Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Commences Tender Offers for Its 7.125% Notes Due 2009 and 6.125% Notes Due 2011.ATLANTA -- Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CCE CCE Cornell Cooperative Extension CCE Corporate and Continuing Education CCE Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. CCE Commission de Coopération Environnementale CCE Centre for Continuing Education CCE College of Continuing Education CCE Certified Computer Examiner ) announced that it has commenced tender offers today for any and all of its outstanding 7.125% Notes due September 30, 2009 (the "2009 Notes") and 6.125% Notes due August 15, 2011 (the "2011 Notes" and, together with the 2009 Notes, the "Notes"). The tender offers are being made upon and are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated December 13, 2005 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal Letter of Transmittal A document used by security holder to accompany certificates surrendered in an exchange or other corporate action. . Under the terms of the offers, the purchase price for each $1,000 principal amount of 2009 Notes validly tendered and accepted for payment will be based on a fixed spread of 30 basis points or 0.30% over the yield to maturity based on the bid side price of the 3.375% U.S. Treasury U.S. Treasury Created in 1798, the United States Department of the Treasury is the government (Cabinet) department responsible for issuing all Treasury bonds, notes and bills. Some of the government branches operating under the U.S. Treasury umbrella include the IRS, U.S. Note due September 15, 2009. The purchase price for each $1,000 principal amount of 2011 Notes validly tendered and accepted for payment will be based on a fixed spread of 45 basis points or 0.45% over the yield to maturity based on the bid side price of the 5% U.S. Treasury Note due August 15, 2011. The yield to maturity of the reference U.S. Treasury Notes used in the fixed spread formulas will be set at 2:00 p.m. ET, on December 20, 2005. The offers will expire at 5:00 p.m. ET, on December 20, 2005, unless the offers are extended or earlier terminated. Payment for tendered Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest up to the date of payment of such tendered Notes will be paid for in same-day funds promptly following the expiration of the offers. It is expected that payment will be made on December 21, 2005. Coca-Cola Enterprises intends to use cash on hand and from the issuance of commercial paper to pay for all Notes purchased pursuant to the offer. Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.'s are acting as Dealer Managers for the offers. The Information Agent is Global Bondholder Services Corporation, and the Depositary is JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and related offering materials are available by contacting the Information Agent at 866-488-1500. Persons with questions regarding the offers should contact Credit Suisse First Boston LLC's Liability Management Desk at either 212-538-4807 or 800-820-1653, or Deutsche Bank Securities' Liability Management Group at either 212-250-2955 or 866-627-0391. This news release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes. The offers are being made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and only in such jurisdictions as is permitted under applicable law. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. is the world's largest marketer, distributor, and producer of bottle and can liquid nonalcoholic non·al·co·hol·ic adj. A beverage usually containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. refreshment. Coca-Cola Enterprises sells approximately 80 percent of The Coca-Cola Company's bottle and can volume in North America and is the sole licensed bottler for products of The Coca-Cola Company in Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, and the Netherlands. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.'s ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol "CCE." Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains certain forward-looking statements about the tender offers. The statements are based upon Coca-Cola Enterprises' current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including the ability to satisfy the conditions to consummate the tender offers. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in Coca-Cola Enterprises' Annual Report for 2004 on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Coca-Cola Enterprises undertakes no obligation to update the information in this news release. |
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