Petrobras Announces Price Determination for Previously Announced Exchange Offers by Petrobras International Finance Company
22 Janeiro 2007 - 10:20PM
PR Newswire (US)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Petroleo
Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR; Petrobras) and its wholly owned
subsidiary Petrobras International Finance Company (PIFCo), in
connection with the previously announced offers to exchange the
five series of notes listed in the table below (Old Notes) for new
notes (Reopening Notes) and a cash amount, announced PIFCo's
determination of the total exchange price, the reference treasury
yield and the cash payment per $1,000 of Old Notes exchanged. The
total exchange price, reference treasury yield and cash payment per
$1,000 of Old Notes were calculated as described in the applicable
prospectus dated January 4, 2007 (Prospectus) and are summarized in
the table below. The reference treasury yield and reopen issue
price were determined for the Reopening Notes as described in the
Prospectus and are listed in the second table below. All values
were calculated as of 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 22,
2007. Amount Tendered Reference Reference PIFCo CUSIP/ISIN by Early
Tender Treasury Treasury Notes No. Date Security Yield 12.375%
Global 71645WAF8 / $7,184,000 4.625% due 5.046% Step-Up Notes
US71645WAF86 3/31/08 due 2008 9.875% Senior G7028BAA9 / $12,871,000
2.625% due 4.989% Notes due 2008 USG7028BAA91*; 5/15/08 71646FAA5 /
US71646FAA57; 71646FAB3 / US71646FAB31* 9.75% Senior 71645WAB7 /
$47,440,000 5.125% due 4.768% Notes due 2011 US71645WAB72*; 6/30/11
G7028BAB7 / USG7028BAB74*; 71645WAA9 / US71645WAA99 9.125% Global
71645WAG6 / $123,674,000 4.250% due 4.751% Notes due 2013
US71645WAG69 8/15/13 7.750% Global 71645WAJ0 / $200,800,000 4.250%
due 4.765% Notes due 2014 US71645WAJ09 8/15/14 PIFCo Cash Accrued
Total Exchange Notes Payment * Interest * Price * 12.375% Global
$104.98 $43.31 $1,079.56 Step-Up Notes due 2008 9.875% Senior
$63.60 $24.14 $1,057.35 Notes due 2008 9.75% Senior $171.37 $8.40
$1,180.86 Notes due 2011 9.125% Global $172.42 $8.87 $1,181.44
Notes due 2013 7.750% Global $120.46 $30.57 $1,107.78 Notes due
2014 The following table should be used in connection with the
calculation of the Reopen Issue Price of the Reopening Notes and
the yield to maturity of the Original 2016 Notes for the Qualified
Reopening Condition, as set forth in the Prospectus: Reference
Reference Reopen PIFCo CUSIP/ISIN Treasury Treasury Accrued Issue
Notes No. Security Yield Interest * Price * 6.125% Global
71645WAL5/ 4.625% 4.761% $20.59 $997.30 Notes due 2016 US71645WAL54
due 11/15/16 * Per $1,000 principal amount The exchange offers are
scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on
February 2, 2007, unless extended or earlier terminated. Further
terms and conditions of the exchange offers are described in the
Prospectus. PIFCo has retained Morgan Stanley & Co.,
Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC to act as dealer managers for
the offers, The Bank of New York to act as exchange agent for the
offers, The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. to serve as
Luxembourg agent for the offers and D.F. King & Co., Inc. to
act as information agent for the offers. Requests for documents
(including the prospectus) may be directed to D.F. King & Co.,
Inc. by telephone at (212) 269-5550 for banks and brokers or at
(800) 859-8508 for all others, or in writing at 48 Wall Street,
22nd Floor, New York, New York 10005. These documents contain
important information, and holders should read them carefully
before making any investment decision. Questions regarding the
offers may be directed to Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated at
(800) 624-1800 (in the United States) or (212) 761-1864 (outside
the United States) and UBS Securities LLC at (888) 722-9555, ext.
4210 (in the United States) or (203) 719-4210 (outside the United
States). This announcement does not constitute an offer to purchase
or a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The offers are
being made solely by the offer to purchase and related letter of
transmittal. The offers shall not be made in any such jurisdiction
in which they are not permitted to be made under applicable law.
DATASOURCE: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. CONTACT: Tom Long, of D.F.
King & Co., Inc., +1-212-493-6920, for Petrobras
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