Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
File No. 333-204124
Pricing Supplement No. 139
Dated: July 28, 2015
(To Prospectus dated May 13, 2015 and Prospectus Supplement dated May 13, 2015)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Class of securities offered | Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F |
Aggregate offering price | $900,000,000 |
Amount of registration fee | $104,580* |
*The filing fee of $104,580 is calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r) of the Securities Act of 1933.
This Pricing Supplement consists of 4 pages.
AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CORPORATION
Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series F
Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue
Principal Amount or Face Amount: $900,000,000
Issue Price: 99.869%, plus accrued interest, if any, from July 31, 2015
Proceeds to Company on original issuance: $896,571,000 (before expenses)
Commission: $2,250,000 (0.25%)
Agent:
o Barclays Capital Inc.
o BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
o CastleOak Securities, L.P.
o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
x Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
o HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
o J. P. Morgan Securities LLC
o Lebenthal & Co., LLC
o Lloyds Securities Inc.
o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
o Mischler Financial Group, Inc.
x Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
x Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
o RBC Capital Markets, LLC
o RBS Securities Inc.
x Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.
o SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
o TD Securities (USA) LLC
o UBS Securities LLC
x U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
x Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
x The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
x Other: Standard Chartered Bank
Agent |
| Amount |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
| $ | 240,000,000 |
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Mizuho Securities USA Inc. |
| $ | 240,000,000 |
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
| $ | 240,000,000 |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. |
| $ | 51,000,000 |
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Standard Chartered Bank |
| $ | 51,000,000 |
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U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
| $ | 51,000,000 |
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The Williams Capital Group, L.P. |
| $ | 18,000,000 |
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Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. |
| $ | 9,000,000 |
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Total |
| $ | 900,000,000 |
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Agents’ capacity on original issuance: |
| o As Agent |
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| x As Principal |
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If as principal:
o The Notes are being offered at varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of resale.
x The Notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering price of 99.869% of Principal Amount or Face Amount.
Form of Note: x Global o Definitive
Trade Date: | July 28, 2015 |
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Original Issue Date: | July 31, 2015 |
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Stated Maturity: | July 31, 2018 |
Specified Currency (if other than U.S. Dollars): N/A
Authorized Denominations: Minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
Interest Payment Dates: Semi-annually on the 31st day of each January and July. If the interest payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, interest will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day.
First Interest Payment Date: January 31, 2016
Indexed Principal Note: o Yes (See Attached) x No
Type of Interest Rate: x Fixed Rate o Floating Rate o Indexed Rate (See Attached)
Interest Rate (Fixed Rate Notes): 1.800%
Initial Interest Rate (Floating Rate Notes): N/A
Base Rate: | o CD Rate | o Commercial Paper Rate |
| o EURIBOR | o Federal Funds Rate |
| o LIBOR | o Treasury Rate |
| o Prime Rate | o Other (See Attached) |
Calculation Agent: N/A
Computation of Interest:
x 30 over 360 | o Actual over Actual |
o Actual over 360 | o Other (See Attached) |
Interest Reset Dates: N/A
Rate Determination Dates: N/A
Index Maturity: N/A
Spread (+/-): N/A
Spread Multiplier: N/A
Change in Spread, Spread Multiplier or Fixed Interest Rate prior to Stated Maturity:
o Yes (See Attached) x No
Maximum Interest Rate: None
Minimum Interest Rate: None
Amortizing Note: o Yes (See Attached) x No
Optional Redemption: x Yes o No
Optional Redemption Dates: On or after the date that is 31 days prior to maturity
Redemption Prices: 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption
Redemption: | o In whole only and not in part |
| x May be in whole or in part |
Optional Repayment: o Yes x No
Optional Repayment Dates: N/A
Optional Repayment Prices: N/A
Discount Note: o Yes x No
Total Amount of OID: N/A
Bond Yield to Call: N/A
Yield to Maturity: 1.845%
CUSIP: 0258M0DV8
ISIN: US0258M0DV87
DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES:
The description in this Pricing Supplement of the particular terms of the Medium-Term Senior Notes offered hereby supplements, and to the extent inconsistent therewith replaces, the description of the general terms and provisions of the Notes set forth in the accompanying Prospectus dated May 13, 2015 and Prospectus Supplement dated May 13, 2015 to which reference is hereby made.
Standard Chartered Bank will not effect any offers or sales of any notes in the United States unless it is through one or more U.S. registered broker-dealers as permitted by the regulations of FINRA.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:
Management does not expect pretax income, provision for losses or the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the second quarter of 2015 to be materially different from results for the first quarter of 2015.