Unilever prices $2.1 bILLIOn bond on the U.S. market
Unilever has on 19 March 2018 priced a quadruple-tranche $2.1 billion bond on the U.S. market. $ 400 million 2.750 per cent fixed rate notes are due 22 March 2021, $ 550 million 3.125 per cent fixed rate notes are due 22 March 2023, $ 350 million 3.375 per cent fixed rate notes are due 22 March 2025 and a further $ 800 million 3.500 per cent fixed rate notes are due 22 March 2028. The bond offering is scheduled to close on 22 March 2018.
This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1-800-831-9146, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at 1-800-503-4611, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. at 1-866-811-8049, or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 1-866-718-1649.
An electronic copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement, together with the prospectus, is also available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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