Exhibit 99.1
Alphabet Inc. Announces 84% Final Participation in Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 26, 2016 – Alphabet Inc. (“Alphabet”) (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) announced today the final results of its previously announced offers to exchange any and all validly tendered and accepted notes of each series listed in the table below issued by Google Inc., Alphabet’s wholly-owned subsidiary (collectively, the “Google Notes”), for new notes to be issued by Alphabet (collectively, the “Alphabet Notes”), and the related solicitations of consents to amend the indenture governing the Google Notes (together, the “Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations”). As of 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on April 25, 2016 (the “Expiration Date”), and as indicated in the table below, approximately $1.68 billion aggregate principal amount, or approximately 84%, of Google Notes had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, such that the requisite number of consents to adopt certain amendments to the indenture governing the Google Notes has been received.
The following table sets forth the aggregate principal amount of each series of Google Notes that were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the Expiration Date pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. The final settlement of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations is expected to take place on or about April 27, 2016.
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| CUSIP No. | | Series of Notes Issued
by Google to be
Exchanged | | Aggregate
Principal
Amount
Outstanding | | | Tenders and
Consents
Received as
of the Expiration
Date | | Percentage
of Total
Outstanding
Principal
Amount of
such Series
of Google
Notes |
| 38259P AB8 | | 3.625% Notes due 2021 | | | $1,000,000,000 | | | $826,657,000 | | 82.67% |
| 38259P AD4 | | 3.375% Notes due 2024 | | | $1,000,000,000 | | | $853,693,000 | | 85.37% |
A Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-209515) (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 12, 2016, was amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on March 29, 2016 and was declared effective by the SEC on April 7, 2016.
The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Alphabet’s prospectus, dated as of April 7, 2016 (the “Prospectus”), which forms a part of the Registration Statement, and the related Letter of Transmittal and Consent (the “Letter of Transmittal”) that contain the complete description of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.
The Dealer Managers for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were:
Lead Dealer Manager
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Liability Management Group
(212) 761-1057 (collect)
(800) 624-1808 (toll-free)
Co-Dealer Managers
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated | | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | | Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
214 North Tryon Street, 21st Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 Attention: Liability Management Group (980) 387-3907 (collect) (888) 292-0070 (toll-free) | | 390 Greenwich Street, 1st Floor
New York, New York 10013 Attention: Liability
Management Group (212) 723-6106 (collect) (800) 558-3745 (toll-free) | | 383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179 Attention: Liability
Management Group (212) 834-3424 (collect) (866) 834-4666 (toll-free) | | 550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: Liability Management Group 704-410-4760 (collect) 866-309-6316 (toll-free) |
The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations was:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
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By Facsimile (Eligible Institutions Only): (212) 709-3328 Attention: Krystal Scrudato For Information or Confirmation by Telephone: (212) 493-6940 | | By Mail or Hand: 48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor New York, New York 10005 Attention: Krystal Scrudato |
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The Information Agent for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations was:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Banks and Brokers Call Collect: (212) 269-5550
All Others, Please Call Toll Free: (877) 732-3617
Email:goog@dfking.com
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the securities described herein and is also not a solicitation of the related consents. The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations were made only pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Prospectus, the Letter of Transmittal and the other related materials.
About Alphabet Inc.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in September 1998. Since then, the company has grown to more than 60,000 employees worldwide, with a wide range of popular products and platforms like Search, Maps, Ads, Gmail, Android, Chrome, and YouTube. In October 2015, Alphabet became the parent holding company of Google.
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