Chevron Announces Pricing Terms of its Note Tender Offers

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Chevron Corporation (CVX) announced pricing terms for 23 cash purchase offers totaling $2.0 billion for outstanding notes. The Offers encompass various series of notes, including 5.250% and 6.000% notes maturing between 2041 and 2047. The calculated Total Consideration varies per series, influenced by the U.S. Treasury yield. The Offers expire on October 8, 2021, with potential extensions. Accepted notes will receive cash payments on the corresponding settlement dates, including accrued interest.

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• The total amount of the offers is substantial at $2.0 billion, indicating a strong strategic move to manage outstanding notes.
• The Offers include various attractive note series with competitive Total Consideration values.

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• None.

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chevron Corporation (“Chevron”, NYSE: CVX) today announced the pricing terms of its previously announced 23 separate offers (the “Offers”) to purchase for cash up to $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of outstanding notes of the series listed in the table below (collectively, the “Notes”). The Offers are made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated October 4, 2021 relating to the Notes (the “Offer to Purchase”) and the accompanying notice of guaranteed delivery (the “Notice of Guaranteed Delivery”) and, as applicable, the letter of transmittal (together with the Offer to Purchase and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, the “Tender Offer Documents”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.

Set forth in the table below is the applicable Total Consideration (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) for each series of Notes, as calculated at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) today, October 8, 2021, in accordance with the Offer to Purchase.

Acceptance Priority Level(1)		Title of Security		Issuer		CUSIP/ISIN		Par Call Date(2)		Maturity Date		Principal Amount Outstanding (millions)		Reference U.S. Treasury Security(3)		Reference U.S. Treasury Yield		Fixed Spread (basis points) (3)		Total Consideration (2)(3)
1		7.250% Senior Debentures Due 2097		Noble Energy, Inc.		655044AS4/ US655044AS49		NA		August 1, 2097		$84		2.375% due 5/15/2051		2.151%		170		$1,833.56
2		5.250% Notes due 2043		Chevron U.S.A. Inc.		166756AU0/ US166756AU09		May 15, 2043		November 15, 2043		$996		1.750% due 08/15/2041		2.105%		82		$1,370.22
3		5.250% Notes due 2043		Noble Energy, Inc.		655044AG0/ US655044AG01		May 15, 2043		November 15, 2043		$4		1.750% due 08/15/2041		2.105%		82		$1,370.22
4		6.000% Notes due 2041		Chevron U.S.A. Inc.		166756AT3 /US166756AT36		September 1, 2040		March 1, 2041		$839		1.750% due 08/15/2041		2.105%		67		$1,471.53
5		6.000% Notes due 2041		Noble Energy, Inc.		655044AE5 /US655044AE52		September 1, 2040		March 1, 2041		$11		1.750% due 08/15/2041		2.105%		67		$1,471.53
6		5.050% Notes due 2044		Chevron U.S.A. Inc.		166756AV8 /US166756AV81		May 15, 2044		November 15, 2044		$845		1.750% due 08/15/2041		2.105%		85		$1,343.50
7		5.050% Notes due 2044		Noble Energy, Inc.		655044AJ4 /US655044AJ40		May 15, 2044		November 15, 2044		$5		1.750% due 08/15/2041		2.105%		85		$1,343.50
8		4.950% Notes due 2047		Chevron U.S.A. Inc.		166756AW6 /US166756AW64		February 15, 2047		August 15, 2047		$495		2.375% due 5/15/2051		2.151%		75		$1,365.85
9		4.950% Notes due 2047		Noble Energy, Inc.		655044AN5 /US655044AN51		February 15, 2047		August 15, 2047		$5		2.375% due 5/15/2051		2.151%		75		$1,365.85
10		7.840% Medium-Term Notes, Series 1992 due 2033		Texaco Capital Inc.		88168LCV6 /US88168LCV62		NA		February 15, 2033		$10		1.250% due 8/15/2031		1.598%		93		$1,521.00
11		8.000% Debentures due 2032		Texaco Capital Inc.		881685BB6 /US881685BB68		NA		August 1, 2032		$75		1.250% due 8/15/2031		1.598%		90		$1,518.05
12		2.978% Notes Due 2040		Chevron Corporation		166764BZ2 /US166764BZ29		November 11, 2039		May 11, 2040		$500		1.750% due 08/15/2041		2.105%		60		$1,038.82
13		8.625% Debentures due 2032		Texaco Capital Inc.		881685AY7 /US881685AY70		NA		April 1, 2032		$147		1.250% due 8/15/2031		1.598%		90		$1,561.36
14		8.625% Debentures due 2031		Texaco Capital Inc.		881685AX9 /US881685AX97		NA		November 15, 2031		$108		1.250% due 8/15/2031		1.598%		85		$1,549.33
15		4.200% Notes due 2049		Chevron U.S.A. Inc.		166756AX4 /US166756AX48		April 15, 2049		October 15, 2049		$474		2.375% due 5/15/2051		2.151%		75		$1,245.02
16		4.200% Notes due 2049		Noble Energy, Inc.		655044AR6 /US655044AR65		April 15, 2049		October 15, 2049		$26		2.375% due 5/15/2051		2.151%		75		$1,245.02
17		7.250% Notes due 2023		Chevron U.S.A. Inc.		166756AM8 /US166756AM82		NA		October 15, 2023		$90		0.250% due 09/30/2023		0.320%		18		$1,134.72
18		7.250% Notes due 2023		Noble Energy, Inc.		654894AE4 /US654894AE49		NA		October 15, 2023		$10		0.250% due 09/30/2023		0.320%		18		$1,134.72
19		3.191% Notes Due 2023		Chevron Corporation		166764AH3 /US166764AH30		March 24, 2023		June 24, 2023		$2,250		0.250% due 09/30/2023		0.320%		-2		$1,041.80
20		2.566% Notes Due 2023		Chevron Corporation		166764BK5 /US166764BK59		March 16, 2023		May 16, 2023		$750		0.250% due 09/30/2023		0.320%		-2		$1,032.26
21		3.900% Notes due 2024		Chevron U.S.A. Inc.		166756AP1 /US166756AP14		August 15, 2024		November 15, 2024		$625		0.375% due 09/15/2024		0.577%		5		$1,092.04
22		3.900% Notes due 2024		Noble Energy, Inc.		655044AH8 /US655044AH83		August 15, 2024		November 15, 2024		$25		0.375% due 09/15/2024		0.577%		5		$1,092.04
23		2.895% Notes Due 2024		Chevron Corporation		166764BT6 /US166764BT68		January 3, 2024		March 3, 2024		$1,000		0.375% due 09/15/2024		0.577%		-8		$1,053.00

(1)		Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions of the Offers described in the Offer to Purchase, if the Maximum Purchase Condition (as defined below) is not satisfied with respect to every series of Notes, Chevron will accept Notes for purchase in the order of their respective Acceptance Priority Level specified in the table above (with 1 being the highest Acceptance Priority Level and 23 being the lowest Acceptance Priority Level). It is possible that a series of Notes with a particular Acceptance Priority Level will not be accepted for purchase even if one or more series with a higher or lower Acceptance Priority Level are accepted for purchase.
(2)		For each series of Notes in respect of which a par call date is indicated, the calculation of the applicable Total Consideration has been performed taking into account such par call date.
(3)		The Total Consideration for each series of Notes (such consideration, the “Total Consideration”) payable per each $1,000 principal amount of such series of Notes validly tendered for purchase has been based on the fixed spread specified in the table above (the “Fixed Spread”) for such series of Notes, plus the yield of the specified Reference U.S. Treasury Security for that series as quoted on the Bloomberg reference page “FIT1” as of 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on October 8, 2021. See “Description of the Offers—Determination of the Total Consideration.” The Total Consideration does not include the applicable Accrued Coupon Payment as defined below), which will be payable in cash in addition to the applicable Total Consideration.

The Offers will each expire at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on October 8, 2021, unless extended or earlier terminated (such date and time with respect to an Offer, as the same may be extended with respect to such Offer, the “Expiration Date”). Notes may be validly withdrawn at any time at or prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Expiration Date, unless extended, but not thereafter, unless extended by Chevron.

For Holders who deliver a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and all other required documentation at or prior to the Expiration Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Tender Offer Documents, the deadline to validly tender Notes using the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures will be the second business day after the Expiration Date and is expected to be 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on October 13, 2021 (the “Guaranteed Delivery Date”).

The Initial Settlement Date will be the first business day after the Expiration Date and is expected to be October 12, 2021. The Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date will be the first business day after the Guaranteed Delivery Date and is expected to be October 14, 2021. Each of the Initial Settlement Date and the Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date is herein referred to as a “Settlement Date.”

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, Holders whose Notes are accepted for purchase in the Offers will receive the applicable Total Consideration for each $1,000 principal amount of such Notes in cash on the applicable Settlement Date.

In addition to the applicable Total Consideration, Holders whose Notes are accepted for purchase will receive a cash payment equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes from and including the immediately preceding interest payment date for such Notes to, but excluding, the Initial Settlement Date (the “Accrued Coupon Payment”). Interest will cease to accrue on the Initial Settlement Date for all Notes accepted in the Offers and Holders whose Notes are tendered pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures and are accepted for purchase will not receive payment of any interest for the period from and including the Initial Settlement Date.

GENERAL

This announcement is for informational purposes only. This announcement is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell any Notes or any other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The Offers are being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The Offers are 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 Offers to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offers will be deemed to have been made on behalf of the Company by the Dealer Managers or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.

No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction that would permit the possession, circulation or distribution of either this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or any material relating to us or the Notes in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, neither this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the Offers may be distributed or published, in or from any such country or jurisdiction, except in compliance with any applicable rules or regulations of any such country or jurisdiction.

Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. We believe affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy is essential to achieving a more prosperous and sustainable world. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives; and develops technologies that enhance our business and the industry. To advance a lower carbon future, we are focused on lowering the carbon intensity in our operations and growing our lower carbon businesses. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.

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Among the important factors that could cause actual results and future prospects or that could cause events or circumstances to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are: changing crude oil and natural gas prices and demand for our products, and production curtailments due to market conditions; crude oil production quotas or other actions that might be imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other producing countries; public health crises, such as pandemics) and epidemics, and any related government policies and actions; changing economic, regulatory and political environments in the various countries in which we operate; general domestic and international economic and political conditions; changing refining, marketing and chemicals margins; our ability to realize anticipated cost savings, expenditure reductions and efficiencies associated with enterprise transformation initiatives; actions of competitors or regulators; timing of exploration expenses; timing of crude oil liftings; the competitiveness of alternate-energy sources or product substitutes; technological developments; the results of operations and financial condition of our suppliers, vendors, partners and equity affiliates; the inability or failure of our joint-venture partners to fund their share of operations and development activities; the potential failure to achieve expected net production from existing and future crude oil and natural gas development projects; potential delays in the development, construction or start-up of planned projects; the potential disruption or interruption of our operations due to war, accidents, political events, civil unrest, severe weather, cyber threats, terrorist acts, or other natural or human causes beyond our control; the potential liability for remedial actions or assessments under existing or future environmental regulations and litigation; significant operational, investment or product changes undertaken or required by existing or future environmental statutes and regulations, including international agreements and national or regional legislation and regulatory measures to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions; the potential liability resulting from pending or future litigation; our future acquisitions or dispositions of assets or shares or the delay or failure of such transactions to close based on required closing conditions; the potential for gains and losses from asset dispositions or impairments; government mandated sales, divestitures, recapitalizations, taxes and tax audits, tariffs, sanctions, changes in fiscal terms or restrictions on scope of company operations; foreign currency movements compared with the U.S. dollar; material reductions in corporate liquidity and access to debt markets; the receipt of required Board authorizations to pay future dividends; the effects of changed accounting rules under generally accepted accounting principles promulgated by rule-setting bodies; our ability to identify and mitigate the risks and hazards inherent in operating in the global energy industry; and the factors set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” on pages 18 through 23 of the company’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Source: Chevron Corporation

FAQ

What are the terms of Chevron's cash purchase offers for notes on October 8, 2021?

Chevron announced cash purchase offers totaling $2.0 billion for various outstanding notes, with the offers set to expire at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 8, 2021.

How much principal amount of notes is Chevron looking to purchase?

Chevron is seeking to purchase up to $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of outstanding notes.

What is the Total Consideration for Chevron's offers?

The Total Consideration varies per series of notes and is calculated based on the yield of U.S. Treasury securities plus a fixed spread.

What is the settlement date for the accepted notes in Chevron's offers?

The Initial Settlement Date for accepted notes is expected to be October 12, 2021.

Can notes be withdrawn from Chevron's purchase offers?

Yes, notes can be validly withdrawn at any time before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, unless extended.