Exhibit 99.1
Flextronics contact:
Thomas J. Smach
Senior Vice President of Finance
+1.408.576.7722
FLEXTRONICS ANNOUNCES PROPOSED SENIOR
SUBORDINATED NOTE OFFERING
Singapore, November 9, 2004 – Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX) today announced that it intends, subject to market and other conditions, to privately offer $500 million aggregate principal amount of its senior subordinated notes due in 2014. The notes will be offered to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or outside the United States under Regulation S. Flextronics expects to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay outstanding debt under its revolving credit facilities and for general corporate purposes, including working capital requirements, acquisitions and capital expenditures.
The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.
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