The Walt Disney Company (a Delaware corporation) Floating Rate Medium-Term Notes, Series E TERMS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
The Walt Disney Company
(a Delaware corporation)
Floating Rate
Medium-Term Notes, Series E
TERMS AGREEMENT
February 12, 2013
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
Attention: Legal Department
Re: Distribution Agreement dated December 8, 2010
Reference is made to the Distribution Agreement dated December 8, 2010, which is incorporated herein by reference. The several underwriters named below (the Underwriters) severally agree to purchase the following respective principal amounts of Medium-Term Notes, Series E, entitled Floating Rate Global Notes Due 2015 (the Notes) set forth opposite their names:
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
| $ | 266,667, 000 |
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Mizuho Securities USA Inc. |
| 266,667, 000 |
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RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
| 266,666, 000 |
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| $ | 800,000,000 |
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Stated Maturity Date: |
| February 11, 2015 |
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Original Issue Date: |
| February 15, 2013 |
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Trade Date: |
| February 12, 2013 |
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Public Offering Price: |
| 100.0% plus accrued interest, if any, from February 15, 2013 |
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Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: |
| 0.125% |
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Price Payable to the Company by the Underwriters: |
| 99.875% |
Applicable Time: |
| 3:15 p.m. (New York City time) on February 12, 2013 |
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Settlement Date and Time: |
| February 15, 2013, at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time |
Additional Terms:
Interest Rate: |
| A rate per annum equal to three-month U.S. dollar LIBOR (as defined in the prospectus supplement dated December 8, 2010 (the Prospectus Supplement), as amended as provided in Schedule II hereto) minus one basis point, accruing from February 15, 2013 and reset quarterly, determined as provided in Schedule II hereto and in the Prospectus Supplement |
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Initial Interest Rate: |
| As set forth in Schedule II hereto |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
| As set forth in Schedule II hereto |
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Denominations: |
| U.S. $2,000 or any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess of U.S. $2,000 |
The Notes shall have the further terms set forth in Schedule II hereto.
The certificate referred to in Section 6(a) of the Distribution Agreement and the opinions referred to in Section 6(b) of the Distribution Agreement will not be required. The reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes will be paid by the Underwriters. On the Settlement Date, The Walt Disney Company (the Company) shall deliver to the Underwriters a letter, dated the Original Issue Date referred to above and substantially in the form of Schedule I hereto.
Default by One or More of the Underwriters: If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Original Issue Date to purchase the Notes which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Terms Agreement (the Defaulted Notes), the Representatives (as defined on the signature pages hereof) shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters satisfactory to the Company, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Notes in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the aggregate principal amount of the Defaulted Notes does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the respective proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the aggregate principal amount of the Defaulted Notes exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased hereunder, this Terms
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Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this provision shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Terms Agreement, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Original Issue Date for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the pricing supplement dated February 12, 2013 relating to the Notes or in any other documents or arrangements.
European Economic Area: In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each Underwriter severally represents and agrees that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated hereby to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(b) to fewer than 100 or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provision of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(c) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive,
provided that no such offer of Notes referred to in (a) to (c) above shall require the Company or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive, or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an offer of Notes to the public in relation to any Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Notes, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State and the expression 2010 PD Amending Directive means Directive 2010/73/EU.
United Kingdom: Each Underwriter severally represents and agrees that:
· it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment
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activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the FSMA)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company; and
· it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
Each Underwriter severally represents to and agrees with the Company that it has not offered, sold or delivered and that it will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Notes or distribute the pricing supplement and accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus or any other material relating to the Notes, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof.
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Terms Agreement and the Distribution Agreement, and except for registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and compliance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, the Company shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with the Company that such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the subscription, offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Notes under the laws and regulations in force in any foreign jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such subscription, offer, sale or delivery of any of the Notes.
THIS TERMS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES CREATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF TITLE 14 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW AND NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW RULE 327(b).
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Underwriters a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
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| Very truly yours, | |
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| Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Helena Willner |
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| Name: Helena Willner |
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| Title: Director |
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| Mizuho Securities USA Inc. | |
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| By: | /s/ J. M. Shepard |
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| Name: J. M. Shepard |
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| Title: Managing Director |
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| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Scott G. Primrose |
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| Name: Scott G. Primrose |
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| Title: Authorized Signatory |
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| For themselves and as Representatives (the Representatives) of the Underwriters named herein |
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Accepted and agreed: |
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THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY |
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By: | /s/ Christine M. McCarthy |
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| Name: | Christine M. McCarthy |
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| Title: | Executive Vice President, Corporate Real Estate, Sourcing, Alliances and Treasurer |
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SCHEDULE I
February 15, 2013
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am Associate General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation (Disney), and have acted as such in connection with the issuance and sale by Disney of Medium-Term Notes, Series E, entitled Floating Rate Global Notes Due 2015 (the Notes) pursuant to the Terms Agreement, dated February 12, 2013 (the Terms Agreement), between Disney and each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the Underwriters).
This letter is being furnished to you pursuant to the Terms Agreement.
In connection with this letter, I have examined and am familiar with originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for this letter, including (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-171048), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on December 8, 2010 (such Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as defined below) pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Incorporated Documents)) being hereinafter referred to collectively as the Registration Statement), pertaining to Disneys debt securities and other securities, (b) the Prospectus, dated December 8, 2010 (the Base Prospectus), the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, dated December 8, 2010 (the Prospectus Supplement) and the Pricing Supplement, dated February 12, 2013 (the Pricing Supplement), relating to the Notes, each of which was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (such Base Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents), Prospectus Supplement and Pricing Supplement being hereinafter referred to collectively as the Prospectus), (c) an executed copy of the Terms Agreement and (d) the Pricing Term Sheet dated February 12, 2013 filed with the Commission as a free writing prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Term Sheet).
I have made such inquiry of such officers of Disney and its subsidiaries and counsel for Disney and examined such corporate records, certificates of officers of Disney, officers of Disneys subsidiaries and of public officials and such other documents and such questions of law and fact as I have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this letter. In connection with my participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement, Prospectus and the Term Sheet, I have not verified, independently, nor do I pass upon or assume any
responsibility for, explicitly or implicitly, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained therein.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, nothing has come to my attention that leads me to believe that (a) the Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement became effective contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (b) the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time specified in the Terms Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (c) the Prospectus, as of the date of the Terms Agreement or as of the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that, in each case, I express no opinion with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Trustees Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. As used in this paragraph, Pricing Disclosure Package means the Base Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents) and the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, together with the Term Sheet.
This letter is rendered to you and the Underwriters, in their capacity as Underwriters, in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes, and this letter may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to or relied upon for any other purpose or by any other person without my prior express written permission.
| Very truly yours, |
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SCHEDULE II
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-171048
Pricing Term Sheet
February 12, 2013
The Walt Disney Company
Floating Rate Global Notes Due 2015
This free writing prospectus relates only to the securities of The Walt Disney Company (the Company) described below and should be read together with the Companys prospectus supplement dated December 8, 2010 (the Prospectus Supplement), the accompanying prospectus dated December 8, 2010 (the Prospectus) and the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
Issuer: |
| The Walt Disney Company |
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Title of Securities: |
| Floating Rate Global Notes Due 2015 (the Floating Rate Notes) |
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| The Floating Rate Notes will be part of a single series of the Companys senior debt securities under the indenture (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series E. |
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Trade Date: |
| February 12, 2013 |
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Settlement Date (T+3): |
| February 15, 2013 |
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Maturity Date: |
| February 11, 2015 |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Offered: |
| $800,000,000 |
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Price to Public (Issue Price): |
| 100.0% plus accrued interest, if any, from February 15, 2013 |
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Interest Rate: |
| A rate per annum equal to three-month U.S. dollar LIBOR (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement, as amended by the provisions set forth below under Determination of LIBOR) minus one basis point, accruing from February 15, 2013 and reset quarterly, determined as provided below and in the Prospectus Supplement. |
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Redemption: |
| The Floating Rate Notes will not be subject to redemption at the option of the Company except under the circumstances described below under Tax Redemption. |
Base Rate*: |
| LIBOR (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement, as amended by the provisions set forth below under Determination of LIBOR) |
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Spread*: |
| Minus one basis point |
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LIBOR Page*: |
| The display on Bloomberg L.P. (or any successor service) on the BBAM page (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for U.S. dollars |
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Index Currency*: |
| U.S. dollars |
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Index Maturity*: |
| Three months |
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Interest Reset Period*: |
| Quarterly |
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Interest Reset Dates*: |
| Each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2013, subject to adjustment as provided in the Prospectus Supplement if any such date is not a business day (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) |
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Initial Interest Rate*: |
| The initial interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes, which will be applicable for the period from and including the Settlement Date referred to above to but excluding the interest reset date falling in May 2013, will be a rate per annum equal to LIBOR, determined as of the second London business day (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) preceding such Settlement Date and on the basis of the LIBOR page, index maturity and index currency referred to above, minus the spread referred to above, calculated as provided in the Prospectus Supplement. |
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Resetting of Interest Rate: |
| The interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes will be reset on each interest reset date, beginning with the interest reset date falling in May 2013, as provided in the Prospectus Supplement and this Pricing Term Sheet. |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
| Interest will be payable quarterly in arrears on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing on May 15, 2013, subject to adjustment as provided in the Prospectus Supplement if any such date is not a business day, and at maturity. Interest payable at maturity will be accrued interest for less than a full quarterly period and will be payable to the persons to whom principal is payable at maturity. |
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Regular Record Dates: |
| Fifteenth day (whether or not a business day) immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date; provided that interest payable on the maturity date of the Floating Rate Notes will be payable to the persons to whom principal is payable. |
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Calculation Agent*: |
| The calculation of the interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes will be made by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. Any such calculation by the calculation agent shall be conclusive and binding on the Company, the trustee under the indenture and the holders of the Floating Rate Notes, absent manifest error. |
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Determination of LIBOR: |
| The provisions set forth in the Prospectus Supplement in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of the first paragraph under the caption Description of the NotesInterestLIBOR Notes (which subparagraphs appear on pages S-18 and S-19 of the |
* This term has the meaning set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.
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| Prospectus Supplement) shall be amended and restated, solely insofar as they apply to the Floating Rate Notes, in their entirety as follows: | |
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| (a) With respect to a LIBOR Interest determination date, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the index currency specified in the applicable pricing supplement having the index maturity specified in the applicable pricing supplement, commencing on the second London business day immediately following that LIBOR Interest determination date, that appears on the LIBOR Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that LIBOR Interest determination date. | |
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| (b) If the rate referred to in subparagraph (a) above does not appear on the LIBOR Page by 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest determination date, LIBOR will be determined as follows: The calculation agent will select (after consultation with us) four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the agents) in the London interbank market and will request the principal London office of each of those four selected banks to provide the calculation agent with such banks quotation of the rate at which deposits in the index currency specified in the applicable pricing supplement having the index maturity specified in the applicable pricing supplement, commencing on the second London business day immediately following such LIBOR Interest determination date, are offered to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest determination date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or the equivalent in the index currency, if the index currency is not the U.S. dollar) that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are provided, then LIBOR for such LIBOR Interest determination date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, then LIBOR for such LIBOR Interest determination date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted as of approximately 11:00 A.M. in the applicable principal financial center on such LIBOR Interest determination date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the agents) in such principal financial center selected by the calculation agent (after consultation with us) for loans in the specified index currency to leading European banks having the specified index maturity, commencing on the second London business day immediately following such LIBOR Interest determination date, and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or the equivalent in the index currency, if the index currency is not the U.S. dollar) that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such LIBOR Interest determination date. | |
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Other Terms: |
| The Company will not have the option to change the spread or method of calculation of interest on the Floating Rate Notes as described in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Description of the Notes Subsequent Interest Periods. | |
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Use of Proceeds: |
| The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Floating Rate Notes for general corporate purposes, which may include among others, to repay the Companys indebtedness and to fund share repurchases and the other general corporate purposes identified in the Prospectus. | |
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Proceeds to the Company: |
| $ | 799,000,000 (after deducting the underwriting discounts and |
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Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: |
| 0.125% | |
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CUSIP No.: |
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Additional Amounts*: |
| The provisions described in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Description of the Notes Payment of Additional Amounts will apply to the Floating Rate Notes; provided, that subparagraph (i) of such provisions (which subparagraph (i) appears on page S-35 of the Prospectus Supplement) shall be amended and restated, solely insofar as it applies to the Floating Rate Notes, in its entirety as follows (as used below, the term Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended): | |
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| (i) any tax, assessment, withholding or deduction required by sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (FATCA), any Treasury Regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder, any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA, any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction pursuant to the implementation of FATCA, or any other agreement pursuant to the implementation of FATCA; or | |
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Tax Redemption: |
| The Company may, at its option, redeem, as a whole but not in part, the Floating Rate Notes and all Additional Notes, if any, with the same stated maturity and other terms (other than original issue date, issue price and first payment of interest) as the Floating Rate Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date on the other terms and subject to the conditions described in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Description of the Notes Redemption for Tax Purposes. | |
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Form of Notes: |
| The Floating Rate Notes will be issued in the form of one or more global Floating Rate Notes in book-entry form and will be delivered to investors through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the accounts of its participants, which may include Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., against payment. | |
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Currency: |
| The Floating Rate Notes will be denominated and payable in U.S. dollars. | |
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Other: |
| The Floating Rate Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund and the Company will not be required to repurchase Floating Rate Notes at the option of the holders. The Floating Rate Notes are floating rate notes as defined in the Prospectus Supplement. | |
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Material United States Federal Tax Considerations: |
| The Floating Rate Notes will be variable rate debt instruments as described in the Prospectus Supplement under Material United States Federal Tax Considerations United States Holders Floating Rate Notes. For a discussion of the material United States federal tax considerations related to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Floating Rate Notes please see Material United States Federal Tax Considerations in the Prospectus Supplement, as supplemented by the |
* This term has the meaning set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.
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| Backup Withholding Rates |
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| The backup withholding rate is currently 28%. |
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| A United States Holder (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, will be subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the United States Holders net investment income (in the case of individuals) or undistributed net investment income (in the case of estates and trusts) for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of the United States Holders modified adjusted gross income (in the case of individuals) or adjusted gross income (in the case of estates and trusts) for the taxable year over a certain threshold (which in the case of individuals will be between $125,000 and $250,000, depending on the individuals circumstances). A United States Holders net investment income generally will include its interest income on the Floating Rate Notes and its net gains from the disposition of the Floating Rate Notes, unless such interest income or net gains are derived in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or business that consists of certain passive or trading activities). If you are a United States Holder that is an individual, estate or trust, you are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to your income and gains in respect of your investment in the Floating Rate Notes. |
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| Under the provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (the HIRE Act) and associated final Treasury Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance (such provisions commonly known as FATCA), under certain circumstances, payments of U.S. source income on, and the gross proceeds from a disposition of, Floating Rate Notes made to certain foreign entities may be subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% unless various information reporting requirements are satisfied. These rules generally would apply to payments of interest after December 31, 2013 and the gross proceeds from the sale or exchange of Floating Rate Notes after December 31, 2016. However, under final Treasury Regulations, the withholding and reporting requirements generally will not apply to payments made on, or gross proceeds from a disposition of, debt instruments, such as the Floating Rate Notes, outstanding as of January 1, 2014 unless such Floating Rate Notes are materially modified on or after such date. |
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Joint Bookrunning Managers: |
| Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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| Mizuho Securities USA Inc. |
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Pursuant to a terms agreement dated the date hereof, the joint bookrunning managers (collectively, the underwriters) named above, acting as principal, have severally agreed to purchase the Floating Rate Notes from the Company. The several obligations of the underwriters to purchase the Floating Rate Notes are subject to conditions and they are obligated to purchase all of the Floating Rate Notes if any are purchased. If an underwriter defaults, the terms agreement provides that the purchase commitments of the non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the terms agreement may be terminated.
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The Company estimates that expenses of the offering payable by the Company, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $373,000.
European Economic Area. This free writing prospectus is not a prospectus for purposes of the Prospectus Directive (as defined below) as implemented in Member States of the European Economic Area. Neither the Company nor the underwriters have authorized, nor do the Company or the underwriters authorize, the making of any offer of the Floating Rate Notes through any financial intermediary other than offers made by the underwriters which constitute the final placement of the Floating Rate Notes contemplated in this free writing prospectus. In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each underwriter has severally represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of Floating Rate Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated hereby to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(b) to fewer than 100 or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provision of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the joint bookrunning managers named above for any such offer; or
(c) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive,
provided that no such offer of Floating Rate Notes referred to in (a) to (c) above shall require the Company or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive, or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an offer of Floating Rate Notes to the public in relation to any Floating Rate Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Floating Rate Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Floating Rate Notes, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State and the expression 2010 PD Amending Directive means Directive 2010/73/EU.
The information under this caption European Economic Area supersedes and replaces the information in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Plan of DistributionEuropean Economic Area.
United Kingdom. Each underwriter severally has represented and agreed that:
· it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the FSMA)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Floating Rate Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company; and
· it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Floating Rate Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
The information under this caption United Kingdom supersedes and replaces the information in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Plan of Distribution United Kingdom.
The issuer has filed a Registration Statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the
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prospectus and prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and prospectus supplement if you request it by contacting Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC by telephone (toll free) at ###-###-####, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. by telephone (toll free) at ###-###-#### or RBC Capital Markets, LLC by telephone (toll free) at ###-###-####.
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