Size: | $250,000,000 | |||||
Coupon (Interest Rate): | 6.875% per annum | |||||
Security: | 6.875% Notes due 2017 | |||||
Interest Payment Dates: | April 15 and October 15, commencing April 15, 2008 | |||||
Maturity: | October 15, 2017 | |||||
Price to Public: | 99.649% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of original issuance | |||||
Trade Date: | September 4, 2007 | |||||
Settlement Date: | T+4; September 10, 2007 | |||||
Net Proceeds: | $247,497,500 (before expenses associated with the transaction) | |||||
Redemption Provision: | Make-whole call at any time based on the applicable Constant Maturity Treasury yield plus 0.40% (forty one-hundredths of one percent). | |||||
Yield to maturity: | 6.922% | |||||
Spread to Benchmark Treasury: | 237.5 basis points | |||||
Benchmark Treasury: | U.S. Treasury 4.75% due August 2017 | |||||
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield: | 101-19+; 4.547% | |||||
Expected Ratings (Moodys/S&P/Fitch): | Baa3 (positive) / BBB- (stable) / BBB- (positive) | |||||
CUSIP: | 637417AB2 | |||||
Joint Book-Running Managers:
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Banc of America Securities LLC | $ | 88,750,000 | |||
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC | $ | 88,750,000 | ||||
Co-Managers:
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | $ | 17,500,000 | |||
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. | $ | 9,375,000 | ||||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $ | 9,375,000 | ||||
BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. | $ | 7,500,000 | ||||
Comerica Securities, Inc. | $ | 7,500,000 | ||||
Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated | $ | 7,500,000 | ||||
PNC Capital Markets LLC | $ | 7,500,000 | ||||
Fifth Third Securities, Inc. | $ | 6,250,000 |