Salesforce.com Announces Closing of $575 Million Offering of 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2015
2010年1月20日 - 6:31AM
PRニュース・ワイアー (英語)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com
(NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing company, today
announced the closing of its private placement of $575 million
aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2015
(which includes $75 million aggregate principal amount of the notes
issued in connection with the exercise by the initial purchasers of
their overallotment option). (Logo:
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will be unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of salesforce.com,
and interest will be payable semi-annually at a rate of 0.75% per
year. The initial conversion rate is 11.7147 shares of common stock
per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which is equivalent to an
initial conversion price of approximately $85.36 per share). Prior
to October 15, 2014, the notes will be convertible only upon the
occurrence of specified events; thereafter until maturity the notes
will be convertible at any time. Upon conversion, the notes will be
settled in cash and shares of salesforce.com's common stock
(subject to salesforce.com's right to pay cash in lieu of all or
any portion of such shares). BofA Merrill Lynch acted as sole book
running manager with respect to the offering of the notes. In
connection with the offering of the notes, salesforce.com entered
into privately-negotiated convertible note hedge transactions with
three financial institutions (the "hedge counterparties").
Salesforce.com also entered into privately-negotiated warrant
transactions with the hedge counterparties. The strike price of the
warrant transactions will initially be approximately $119.51 per
share, which is 175% of the closing sale price of salesforce.com's
common stock on January 12, 2010. Taken together, the convertible
note hedge transactions and the warrant transactions are expected,
but not guaranteed, to reduce the potential dilution to
salesforce.com's common stock upon the conversion of the notes.
Salesforce.com used a portion of the net proceeds for the cost of
the convertible note hedge transactions after such cost was offset
in part by the proceeds of the warrant transactions described
above, and expects to use the remaining proceeds for general
corporate purposes, including funding possible investments in, or
acquisitions of, complementary businesses, joint ventures, services
or technologies, working capital and capital expenditures. This
announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an
offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an
offer, solicitation, or sale in any jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful. The notes and the shares
of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, if any, will
not be registered under the Act 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 the registration
requirements of the Act and applicable state laws. About
salesforce.com Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing
company. The company's portfolio of Salesforce CRM applications,
available at http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has
revolutionized the ways that companies collaborate and communicate
with their customers across sales, marketing and service. The
company's Force.com platform (http://www.salesforce.com/platform/)
helps customers, partners and developers to quickly build powerful
business applications to run every part of the enterprise in the
cloud. Based on salesforce.com's real-time, multitenant
architecture, Salesforce CRM and Force.com offer the fastest path
to customer success with cloud computing. As of October 31, 2009,
salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately
67,900 customers including Allianz Commercial, Dell, Japan Post,
Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and SunTrust Banks. Any unreleased
services or features referenced in this or other press releases or
public statements are not currently available and may not be
delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com
applications should make their purchase decisions based upon
features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has
headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and
trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
"CRM". For more information please visit
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