424B5 1 dp121171_424b5-mtngo2.htm FORM 424B5

   

This filing is made pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)

under the Securities Act of 1933 in connection

with Registration No. 333-222676.


 

This Preliminary Pricing Supplement relates to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but the information in this Preliminary Pricing Supplement is not complete and may be changed. This Preliminary Pricing Supplement is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted. Subject to completion; dated February 10, 2020.

 

PRELIMINARY PRICING SUPPLEMENT 

(To Prospectus dated January 24, 2018 and  

Prospectus Supplement dated January 25, 2018) 

 

$                     Floating Rate Medium-Term Notes, Series B due                     , 2021 

$                     % Medium-Term Notes, Series B due                     , 2025 

$                     % Medium-Term Notes, Series B due                     , 2030 


We are offering (i) $         aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Medium-Term Notes, Series B due         , 2021 (the “2021 Floating Rate Notes”), (ii) $         aggregate principal amount of         % Medium-Term Notes, Series B due         , 2025 (the “2025 Fixed Rate Notes”) and (iii) $         aggregate principal amount of         % Medium-Term Notes, Series B due         , 2030 (the “2030 Fixed Rate Notes” and, together with the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2021 Floating Rate Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes will be our general unsecured obligations and will rank equally with all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. We will pay interest on the 2021 Floating Rate Notes on         ,         ,         and         of each year and on the maturity date. We will pay interest on the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes on            and         of each year and on the maturity date. We will pay interest on the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes on         and         of each year and on the maturity date. The first such payment on the 2021 Floating Rate Notes will be on         , 2020, the first such payment on the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes will be on         , 2020 and the first such payment on the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes will be on         , 2020. We may redeem some or all of the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes at any time at our option at the applicable redemption prices set forth in this pricing supplement under “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption.” The 2021 Floating Rate Notes will not be redeemable before their maturity.

 

Investing in the Notes involves a number of risks.  See the risks described in “Risk Factors” on page PS-1 of this pricing supplement and S-3 of the accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

 

  2021 Floating Rate Notes 2025 Fixed Rate Notes 2030 Fixed Rate Notes
  Per Note Total Per Note Total Per Note Total
Public offering price(1) % $         % $         % $        
Underwriting discount % $         % $         % $        
Proceeds, before expenses, to the Company       % $         % $         % $        

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 (1) Plus accrued interest, if any, from February         , 2020, if settlement occurs after that date.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities, or determined if this pricing supplement or the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The Notes will be ready for delivery in book-entry form only through The Depository Trust Company, and its direct and indirect participants, including Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking, S.A., on or about February         , 2020. 


Joint Book-Running Managers

 

 

BNP PARIBAS  Citigroup Credit Agricole CIB J.P. Morgan Mizuho Securities

 



 

The date of this pricing supplement is February         , 2020.

 

 

 

We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized any person to provide you any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in this pricing supplement, the accompanying prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. We and the underwriters take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to, any other information that others may give you. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell the Notes in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information appearing in this pricing supplement or the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this pricing supplement.

 

Notification under Section 309B(1)(c) of the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289) of Singapore (“SFA”) - The notes are prescribed capital markets products (as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018) and Excluded Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products).

 

IMPORTANT - EEA AND U.K. RETAIL INVESTORS - The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended, the “Insurance Mediation Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, the “Prospectus Directive”). Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA or in the U.K. has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA or in the U.K. may be unlawful under the PRIIPS Regulation. This pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus have been prepared on the basis that any offer of the Notes in any Member State of the EEA or in the U.K. will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of the Notes. Neither this pricing supplement nor the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus is a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Pricing Supplement
  Page
 
Risk Factors PS-1
Use of Proceeds PS-3
Description of the Notes PS-4
United States Federal Taxation PS-8
Underwriting PS-9
 
Prospectus Supplement
   
Forward-Looking Statements S-1
Risk Factors S-3
Description of the Notes S-9
Use of Proceeds S-33
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges S-33
United States Federal Taxation S-34
Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest) S-49
Validity of the Notes S-54
   
Prospectus
   
About this Prospectus 1
Risk Factors 1
Where You Can Find More Information 1
Incorporation of Information Filed with the SEC 1
Forward-Looking Statements 2
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation 3
Description of Debt Securities 3
Legal Matters 10
Experts 10

 

 

 

 


 

In this pricing supplement, the “Company,” “TMCC,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer specifically to Toyota Motor Credit Corporation. TMCC is the issuer of all of the Notes offered under this pricing supplement. Capitalized terms used in this pricing supplement which are not defined in this pricing supplement and are defined in the accompanying prospectus supplement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

 

 

 

 

RISK FACTORS

 


       Your investment in the Notes involves risks. You should consult with your own financial and legal advisers as to the risks involved in an investment in the Notes and to determine whether the Notes are a suitable investment for you. The Notes may not be a suitable investment for you if you are unsophisticated about debt securities. You should carefully consider the risk factors discussed below and the risks described under “Risk Factors” starting on page S-3 of the accompanying prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference into the accompanying prospectus, as well as the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this pricing supplement or the accompanying prospectus or prospectus supplement, before investing in the Notes.

 

The 2030 Fixed Rate Notes may not be suitable for the specific investment criteria of an investor

 

We intend to use the proceeds for the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes for specific green projects. No joint book-running manager or co-manager is responsible for assessing or verifying whether or not the specified green projects meet the prescribed eligibility criteria or for the monitoring of the use of proceeds. Prospective investors must determine for themselves the relevance of the information in this pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus and prospectus supplement for the purpose of any investment in the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes together with any other investigation such investor deems necessary. In particular, no assurance is given by us or any joint book-running manager or co-manager that the use of such proceeds will satisfy, whether in whole or in part, any present or future investor expectations or requirements as regards to any investment criteria or guidelines with which such investor or its investments are required to comply, whether by any present or future applicable law or regulations or by its own by-laws or other governing rules or investment portfolio mandates, in particular with regard to any direct or indirect environmental, sustainability or social impact of any projects or uses, the subject of or related to, any specified green projects. Furthermore, there is currently no clear definition (legal, regulatory or otherwise) of, nor market consensus as to which precise attributes are required for a particular project to be defined as “green” or “sustainable”, and therefore no assurance can be provided to potential investors that the use of proceeds specified in this pricing supplement will meet an investor’s expectations regarding environmental performance and/or sustainability performance or continue to meet the relevant eligibility criteria.

 

No assurance or representation is given as to the suitability or reliability for any purpose whatsoever of any opinion or certification of any third party (whether or not solicited by us) which may be made available in connection with the issue of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes and, in particular, with any specified green projects to fulfill any environmental, sustainability, social and/or other criteria. For the avoidance of doubt, any such opinion or certification is not, nor shall be deemed to be, incorporated in and/or form part of this pricing supplement or the accompanying prospectus or prospectus supplement. Any such opinion or certification is not, nor should be deemed to be, a recommendation by us or any other person to buy, sell or hold the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes. Any such opinion or certification is only current as of the date that opinion was initially issued. Prospective investors must determine for themselves the relevance of any such opinion or certification and/or the information contained therein and/or the provider of such opinion or certification for the purpose of any investment in the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes.

 

We do not intend to apply to list the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes on any securities exchange or include the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes in any automated quotation system. However, in the event that the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes are listed or admitted to trading on any dedicated “green”, “environmental”, “sustainable” or other equivalently-labelled segment of any stock exchange or securities market (whether or not regulated), or are included in any dedicated “green”, “environmental”, “sustainable” or other equivalently-labelled index or indices, no representation or assurance is given by us, the joint book-running managers, co-managers or any other person that such listing or admission, or inclusion in such index or indices, satisfies, whether in whole or in part, any present or future investor expectations or requirements as regards any investment criteria or guidelines with which such investor or its investments are required to comply, whether by any present or future applicable law or regulations or by its own by-laws or other governing rules or investment portfolio mandates, in particular with regard to any direct or indirect environmental, sustainability or social impact of any projects or uses, the subject of or related to, any specified green projects. Furthermore, it should be noted that the criteria for any such listings or admission to trading may vary from one stock exchange or securities market to another and also the criteria for inclusion in such index or indices may vary from one index to another. Nor is any representation or assurance given or made by us, the joint book-running managers, the co-managers or any other person that any such listing or admission to trading, or inclusion in any such index or indices, will be obtained in respect of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes or, if obtained, that any such listing or admission to trading, or inclusion in such index or indices, will be maintained during the life of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes.

 

PS-1 

 

Although we agree to certain allocation and impact reporting and to apply the net proceeds of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes to green projects as specified in this pricing supplement, it would not constitute an event of default under the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes as described under “Description of Debt Securities—Events of Default” in the accompanying prospectus if (i) we were to fail to comply with such reporting obligations or were to fail to use the proceeds in the manner specified in this pricing supplement, (ii) any opinion or certification as described above were withdrawn, and/or (iii) in the event that the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes were listed or admitted to trading on any stock exchange or securities market or were included in any index or indices and, subsequently, the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes were no longer listed or admitted to trading on any stock exchange or securities market or were no longer included in any index or indices, as aforesaid. Any failure to use the net proceeds of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes in connection with specified green projects, and/or any failure to meet, or to continue to meet, the investment requirements of certain environmentally focused and/or sustainability focused investors with respect to the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes may affect the value and/or trading price of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes, and/or may have consequences for certain investors with portfolio mandates to invest in green assets.

 

 

PS-2 

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We estimate that the net proceeds (after deducting the underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses) from the sale of (i) the 2021 Floating Rate Notes will be approximately $         million, (ii) the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes will be approximately $         million and (iii) the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes will be approximately $         million.

 

We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the 2021 Floating Rate Notes and the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes for general corporate purposes, including the purchase of earning assets and the retirement of debt. We may use the net proceeds initially to reduce short-term borrowings or invest in short-term obligations.

 

We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes to acquire, in whole or in part, new retail installment sales contracts and operating lease contracts financing Eligible Models (as defined below).

 

Eligible Models

 

Pursuant to our Green Bond Framework (the “Framework”),“Eligible Models” consist of Toyota or Lexus passenger vehicles from model year 2019 or later, which meet all three of the following eligibility criteria: (i) gasoline-electric hybrids or alternative fuel powertrain vehicles; (ii) minimum highway and city miles per gallon (MPG or MPG equivalent, which represents the number of miles a vehicle can go using a quantity of fuel with the same energy content as a gallon of gasoline) of 40; and (iii) United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) smog rating of 7 or better (where 10 is the cleanest), as determined by the EPA for the purchase of a vehicle in California.

 

As of January 2020, the following Toyota and Lexus models are Eligible Models: Avalon Hybrid, Camry Hybrid, Corolla Hybrid, Mirai, Prius, Prius Prime and ES300h.

 

None of the proceeds of this issue of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes will be used to refinance existing retail installment sales and/or operating lease contracts that were entered into prior to the Original Issue Date.

 

Use of Proceeds Reporting

 

Beginning in April 2020 and until such time as the net proceeds from the sale of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes have been used in their entirety, we intend to publish monthly use of proceeds reports relating to the net proceeds from the sale of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes, which are expected to be available on our Investor Relations website. This allocation reporting is expected to include the number and dollar amount of both retail installment sales contracts and operating leases of Eligible Models financed by model; estimated mileage and smog ratings of the qualifying models; the amount of any unallocated proceeds in the segregated account(s); and the proceeds that have been used in accordance with the Framework. Additionally, we intend to engage an independent accounting firm to perform agreed upon procedures with respect to the amounts reported in the use of proceeds reports. Moreover, we intend to prepare a one-time impact report, approximately one year following the Original Issue Date, at which point we expect all proceeds from the sale of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes to be allocated. Such report, which is expected to be publicly available on our website, will include the quantitative estimate of the lifetime reduction in CO2 emissions achieved by the Eligible Models financed by the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes compared to emissions from the average car in the U.S. Information contained on our website is not, nor shall be deemed to be, incorporated in and/or form part of this pricing supplement or the accompanying prospectus or prospectus supplement.

 

Net proceeds from this offering of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes will initially be deposited by us into one or more segregated accounts and will be managed by our treasury team. Pending allocation, proceeds from the sale of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes may be invested in money market instruments until applied to new retail installment sales contracts and operating lease contracts financing Eligible Models. Investment income earned on amounts on deposit in such account(s) will be distributed to us.

 

PS-3 

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

 

General

 

We provide information to you about the Notes in three separate documents:

 

·this pricing supplement which specifically describes the Notes being offered;

·the accompanying prospectus supplement which describes the Company’s Medium-Term Notes, Series B; and

·the accompanying prospectus which describes generally the debt securities of the Company.

 

This description supplements, and, to the extent inconsistent, supersedes, the description of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities found in the accompanying prospectus and the Company’s Medium-Term Notes, Series B described in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

Terms of the Notes

 

The Notes:

 

·will be our unsecured general obligations,

·will rank equally with all our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding,

·will be considered part of the same series of notes as any of our other Medium-Term Notes, Series B previously issued or issued in the future,

·will not be subject to mandatory redemption or repayment at your option,

·will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 above that amount, and

·will be denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

The 2021 Floating Rate Notes

 

The following description is a summary of certain provisions of the 2021 Floating Rate Notes:

 

Principal Amount: $        

 

Trade Date: February         , 2020

 

Original Issue Date: February         , 2020

 

Stated Maturity Date:         , 2021

 

Interest Calculation: Regular Floating Rate Note

 

Interest Rate Basis: LIBOR

 

Designated LIBOR Page: Reuters

 

Index Maturity: 3 months

 

Initial Interest Rate: The initial interest rate will be based on 3 month LIBOR determined on         , 2020 plus the Floating Rate Spread, accruing from         , 2020

 

Initial Interest Reset Date:         , 2020

 

Interest Reset Dates: Each Interest Payment Date

 

PS-4 

 

Interest Reset Period: Quarterly

 

Interest Determination Date: The second London Banking Day preceding each Interest Reset Date.

 

Interest Payment Dates: Each         ,         ,         and         , beginning on         , 2020 and ending on the Stated Maturity Date

 

Floating Rate Spread: +         %

 

Minimum Interest Rate: 0.000%

 

Index Currency: U.S. Dollars

 

Day Count Convention: Actual/360

 

Business Day Convention: Modified Following, adjusted

 

Calculation Agent: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

 

CUSIP / ISIN:             /            

 

The 2025 Fixed Rate Notes

 

The following description is a summary of certain provisions of the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes:

 

Principal Amount: $        

 

Trade Date: February         , 2020

 

Original Issue Date: February         , 2020

 

Stated Maturity Date:         , 2025

 

Interest:         % per annum from         , 2020

 

Interest Payment Dates: Each         and         , beginning on         , 2020 and ending on the Stated Maturity Date

 

Day Count Convention: 30/360

 

Business Day Convention: Following, unadjusted

 

CUSIP / ISIN:                /            

 

The 2030 Fixed Rate Notes

 

The following description is a summary of certain provisions of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes:

 

Principal Amount: $        

 

Trade Date: February         , 2020

 

Original Issue Date: February         , 2020

 

Stated Maturity Date:         , 2030

 

Interest:         % per annum from         , 2020

 

PS-5 

 

Interest Payment Dates: Each         and         , beginning on         , 2020 and ending on the maturity date

 

Day Count Convention: 30/360

 

Business Day Convention: Following, unadjusted

 

CUSIP / ISIN:                /            

 

Optional Redemption

 

The 2021 Floating Rate Notes are not subject to optional redemption.

 

The 2025 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes will be redeemable before their maturity, in whole or in part, at our option at any time, at a “make-whole” redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus         basis points in the case of the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes and         basis points in the case of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means, with respect to the Notes to be redeemed, the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Calculation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Calculation Agent after consultation with us.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., a primary U.S. Government securities dealer selected by Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC, or their respective affiliates; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States, we will substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Calculation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m. New York time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

 

Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

 

Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of Notes to be redeemed. Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

Further Issues

 

We may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the registered holders of the Notes, create and issue additional notes having the same ranking, interest rate, interest rate basis, number of basis points to be added to or

 

PS-6 

 

subtracted from the related interest rate basis, maturity and other terms as a particular tranche of the Notes, as applicable, except for (1) the issue date, (2) the issue price and (3) the first interest payment date. Additional notes will be considered part of the same series of notes as the Notes and any of our other Medium-Term Notes, Series B previously issued or issued in the future. We also may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the registered holders of the Notes, create and issue additional debt securities under the indenture ranking equally with the Notes and our other Medium-Term Notes, Series B.

 

Book-Entry Notes and Form

 

Each tranche of the Notes will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered global notes (the “Global Notes”) which will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (the “Depository”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., the Depository’s nominee. Notes in definitive form will not be issued, unless the Depository discontinues providing its services as depository with respect to the Global Notes at any time and a successor depository is not obtained or unless we so determine in our sole discretion. Beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be represented through book-entry accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners as direct or indirect participants in the Depository, including Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking, S.A.

 

Settlement Date

 

We expect that delivery of the Notes will be made against payment therefor on the Original Issue Date, which will be the         U.S. business day following the Trade Date. Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes on            will be required by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle in         business days to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own investment advisor.

 

PS-7 

 

UNITED STATES FEDERAL TAXATION

 

As discussed in the section of the accompanying prospectus supplement entitled “United States Federal Taxation,” withholding under legislation commonly referred to as “FATCA” (if applicable) will generally apply to amounts treated as interest paid with respect to the Notes and to the payment of gross proceeds of a disposition (including a retirement) of the Notes. However, regulations proposed by the U.S. Treasury Department in December 2018 indicate an intent to eliminate the requirement under “FATCA” of withholding on payments of gross proceeds (other than amounts treated as interest). The U.S. Treasury Department has indicated that taxpayers may rely on these proposed regulations pending their finalization.

 

For other U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning and disposing of the Notes, please see the section of the accompanying prospectus supplement entitled “United States Federal Taxation.”

 

 

PS-8 

 

UNDERWRITING

 

Under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a terms agreement dated February         , 2020 (the “Terms Agreement”), between us and the underwriters named below (the “Underwriters”), incorporating the terms of a distribution agreement dated as of January 25, 2018, between us and the agents named in the accompanying prospectus supplement (the “Distribution Agreement”), we have agreed to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters have severally and not jointly agreed to purchase, as principals, the respective principal amounts of the Notes set forth below opposite their names.

 

Underwriter 

Principal Amount of the 2021 Floating Rate Notes 

Principal Amount of the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes 

Principal Amount of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes 

BNP Paribas Securities Corp. $                           $                           $                          
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.      
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.      
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC      
Mizuho Securities USA LLC      
Total

$    

$    

$              

 

The Notes will not have an established trading market when issued. The Underwriters may from time to time make a market in the Notes but are not obligated to do so and may cease at any time. Neither we nor the Underwriters can assure you that any trading market for the Notes will be liquid.

 

The Notes sold by the Underwriters to the public will initially be offered at the applicable public offering prices set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement. Any Notes sold by the Underwriters to dealers may be sold at the applicable public offering prices less a concession not to exceed (i)         % of the principal amount of the 2021 Floating Rate Notes, (ii)         % of the principal amount of the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes and (iii)         % of the principal amount of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes. The Underwriters may allow, and dealers may reallow, a concession not to exceed (i)         % of the principal amount of the 2021 Floating Rate Notes, (ii)            % of the principal amount of the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes and (iii)         % of the principal amount of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes. After the initial offering of the Notes to the public, (a)         , on behalf of the Underwriters, may change the public offering prices and concessions of the 2021 Floating Rate Notes, (b)         , on behalf of the Underwriters, may change the public offering prices and concessions of the 2025 Fixed Rate Notes and (c)         , on behalf of the Underwriters, may change the public offering price and concession of the 2030 Fixed Rate Notes. The offering of the Notes by the Underwriters is subject to receipt and acceptance and subject to the Underwriters’ right to reject any order in whole or in part.

 

In connection with the offering, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, are permitted to engage in certain transactions that stabilize the prices of the Notes. These transactions may consist of bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the prices of the Notes. If the Underwriters create a short position in the Notes in connection with the offering by selling more Notes than they have purchased from us, then the Underwriters may reduce that short position by purchasing Notes in the open market. In general, purchases of Notes for the purpose of stabilization or to reduce a short position could cause the prices of the Notes to be higher than in the absence of these purchases. The Underwriters are not required to engage in these activities, and may end any of these activities at any time. Neither we nor the Underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the prices of the Notes.

 

We may enter into hedging transactions in connection with the issuance of the Notes, including forwards, futures, options, interest rate or exchange rate swaps and repurchase or reverse repurchase transactions with, or arranged by, any of the Underwriters or an affiliate of that Underwriter. The applicable Underwriter and its affiliates may receive compensation, trading gain or other benefits in connection with these hedging transactions and the hedging transactions described below.

 

 

PS-9 

 

The Underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. Certain of the Underwriters and their respective affiliates have, from time to time, provided, and may in the future provide, investment banking, commercial banking and other services for the issuer in the ordinary course of business, for which they received or will receive in the future customary fees and commissions.

 

In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the Underwriters and their affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. Certain of the Underwriters or their affiliates that have a lending relationship with us or our affiliates routinely hedge, and certain other of those Underwriters or their affiliates may hedge, their credit exposure to us and our affiliates consistent with their customary risk management policies. A typical hedging strategy would include these Underwriters or their affiliates hedging such exposure by entering into transactions which consist of either the purchase of credit default swaps or the creation of short positions in our securities or those of our affiliates, including potentially the Notes offered hereby. Any such credit default swaps or short positions could adversely affect the future trading prices of the Notes offered hereby. The Underwriters and their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

 

We have agreed to indemnify the several agents against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make in respect of these liabilities. We have also agreed to reimburse each of the Underwriters for certain expenses.

 

Selling Restrictions

 

Each of the Underwriters has severally agreed that it will not offer or sell any of the Notes, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan and any branch or other office in Japan of a corporation or other entity organized under the laws of any foreign state), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, a resident of Japan.

 

Each Underwriter represents, warrants and agrees that it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any of the Notes to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”). For the purposes of this provision:

 

  (a) the expression “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:

 

(i)a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”);
  
(ii)a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended, the “Insurance Mediation Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or

 

(iii)not a qualified investor as defined in Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, the “Prospectus Directive”); and

 

  (b) the expression “offer” includes 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 the Notes.

 

This pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus have been prepared on the basis that any offer of the Notes in any Member State of the EEA or in the U.K. will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of the Notes. Neither this pricing supplement nor the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus is a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive.

 

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