WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Navient Corporation (“Navient”), the nation’s leading loan management, servicing and asset recovery company, today announced that the Early Tender Date (as defined below) in respect of its previously announced modified “Dutch Auction” tender offer (the “Offer”) for a portion of its outstanding 6.000% Medium Term Notes, Series A due January 25, 2017 (the “Notes”) expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 15, 2015 (the “Early Tender Date”).
As of the Early Tender Date, Navient received valid tenders from holders of $434,760,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at various bid prices within the acceptable bid price range of $1,022.50 to $1,032.50 per $1,000 principal amount. The aggregate amount of Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn at the Early Tender Date exceeded the Tender Cap ($350 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes); therefore, Navient will accept for purchase $351,884,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes validly tendered in the Offer at the Clearing Price (as defined in the Amended Offer to Purchase (as defined below)). There will be a Clearing Price, without proration, and all Notes validly tendered at the Clearing Price will be accepted.
Holders who validly tendered and did not validly withdraw their Notes at or prior to the Early Tender Date and whose Notes are accepted for payment will receive the Total Consideration of $1,030.00 per $1,000 principal amount, which includes the Early Tender Payment of $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes. Holders whose Notes are accepted by Navient for purchase pursuant to the Offer will also receive accrued and unpaid interest on their Notes accepted for purchase, up to, but excluding, the Settlement Date (as defined below). Payment of the Total Consideration and accrued and unpaid interest to such holders will take place on or about December 31, 2015, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in the Amended Offer to Purchase (the “Settlement Date”).
Previously validly tendered Notes cannot be withdrawn after the Withdrawal Date, which also occurred at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 15, 2015, and holders who validly tender Notes after the Withdrawal Date do not have withdrawal rights. The Offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of December 30, 2015, unless extended or earlier terminated by Navient in its sole discretion (the “Expiration Date”). Because the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn exceeded the Tender Cap at the Early Tender Date, Navient is exercising its option, as described in the Amended Offer to Purchase, not to continue to accept for purchase additional Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Date.
All Notes not accepted promptly following the Early Tender Date because they were tendered at prices in excess of the Clearing Price, and all Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date, will be rejected from the Offer and will be returned to tendering Holders promptly following the Expiration Date.
The terms and conditions of the Offer are described in the Amended Offer to Purchase and in the related Amended Letter of Transmittal. Questions regarding the Offer may be directed to BofA Merrill Lynch, Liability Management Group, at 888-292-0070 (U.S. toll-free) and 980-387-3907 (collect) and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Liability Management Group, at 800-820-1653 (U.S. toll-free) and 212-538-2147 (collect). Copies of the Amended Offer to Purchase and the related Amended Letter of Transmittal may be obtained from the Information Agent for the Offer, D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 866-828-9088 (U.S. toll-free) and 212-269-5550 (collect) or email navient@dfking.com.
This press release is for informational purposes only. This announcement does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of any offer to sell the Notes or any other securities or a notice of redemption. The Offer is being made solely by the Amended Offer to Purchase, dated December 4, 2015 (the “Amended Offer to Purchase”), and the related Amended Letter of Transmittal.
The Offer is not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the securities laws or blue sky laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer will be deemed to be made on behalf of Navient, as the case may be, by the dealer manager, or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
About the Company
As the nation's leading loan management, servicing and asset recovery company, Navient (Nasdaq: NAVI ) helps customers navigate the path to financial success. Servicing more than $300 billion in student loans, the company supports the educational and economic achievements of more than 12 million Americans. A growing number of public and private sector clients rely on Navient for proven solutions to meet their financial goals. Learn more at navient.com.
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For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties as well as certain additional risks that the company faces, readers should review the risks described in the Amended Offer to Purchase and those incorporated by reference therein, including those risks detailed under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” under the company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2015, the company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 filed with the SEC on April 30, 2015; June 30, 2015, filed with the SEC on August 3, 2015; and September 30, 2015, filed with the SEC on October 30, 2015 and subsequent reports and registration statements filed from time to time with the SEC.
Contact: Media: Patricia Nash Christel, 302-283-4076, patricia.christel@navient.com Investors: Joe Fisher, 302-283-4075, joe.fisher@navient.com Customers: 888-272-5543
