agreement is subject to additional terms and
conditions as set forth in the Terms Agreement Supplement attached hereto as Annex A (the
“Terms Agreement Supplement”). For purposes of this Terms Agreement and the Terms Agreement
Supplement, the term “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean the final pricing term
sheet attached hereto as Annex B that has been prepared and delivered by the Issuer to the
Distributors in connection with their solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes.
4. Conditions. The Distributors’ agreement to purchase the Notes hereunder is subject to the
conditions set forth in the Distribution Agreement, as modified by the Terms Agreement Supplement
and to the further condition that we be in timely receipt of the opinions, letters, officers’
certificate and other documents set forth in paragraph 5 below. If for any reason the purchase by
the undersigned of the Notes is not consummated other than because of a default by the undersigned
or a failure to satisfy a condition set forth in clause (iii), (v), (vi) or (vii) of Section 5(c)
of the Distribution Agreement, as modified by the Terms Agreement Supplement,
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the Issuer shall reimburse the undersigned for all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred
by the undersigned in connection with the offering of the Notes and not otherwise required to be
reimbursed pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Distribution Agreement and the obligations of the Issuer
under Section 4(f) of the Distribution Agreement and the respective obligations of the Issuer and
the Distributors pursuant to Section 7 of the Distribution Agreement shall remain in effect, in
each case as modified by the Terms Agreement Supplement.
5. Additional Documents. On the date hereof, the accountant’s letter referred to in Section
5(g) of the Distribution Agreement will be required to be delivered.
At the time of delivery of the Notes, the following will be required to be delivered: a letter
from the accountants referred to in the preceding paragraph to the effect that they reaffirm the
statements made in the letter furnished on the date hereof except that the specified date referred
to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the date of delivery; the opinions
specified in Section 5(e)(i) and (ii) of the Distribution Agreement; the certificate specified in
Section 5(f) of the Distribution Agreement; the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP as to the matters set
forth in Section 5(h) of the Distribution Agreement; and such other documents as are reasonably
requested by us or counsel in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(i) of the Distribution
Agreement.
6. Definitions. Defined terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in (i) the Distribution Agreement, (ii) the Terms Agreement Supplement, (iii) the
Indenture dated as of February 14, 2005, between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as trustee, and
(iv) the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Notes dated July 6, 2005, as applicable.
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This Terms Agreement shall constitute an agreement between the Issuer and the undersigned for
the sale and purchase of the Notes described herein upon the terms set forth herein and in the
Distribution Agreement.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President | ||||||
For itself and on behalf of the other Distributors |
Accepted and agreed to
as of the date set forth above.
PITNEY XXXXX INC.
as of the date set forth above.
PITNEY XXXXX INC.
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President & Chief | |||||
Financial Officer | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |||||
Title: | Vice President & Treasurer |
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Annex A
Terms Agreement Supplement
1. Scope. This Supplement is attached to and forms a part of the Terms Agreement, dated
November 10, 2006 (including the Distribution Agreement (as defined in the Terms Agreement), the
“Terms Agreement”), among Pitney Xxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and the
distributors identified therein (each, a “Distributor”). Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein have the meanings ascribed in the Terms Agreement or the Distribution Agreement, as the case
may be.
2. Definitions. The following terms have the following meanings in this Supplement and the
Terms Agreement:
(a) “Registration Statement” as of any time means the registration statement, as amended by
any amendment thereto, registering the offer and sale of the Notes, among other securities, in the
form then filed by the Issuer with the Commission, including any document incorporated by reference
therein and any prospectus, prospectus supplement and/or pricing supplement deemed or retroactively
deemed to be a part thereof at such time that has not been superseded or modified. “Registration
Statement” without reference to a time means such registration statement, as amended, as of the
time of the first contract of sale for the Notes, which time shall be considered the “ new
effective date” of such registration statement, as amended, with respect to the Notes (within the
meaning of Rule 430B(f)(2)). For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of
prospectus, prospectus supplement or pricing supplement that is retroactively deemed to be a part
of such registration statement, as amended, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C shall be considered
to be included in such registration statement, as amended, as of the time specified in Rule 430B or
Rule 430C, as the case may be.
(b) “Statutory Prospectus” means, collectively, (i) the prospectus relating to the various
securities of the Issuer, including the Notes, that is included in the Registration Statement; (ii)
the prospectus supplement relating to the Issuer’s Global Medium –Term Notes most recently filed by
the Issuer with the Commission prior to the date of the Terms Agreement; and (iii) any preliminary
pricing supplement conveyed to investors in connection with the offering and the sale of the Notes
prior to the execution of the Terms Agreement and filed by the Issuer with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b), in each case, including any document incorporated by reference therein. For
purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus (including a prospectus
supplement or pricing supplement) that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 430B or 430C shall be considered to be included in the Statutory
Prospectus only as of the actual time that such form of prospectus (including a prospectus or
pricing supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).
(c) “Prospectus” means, collectively, the Statutory Prospectus and the final pricing
supplement relating to the Notes filed by the Issuer with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
that discloses the public offering price and other final terms of the Notes and otherwise satisfies
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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(d) “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in
Rule 433, relating to the Notes in the form filed or required to be filed by the Issuer with the
Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Issuer’s records pursuant
to Rule 433(g).
(e) “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that
is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified
in a schedule to the Terms Agreement of which this Supplement is a part.
(f) “Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that
is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(g) “Applicable Time” means 3:47 pm. (Eastern time) on the date of the Terms Agreement.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. In addition to the representations,
warranties and agreements of the Issuer in the Terms Agreement (including those incorporated by
reference therein from the Distribution Agreement), the Issuer, as of the date of the Terms
Agreement, and as of the settlement date for the sale of the Notes that is specified in the Terms
Agreement (the “Closing Date”) represents and warrants to, and agree with, each Distributor that:
(a) If, immediately prior to December 1, 2008, any Distributor holds any Notes purchased by it
and having the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the Issuer will, prior to
that date, file, if it has not already done so, a new shelf registration statement relating to the
Notes, will use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared
effective within 180 days after that date and will take all other actions necessary or appropriate
to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes to continue as contemplated in the expired
Registration Statement relating to the Notes. References herein to the “Registration. Statement”
shall include such new shelf registration statement.
(b) As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es)
and the Statutory Prospectus, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure
Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered
together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not
apply to statements in or omissions from any documents included in the Statutory Prospectus based
upon written information furnished to the Issuer by any Distributor specifically for use therein.
(c) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date, as of the date hereof and at
all subsequent times through the completion of the offer and sale of the Notes (unless the Issuer
shall have provided the notice referred to in the next sentence), did not, does not and will not
include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict (within the meaning of Rule
433(c) under the Securities Act) with the information then contained in the Registration Statement.
If prior to the completion of the offer and sale of the Notes at any time
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following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or
development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted, conflicts or would
conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or included, includes or
would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or would omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Issuer represents that it (i) will promptly
notify the Distributors and (ii) will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(d) References to “the Prospectus” in Sections 2(c), 2 (d) and 2(i) of the Distribution
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to “the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus”.
(e) Reference to the “Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented at
each Representation Date” in Section 2(h) of the Distribution Agreement shall be deemed to refer to
“the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package”.
4. Certain Agreements of the Issuer.
(a) References to “the Prospectus” in Sections 4(b) and 4(c) of the Distribution Agreement
shall be deemed to refer to “the Statutory Prospectus or Prospectus.”
(b) References to “the Prospectus” in Section 4(g) of the Distribution Agreement shall be
deemed to refer to “the Prospectus and Statutory Prospectus.”
(c) In addition to the expenses described in Section 4(i) of the Distribution Agreement, the
Issuer will pay reasonable expenses incident to the preparation and distribution of each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors.
5. Free Writing Prospectuses. (a) The Issuer represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the
prior consent of the Distributors, and each Distributor represents and agrees that, unless it
obtains the prior consent of the Issuer and Barclays Capital Inc. (“Barclays”), Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. (“Deutsche Bank”) and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. (together with Barclays and
Deutsche Bank, the “Lead Distributors”), it has not made and will not make any offer relating to
the Notes that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise
constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, required
to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to in writing by the
Issuer and the Lead Distributors is referred to herein as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.”
The Issuer represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and has complied and will comply with the
requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act applicable to each and every Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and
record keeping.
(b) The Issuer will prepare a final term sheet (which, if available, may be in a form
substantially similar to the proposed form of the Pricing Supplement), relating to the final terms
of the Notes and, subject to the consent of the Lead Distributors required in
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Section 5(a), will file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule
433(d)(5)(ii). Any such final term sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and a Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Supplement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein (including Section 5(a)), the Issuer consents to the use by any Distributor of a
free writing prospectus that contains only (a)(i) information describing the preliminary terms of
the Notes or their offering or (ii) information that describes the final terms of the Notes or
their offering and that is or is to be included in the final term sheet of the Issuer contemplated
in the first sentence of this subsection section or (b) other customary information that is neither
“issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, or otherwise an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus.
6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Distributors.
(a) The reference in Section 5(a) of the Distribution Agreement to “Prospectus” shall be
deemed to refer to “the Statutory Prospectus and Prospectus.”
(b) References to “the Prospectus” in Sections 5(b), 5 (c) and 5(f) (other than in relation
to the first reference in clause (iv) of Section 5(f)) of the Distribution Agreement shall be
deemed to refer to “the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus.”
(c) Reference to “the Prospectus” in Section 5(f) (solely in relation to the first reference
in clause (iv)) of the Distribution Agreement shall be deemed to refer to “the General Disclosure
Package or Prospectus.”
(d) In addition to the conditions in the Terms Agreement, the obligations of the several
Distributors to purchase and pay for the Notes will be subject to the condition precedent that the
Distributors shall have received letters, dated the Closing Date, of counsel referred to in
Sections 5(e)(i) and (ii) and Section 5(h) of the Distribution Agreement, to the effect that:
Such counsel has no reason to believe that the General Disclosure Package, at the
Applicable Time included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(e) All references to “Sidley Xxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP” in the Distribution Agreement shall be
replaced with “Sidley Austin LLP”.
(f) References to “the Prospectus” in Section 5(g) of the Distribution Agreement shall be
deemed to refer to “the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus.”
7. Additional Covenants of Issuer. References to “the Prospectus” in Section 6(a) of the
Distribution Agreement shall be deemed to refer to “ the General Disclosure Package and
Prospectus”.
8. Indemnification. References to “the Prospectus” in Section 7(a) of the Distribution
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to “each Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus.”
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Annex B
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Dated: November 10, 2006
Registration Statement No: 333-120525
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Dated: November 10, 2006
Registration Statement No: 333-120525
Pitney Xxxxx Inc.
5.25% Medium-Term Notes Due 2037
Principal amount: $500,000,000
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Interest rate: 5.25% per annum | |
Agent’s discount or commission: 0.70%
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Original issue date: November 17, 2006 | |
Net proceeds to Pitney Xxxxx:
$493,285,000
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Stated maturity date: January 15, 2037 | |
Option to extend maturity date: No. |
Interest payment dates:
þ | January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2007 | ||
o | Other: |
Regular record dates (if other than the 15th day of May and November): January 1 and July 1
Original issue discount: o Yes þ No
Issue price:
Total amount of OID:
Yield to maturity:
Initial accrual period OID:
Day count convention:
o | Actual/360 | ||
o | Actual/actual | ||
þ | 30/360 |
Redemption:
o | The notes cannot be redeemed prior to the stated maturity date. |
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þ | The notes can be redeemed prior to the stated maturity date at the option of the Issuer. See “Other Provisions”. |
Repayment:
o | The notes cannot be repaid prior to the stated maturity date. | ||
þ | The notes can be repaid prior to the stated maturity date at the option of the holder of the notes. | ||
o | Optional repayment date(s): January 15, 2017 | ||
o | Optional repayment price(s): 100% |
Specified currency (if other than U.S. dollars):
Authorized denomination (if other than U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof):
Trustee, registrar, authenticating and paying agent: Citibank, N.A.
Exchange rate agent, if any:
Additional paying agent, if any:
Form:
þ | Book-entry (to be held on behalf of The Depository Trust Company) | ||
o | Individually certificated |
Agent (amount):
o | ABN AMRO Incorporated | ||
þ | Barclays Capital Inc. ($133,334,000) | ||
o | Banc of America Securities LLC | ||
o | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||
þ | Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ($39,286,000) | ||
þ | Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ($133,333,000) | ||
þ | X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. ($133,333,000) | ||
o | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated | ||
þ | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated ($39,285,000) | ||
þ | Other: The Xxxxxxxx Capital Group, L.P. ($21,429,000) |
Agent acting in the capacity as indicated below:
o | Agent þ Principal |
If as principal:
o | The notes are being offered at varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of resale or otherwise. |
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þ | The notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering price of 99.357% of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from November 17, 2006. |
If as agent:
o | The notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering price of ___% of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if any from ___. |
Other provisions:
1. Optional Repayment Notice Period.
Each Note will be repayable in whole or in part in increments of $1,000 on January 15, 2017
(the “Put Date”) at the option of a holder of such Note, at 100% of its principal amount plus
accrued, but unpaid, interest to the Put Date.
In order to exercise such option, a holder must, upon at least 30 calendar days’ notice prior
to the Put Date, instruct its direct or indirect participant through which it holds an interest in
the Notes to notify The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) of its election to have the Notes repaid
in accordance with the then applicable operating procedures of DTC. DTC will in turn deliver such
notice to the Trustee, Citibank, N.A.
DTC must receive any such notice from its participants no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the 30th calendar day prior to the Put Date.
Different firms have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. The
holder should consult the direct or indirect participant through which it holds an interest in the
Notes to ascertain the deadline for ensuring that timely notice will be delivered to DTC.
All instructions from a holder of the Notes to its participant relating to this option to
elect repayment shall be irrevocable. Furthermore, at the time such instructions are given, such
holder of the Notes shall cause its participant to transfer such holder’s interest in the Notes, on
DTC’s records to that of Citibank, N.A., as Trustee.
2. Make-Whole Redemption.
The Issuer may redeem the notes, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at a
redemption price equal to the sum of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes being
redeemed, accrued but unpaid interest on those notes to the redemption date, and the Make-Whole
Amount, if any, as defined below.
“Make-Whole Amount” means, in connection with any optional redemption, the excess, if
any, of (a) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption of each dollar of
principal being redeemed and the amount of interest, exclusive of interest accrued to the
date of redemption, that would have been payable in respect of each such dollar if such
redemption had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semiannual basis (assuming a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months), such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate,
determined on the third business day preceding the date
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notice of such redemption is given, from the respective dates on which such principal
and interest would have been payable if such redemption had not been made, to the date of
redemption, over (b) the aggregate principal amount of the notes being redeemed.
“Reinvestment Rate” means 0.125% plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the
heading “Week Ending” published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption
“Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity, rounded to the nearest month, corresponding
to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of the principal amount of the
notes being redeemed. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the
two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be
interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of
such relevant periods to the nearest month. For the purposes of calculating the
Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of
determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used. If the format or content of the
Statistical Release changes in a manner that precludes determination of the Treasury yield
in the above manner, then the Treasury yield shall be determined in the manner that most
closely approximates the above manner, as reasonably determined by the Issuer.
“Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any
successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve System and which
reports yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant
maturities, or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any required
determination, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the
Issuer.
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