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HONG KONG, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CNOOC Limited (the "Company", NYSE: CEO, SEHK: 00883, TSX: CNU) announced on April 23, 2014 (New York time) the pricing of its offering of US$4,000 million aggregate principal amount of guaranteed notes. The offering consists of US$1,250 million of 1.625% guaranteed notes due 2017, US$2,250 million of 4.250% guaranteed notes due 2024 and US$500 million of 4.875% guaranteed notes due 2044 (collectively, the "Notes"). The Notes will be issued by CNOOC Nexen Finance (2014) ULC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Nova Scotia, Canada, and will be guaranteed by the Company.
The net proceeds from this offering are expected to be approximately US$3,963.2 million. The proceeds are intended to be used in part for repaying all or part of a US$2.0 billion facility that was entered into for the purpose of repaying part of the bridge loan that financed the Company's acquisition of Nexen Inc. The remaining proceeds, if any, will be used for general corporate purposes.
Application has been made to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for listing of, and permission to deal in, the Notes by way of debt issue to professional investors only. Listing of the Notes on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited is not to be taken as an indication of the merits of the Notes, the Company or CNOOC Nexen Finance (2014) ULC.
BOCI Asia Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch are the joint lead managers and joint bookrunners for the offering.
The offering of the Notes is made pursuant to the Company's shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-188261) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "US SEC") on May 1, 2013, as amended by the post-effective amendment No. 1 to the registration statement filed with the US SEC on April 22, 2014. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, telephone: 1-800-831-9146; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010-3629, United States of America, telephone: 1-212-325-2000; Prospectus Group, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, telephone: 1-800-503-4611; Prospectus Department, Goldman Sachs & Co, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone: 1-866-471-2526 / 1-212-902-9316; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, United States of America, telephone: 1-212-834-4533; Prospectus Department, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014, telephone: 1-866-718-1649; or Fixed Income Syndicate, UBS Securities LLC, 677 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, telephone: 1-203-719-1088 .
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Notes, nor will there be any sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.