Visteon
Corporation Announces Closing Of Tender Offer For Its 7.95% Notes Due
2005
Visteon Corporation
today announced that it has accepted and purchased $250,022,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 7.95% Notes due 2005 that were tendered in response
to its previously announced tender offer. The tender offer expired at
5:00 p.m. (EST), on Friday, April 2, 2004.
Based on the final
count by the depositary, the tender offer was oversubscribed, with an
aggregate principal amount of $315,701,000 of Notes having been tendered
prior to the expiration time. The Notes accepted for purchase in the tender
offer were selected on a pro rata basis from among all tendering holders,
resulting in a proration factor of approximately 79% (rounded up to the
nearest $1,000 of principal amount) of the Notes tendered.
Visteon paid approximately
$271,793,000 for all of the notes purchased in the tender offer, which
included the purchase price, the early tender premium, as applicable,
and accrued but unpaid interest up to, but not including, the settlement
date. Visteon used a portion of the proceeds from its recently completed
issuance of $450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Notes
due 2014 to fund the purchase of the Notes in the tender offer and to
pay associated expenses and accrued interest. Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. acted as the dealer managers for
the tender offer. Global Bondholder Services Corporation acted as depositary
and information agent for the tender offer.
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