ConocoPhillips Announces Upsize of Previously Announced Cash Tender Offer
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) (“COP”) announced today that ConocoPhillips and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ConocoPhillips Company (“CPCo”), have increased the aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued interest) that they intend to purchase in the previously announced cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to $1.1 billion (the “Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price”) from $750.0 million. This increase in the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price matches the expected aggregate gross proceeds from the concurrent public offering of CPCo senior debt securities priced earlier today that will be used to finance purchases made in the Tender Offer.
The Tender Offer is for the purchase of the outstanding notes listed in the table below (collectively, the “Notes” and each a “Series” of Notes) in the order of priority shown in the table below. Other than the upsize of the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price, no other terms of the Tender Offer have changed.
|
Acceptance Priority Level |
CUSIP / ISIN |
Title of Security |
Purchaser |
Issuer |
Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding |
Reference U.S. Treasury Security |
Bloomberg Reference Page |
Fixed Spread (basis points) (1) |
|
1 |
20826FAT3 / US20826FAT30 |
2.125% Notes due 2024 |
CPCo |
CPCo |
$900,000,000 |
2.250% U.S. Treasury due 3/31/2024 |
FIT3 |
0 |
|
2 |
20826FAD8 / US20826FAD87 |
3.350% Notes due 2024 |
CPCo |
CPCo |
$425,638,000 |
2.250% U.S. Treasury due 11/15/2024 |
FIT4 |
5 |
|
3 |
20826FAU0 / US20826FAU03 |
2.400% Notes due 2025 |
CPCo |
CPCo |
$900,000,000 |
1.750% U.S. Treasury due 3/15/2025 |
FIT4 |
5 |
|
4 |
20826FAG1 / US20826FAG19 |
3.350% Notes due 2025 |
CPCo |
CPCo |
$199,233,000 |
2.750% U.S. Treasury due 5/15/2025 |
FIT5 |
40 |
|
5 |
891490AR5 / US891490AR57 |
7.800% Debentures due 2027 |
CPCo |
Tosco Corp. (2) |
$203,268,000 |
3.500% U.S. Treasury due 4/30/2028 |
FIT1 |
70 |
|
6 |
208251AE8 / US208251AE82 |
6.950% Notes due 2029 |
CPCo |
CINC (3) |
$1,195,359,000 |
3.500% U.S. Treasury due 4/30/2028 |
FIT1 |
80 |
|
7 |
20825CAQ7 / US20825CAQ78 |
6.500% Notes due 2039 |
COP |
COP |
$1,587,744,000 |
3.875% U.S. Treasury due 2/15/2043 |
FIT1 |
100 |
|
(1) |
Includes the Early Tender Premium of $30 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for each Series (the “Early Tender Premium”). |
|
(2) |
Originally issued by Tosco Corporation; successor issuer is CPCo. |
|
(3) |
Originally issued by Conoco Inc.; successor issuer is CPCo. |
The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are described in an Offer to Purchase dated May 9, 2023 (as it may be amended or supplemented, the “Offer to Purchase”). The Tender Offer is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions as set forth in the Offer to Purchase, including the receipt of aggregate gross proceeds of at least $750.0 million from the concurrent public offering of senior debt securities issued by CPCo and guaranteed by COP, on or prior to the Early Settlement Date on terms acceptable to COP. Subject to applicable law, the purchasers may waive any and all of these conditions or extend, terminate or withdraw the Tender Offer with respect to one or more Series of Notes and/or increase or decrease the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price. The Tender Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum amount of Notes being tendered. Capitalized terms used in this news release and not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.
The amounts of each Series of Notes that are purchased in the Tender Offer will be determined in accordance with the priorities identified in the column “Acceptance Priority Level” in the table above. The Tender Offer will expire one minute after 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 6, 2023, unless extended (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the “Expiration Date”) or earlier terminated. In order to receive the applicable Total Tender Offer Consideration, holders of Notes subject to the Tender Offer must validly tender and not validly withdraw their Notes before the Early Tender Deadline, which is 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 22, 2023, unless extended. Holders of Notes subject to the Tender Offer who validly tender their Notes after the Early Tender Deadline and before the Expiration Date and whose Notes are accepted for purchase will receive the applicable Late Tender Offer Consideration.
The applicable Total Tender Offer Consideration for each $1,000 in principal amount of Notes tendered and not withdrawn before the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for payment pursuant to the Tender Offer on the Early Settlement Date (as defined below) will be determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase. The consideration will be determined by reference to a fixed spread specified for each Series of Notes over the yield based on the bid-side price of the applicable Reference U.S. Treasury Security specified in the table above, as fully described in the Offer to Purchase. The consideration will be calculated by the Lead Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately following the Early Tender Deadline, unless extended (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the “Price Determination Date”). The Price Determination Date is expected to be May 23, 2023. The Early Tender Premium for each Series of Notes is $30 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes. The Late Tender Offer Consideration for the Notes purchased pursuant to the Tender Offer will be calculated by taking the Total Tender Offer Consideration for the applicable Series of Notes and subtracting from it the Early Tender Premium of $30 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.
In addition to the applicable Total Tender Offer Consideration or applicable Late Tender Offer Consideration, as the case may be, accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the applicable Settlement Date will be paid in cash on all validly tendered Notes accepted for purchase in the Tender Offer. The purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest for Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or before the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase will be paid by the Company in same day funds promptly following the Early Tender Deadline (the “Early Settlement Date”). The Company expects that the Early Settlement Date will be May 25, 2023, the second business day after the Price Determination Date. The purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest for Notes that are validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline and on or before the Expiration Date and accepted for purchase will be paid by the Company in same day funds promptly following the Expiration Date (the “Final Settlement Date”). The Company expects that the Final Settlement Date will be June 8, 2023, the second business day after the Expiration Date, assuming Notes representing an aggregate purchase price equal to the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price are not purchased on the Early Settlement Date. No tenders will be valid if submitted after the Expiration Date. If Notes are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn having an aggregate purchase price equal to or greater than the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price as of the Early Tender Deadline, Holders who validly tender Notes after the Early Tender Deadline but on or before the Expiration Date will not have any of their Notes accepted for purchase. Holders of Notes subject to the Tender Offer who validly tender their Notes on or before the Early Tender Deadline may not withdraw their Notes after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 22, 2023, unless extended (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the “Withdrawal Deadline”), except in the limited circumstances described in the Offer to Purchase. Holders of Notes subject to the Tender Offer who validly tender their Notes after the Withdrawal Deadline but on or before the Expiration Date may not withdraw their Notes except in the limited circumstances described in the Offer to Purchase.
Subject to the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price, all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or before the Early Tender Deadline having a higher Acceptance Priority Level will be accepted before any validly tendered and not validly withdrawn Notes having a lower Acceptance Priority Level, and all Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline having a higher Acceptance Priority Level will be accepted before any Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline having a lower Acceptance Priority Level. However, if Notes are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn having an aggregate purchase price less than the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price as of the Early Tender Deadline, Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or before the Early Tender Deadline will be accepted for purchase in priority to Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline, even if such Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline have a higher Acceptance Priority Level than Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or before the Early Tender Deadline. Notes of the Series in the last Acceptance Priority Level accepted for purchase in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer may be subject to proration so that the Company will only accept for purchase Notes having an aggregate purchase price of up to the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price.
TD Securities (USA) LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. are the Lead Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer. Global Bondholder Services Corporation is the Tender Agent and Information Agent. Persons with questions regarding the Tender Offer should contact TD Securities (USA) LLC (toll-free) at (866) 584-2096, BofA Securities, Inc. (toll-free) at (888) 292-0070 and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (toll-free) at +1 (888) HSBC-4LM. Requests for copies of the Offer to Purchase and related materials should be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation at (+1) (212) 430-3774, (toll-free) (855) 654-2015 or contact@gbsc-usa.com. Questions regarding the tendering of Notes may be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation (toll-free) at (855) 654-2015.
This news release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes. The Tender Offer is made only by the Offer to Purchase and the information in this news release is qualified by reference to the Offer to Purchase dated May 9, 2023. There is no separate letter of transmittal in connection with the Offer to Purchase. None of ConocoPhillips or its affiliates, their respective boards of directors, the Lead Dealer Managers, the Tender Agent and Information Agent or the trustees with respect to any Notes is making any recommendation as to whether holders should tender any Notes in response to the Tender Offer, and neither ConocoPhillips nor any such other person has authorized any person to make any such recommendation. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender any of their Notes, and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender.
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About ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips is one of the world’s leading exploration and production companies based on both production and reserves, with a globally diversified asset portfolio. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ConocoPhillips had operations and activities in 13 countries, $91 billion of total assets and approximately 9,600 employees at March 31, 2023. Production averaged 1,792 MBOED for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and proved reserves were 6.6 BBOE as of Dec. 31, 2022. For more information, go to www.conocophillips.com.
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