Exhibit 99.1
SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL COMMENCES CASH TENDER OFFERS FOR 7.2% NOTES
DUE 2006 AND 6.875% NOTES DUE 2007
HOUSTON, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Service Corporation International
(NYSE: SCI), which owns and operates funeral service locations and cemeteries,
announced today that it commenced cash tender offers to purchase any and all of
its 7.2% Notes due 2006 and 6.875% Notes due 2007. The aggregate principal
amounts of the Notes are $149,000,000 and $143,475,000, respectively, as of the
date of this press release. The tender offers are being made pursuant to an
Offer to Purchase dated May 26, 2005, which sets forth more fully the terms and
conditions of the tender offers.
The following table summarizes terms material to the determination of the
total consideration to be received in each tender offer:
Bloomberg Early
Security Reference Reference Fixed Spread Participation
CUSIP No. Description Security Page (in basis points) Payment
- ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ----------------- -------------
817565 AM 6 7.2% Notes UST 2.5% PX4 50.0 $30
due 2006 due 5/31/06
817565 AK 0 6.875% Notes UST 2.75% PX5 62.5 $30
due 2007 due 8/15/07
Holders who tender on or prior to the early participation deadline will
receive the total consideration described above, which includes a $30.00 early
participation payment per $1,000 principal amount of notes. Holders who tender
after the early participation deadline will receive the total consideration
minus the $30.00 early participation payment. The early participation deadline
is 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, June 9, 2005. Holders of notes
that have been validly tendered by the early participation deadline will receive
payment on the early payment date, which is expected to be promptly after the
early participation deadline. Holders of notes that have been validly tendered
following the early participation deadline, but prior to the expiration time,
will receive payment on the final payment date, which is expected to be promptly
after expiration.
The tender offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Friday,
June 24, 2005, unless terminated or extended. The tender offer for the 6.875%
Notes due 2007 is subject to a financing condition, and both tender offers are
subject to certain general conditions, each as described in more detail in the
Offer to Purchase. Neither tender offer is conditioned upon the other. Either
tender offer may be closed without the closing of the other.
Questions concerning the terms of the tender offers may be directed to the
co-dealer managers, Merrill Lynch & Co. toll-free at (888) 654-8637 or by
collect call at (212) 449-4914 and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. toll-free at
(866) 834-4666. Copies of the Offer to Purchase may be obtained by calling the
information agent, Global Bondholder Services Corporation, toll-free at (866)
387-1500 or at (212) 430-3774 (banks and brokerage firms).
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements have been made in
reliance on the "safe harbor" protections provided under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be accompanied by words such
as "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect," "anticipate," or "predict," that
convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These statements are based
on assumptions that we believe are reasonable; however, many important factors
could cause our actual results in the future to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements made herein and in any other documents or oral
presentations made by, or on behalf of us. Important factors which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements
include, among others, unfavorable market conditions, and our ability to
successfully complete the tender offers.
For further information on these and other risks and uncertainties, see our
Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our 2004 Annual Report on
Form 10-K, as amended. Copies of this document as well as other SEC filings can
be obtained from our website at http://www.sci-corp.com . We assume no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made
herein or any other forward-looking statements made by us, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
Service Corporation International, headquartered in Houston, Texas, owns and
operates funeral service locations and cemeteries. We have an extensive network
of businesses including 1,169 funeral service locations and 390 cemeteries in
North America as of March 31, 2005. For more information about Service
Corporation International, please visit our website at http://www.sci-corp.com .
For additional information contact:
Investors: Debbie Young - Director of Investor Relations
(713) 525-9088
Media: Terry Hemeyer - Managing Director / Corporate Communications
(713) 525-5497
SOURCE Service Corporation International
-0- 05/26/2005
/CONTACT: investors, Debbie Young, Director of Investor Relations,
+1-713-525-9088, or media, Terry Hemeyer, Managing Director - Corporate
Communications, +1-713-525-5497, both of Service Corporation International/
/Web site: http://www.sci-corp.com