Expand Energy Corporation Announces Pricing Terms of Cash Tender Offer for its 5.500% Senior Notes due 2026
November 27 2024 - 12:02PM
Expand Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: EXE) (“Expand Energy”) announced
today the pricing terms of the previously announced cash tender
offer to purchase (the “Tender Offer”) any and all of its
outstanding 5.500% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The
complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offer were set forth in
an Offer to Purchase dated November 20, 2024 (as supplemented, the
“Offer to Purchase”), and the related Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery.
The “Purchase Price” for each $1,000 principal
amount of the Notes validly tendered, and not validly withdrawn,
and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will be
determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by
reference to the fixed spread specified below plus the yield based
on the bid-side price of the U.S. Treasury Reference Security
specified below as of 11:00 a.m. New York City time today, the date
on which the Tender Offer is currently scheduled to expire. The
Purchase Price is based on a yield to February 5, 2025, the date of
the next specified redemption price reduction under the indenture
governing the Notes, and assuming the Notes are redeemed on
February 5, 2025, at the specified redemption price for such date
of 100.000% of the principal amount, as described in the Offer to
Purchase.
Title ofSecurity |
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CUSIPNumbers /ISINs |
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PrincipalAmountOutstanding |
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U.S.TreasuryReferenceSecurity |
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ReferenceYield |
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FixedSpread |
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PurchasePrice |
5.500%Senior Notes due2026 |
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144A:165167DF1/US165167DF18Reg S:U16450BA2/USU16450BA27 |
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$500,000,000 |
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4.125% dueJanuary 31,2025 |
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FIT3 |
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4.569% |
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0 bps |
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$1,001.52 |
In addition to the Purchase Price, holders whose
Notes are purchased pursuant to the Tender Offer will also receive
accrued and unpaid interest thereon from the last interest payment
date up to, but not including, December 3, 2024 (the “Settlement
Date”), payable on the Settlement Date, assuming that the Tender
Offer is not extended or earlier terminated.
The Tender Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. New
York City Time today, unless extended by Expand Energy in its sole
discretion (such time and date as the same may be extended, the
“Expiration Time”). Tendered Notes may be withdrawn at any time
before the Expiration Time. Holders of Notes must validly tender
and not validly withdraw their Notes (or comply with the procedures
for guaranteed delivery) before the Expiration Time to be eligible
to receive the Purchase Price for their Notes. All Notes purchased
on the Settlement Date will subsequently be retired and cancelled.
Expand Energy will fund the payment for tendered and accepted Notes
with the net proceeds from Expand Energy’s previously announced
issuance and sale (the “Notes Offering”) of $750 million aggregate
principal amount of its 5.700% Senior Notes due 2035 (the “New
Notes”) together with cash on hand.
The consummation of the Tender Offer is subject
to, and conditioned upon, the satisfaction or waiver of certain
conditions described in the Offer to Purchase.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and TD Securities
(USA) LLC are acting as dealer managers for the Tender Offer (the
“Dealer Managers”). For questions regarding the Tender Offer, the
Dealer Managers can be contacted as follows: J.P. Morgan Securities
LLC, Liability Management Group, at (866) 834-4666 (toll-free) or
(212) 834-4818 (collect) and TD Securities (USA) LLC at +1 (866)
584-2096 (toll-free), +1 (212) 827-2842 (collect), or
LM@tdsecurities.com.
Copies of the Offer to Purchase and Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery are available to holders of the Notes from D.F.
King & Co., Inc., the information agent and the tender agent
for the Tender Offer. Requests for copies of the Offer to Purchase
and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery should be directed to D.F. King
& Co., Inc. toll-free at (800) 714-3310, email at
exe@dfking.com or at www.dfking.com/exe.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the
Notes, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
purchase the New Notes pursuant to the Notes Offering nor is it a
solicitation for acceptance of the Tender Offer.
About Expand EnergyExpand
Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: EXE) is the largest independent natural
gas producer in the United States, powered by dedicated and
innovative employees focused on disrupting the industry’s
traditional cost and market delivery model to responsibly develop
assets in the nation’s most prolific natural gas basins. Expand
Energy’s returns-driven strategy strives to create sustainable
value for its stakeholders by leveraging its scale, financial
strength and operational execution. Expand Energy is committed to
expanding America’s energy reach to fuel a more affordable,
reliable, lower carbon future.
Forward-Looking StatementsThis
press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements relating to the Tender Offer, the Settlement Date, our
expectation to accept for purchase all of the tendered Notes and
whether we actually consummate the Tender Offer as planned or at
all, as well as statements reflecting expectations, intentions,
assumptions or beliefs about future events and other statements
that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts.
Although Expand Energy’s management believes the expectations
reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, they
are inherently subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of
which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond Expand
Energy’s control. No assurance can be given that such
forward-looking statements will be correct or achieved or that the
assumptions are accurate or will not change over time. Particular
uncertainties that could cause Expand Energy’s actual results to be
materially different than those expressed in such forward-looking
statement include those described in the prospectus supplement and
accompanying base prospectus relating to the Notes Offering and
other risks and uncertainties detailed in Expand Energy’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, Expand
Energy’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2024 and any other
documents that Expand Energy files with the SEC. For a discussion
of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, investors are urged
to refer to Expand Energy’s documents filed with the SEC that are
available through Expand Energy’s website at www.expandenergy.com
or through EDGAR at www.sec.gov. We caution you not to place undue
reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this
release, which speak only as of the date of the release, and we
undertake no obligation to update this information. We urge you to
carefully review and consider the disclosures in this release and
our filings with the SEC that attempt to advise interested parties
of the risk and factors that may affect our business.
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INVESTOR CONTACT: |
MEDIA CONTACT: |
Chris Ayres(405)
935-8870ir@expandenergy.com |
Brooke Coe(405)
935-8878media@expandenergy.com |
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