REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on
Monday announced the pricing of its offering of $10.75 billion of senior unsecured notes. The
notes consist of the following tranches:
- $1.50 billion of 1.850 percent
notes due Feb. 12, 2020
- $1.50 billion of 2.375 percent
notes due Feb. 12, 2022
- $2.25 billion of 2.700 percent
notes due Feb. 12, 2025
- $1.50 billion of 3.500 percent
notes due Feb. 12, 2035
- $1.75 billion of 3.750 percent
notes due Feb. 12, 2045
- $2.25 billion of 4.000 percent
notes due Feb. 12, 2055
Microsoft intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for
general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things,
funding for working capital, capital expenditures, repurchases of
capital stock, acquisitions, and repayment of existing debt.
The offerings are expected to close on Feb.
12, 2015.
The joint book-running managers for the offering are Barclays
Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs &
Co., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.,
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Inc., RBS Securities Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities LLC.
The co-managers for the offering are CastleOak Securities L.P.,
Drexel Hamilton LLC, Lebenthal & Co. LLC, Loop Capital Markets
LLC, Samuel A. Ramirez & Co.
Inc. and The Williams Capital Group L.P.
A copy of the prospectus relating to the offering may be
obtained by calling Barclays Capital Inc. toll-free at 1 (888)
603-5847 or by emailing barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; by
calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at 1 (800) 831-9146
or by emailing prospectus@citi.com; by calling Goldman, Sachs &
Co. toll-free at 1 (866) 471-2526 or by emailing
prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; by calling HSBC Securities
(USA) Inc. toll-free at 1 (866)
811-8049; by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at (212)
834-4533; by calling Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
toll-free at 1 (800) 294-1322; by calling RBS Securities Inc.
toll-free at 1 (866) 884-2071; by calling Wells Fargo Securities
LLC toll-free at 1 (800) 645-3751 or by emailing
wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com; or by contacting any of the
other underwriters of the offering.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide
leader in software, services, devices and solutions that help
people and businesses realize their full potential.
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