BROOKFIELD, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial
services technology solutions, announced today that it has priced a
public offering of $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of senior
notes consisting of the following:
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$850 million of senior notes that mature in 2020 and bear interest at
a rate of 2.70%, and
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$900 million of senior notes that mature in 2025 and bear interest at
a rate of 3.85%.
The offering is expected to close May 22, 2015, subject to customary
closing conditions. Fiserv intends to use the net proceeds from this
offering to redeem all of its outstanding $600 million aggregate
principal amount of 3.125% senior notes due 2016 and all of its
outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.800% senior
notes due 2017 and to repay outstanding debt under its revolving credit
facility. Fiserv intends to use any remaining net proceeds for general
corporate purposes, which may include repaying a portion of its term
loan facility or its outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount
of 3.125% senior notes due 2015.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., U.S. Bancorp
Investments, Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., PNC Capital Markets
LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are the joint book-running managers
for the offering.
The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and
accompanying prospectus, which are part of a shelf registration
statement Fiserv filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
copies of which may be obtained by contacting Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at 1-800-294-1322 or by email to dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com;
or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll-free at 1-800-645-3751 or by email
to wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com.
An electronic copy of the prospectus and prospectus supplement is
available from the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor will there be any
sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About Fiserv
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) enables clients to achieve best-in-class
results by driving quality and innovation in payments, processing
services, risk and compliance, customer and channel management, and
business insights and optimization. For more than 30 years, Fiserv has
been a leader in financial services technology, and today is among
FORTUNEĀ® magazine's World's Most Admired Companies and Forbes magazine's
America's Best Employers.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" intended to
qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
include those that express a plan, belief, expectation, estimation,
anticipation, intent, contingency, future development or similar
expression, and can generally be identified as forward-looking because
they include words such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects,"
"could," "should" or words of similar meaning. Statements that describe
the company's future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and
uncertainties, and a number of factors, both foreseen and unforeseen,
could cause actual results to differ materially from current
expectations. The factors that may affect the company's results include,
among others: pricing and other actions by competitors; the capacity of
the company's technology to keep pace with a rapidly evolving
marketplace; the impact of market and economic conditions on the
financial services industry; the impact of a security breach or
operational failure on the company's business; the effect of legislative
and regulatory actions in the United States and internationally; the
company's ability to comply with government regulations; the company's
ability to successfully identify, complete and integrate acquisitions;
the impact of the company's strategic initiatives; and other factors
included in the company's filings with the SEC, including its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and in other
documents that the company files with the SEC. You should consider these
factors carefully in evaluating forward-looking statements and are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements which speak
only as of the date of this press release. The company assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.
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Media Relations:
Britt Zarling
Vice President,
Corporate Communications
Fiserv, Inc.
262-879-5945
britt.zarling@fiserv.com
or
Investor
Relations:
Stephanie Gregor
Vice President, Investor
Relations
Fiserv, Inc.
262-879-5969
stephanie.gregor@fiserv.com
Source: Fiserv, Inc.
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