Exhibit 1(d)(1)
Pitney Bowes Inc.
(“Issuer”)
Global Medium-Term Notes
TERMS AGREEMENT
March 4, 2008
Pitney
Bowes Inc.
World Headquarters
1 Elmcroft Road
Stamford, Connecticut 06926-0700
Attention: Helen Shan, Vice President and Treasurer
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Distribution
Agreement, dated July 6, 2005, among the Issuer and the
distributors named therein (the “Distribution
Agreement”) relating to the Issuer’s Global Medium-Term
Notes.
Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein and in the Distribution Agreement, which is
incorporated by reference herein, the Issuer hereby agrees to sell,
and the distributors named herein (the “Distributors”)
agree to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amounts
of the Issuer’s 5.60% Global Medium-Term Notes due 2018 (the
“Notes”) set forth opposite their names below.
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Principal Amount |
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of Notes |
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Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc.
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98,750,000 |
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J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc.
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98,750,000 |
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Morgan Stanley
& Co. Incorporated
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$ |
17,500,000 |
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Citigroup Global
Markets Inc.
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$ |
17,500,000 |
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Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC
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$ |
17,500,000 |
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Total
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$ |
250,000,000 |
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The terms of Notes shall be as
follows:
Principal amount: $250,000,000
Distributor’s discount or
commission: 0.65%
Net proceeds to the Issuer:
$245,582,500
Public offering price:
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The Notes are being offered at varying prices related to
prevailing market prices at the time of resale or otherwise. |
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The Notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering
price of 98.883% of the principal amount plus accrued interest, if
any, from March 7, 2008. |
Interest rate: 5.60% per annum
Original issue date: March 7,
2008
Stated Maturity: March 15,
2018
Option to extend Maturity Date:
o Yes
þ No
Renewable Note: o Yes þ No
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Initial Maturity Date: |
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Final Maturity Date: |
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15; first
coupon payment on September 15, 2008
Regular Record Dates (if other than the 15th day of November and
May): March 1 and September 1
Original Issue Discount Securities:
o Yes þ No
Issue price:
Total amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial accrual period OID:
Day count convention:
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Actual/360 |
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Actual/actual |
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30/360 |
Redemption:
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The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity. |
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The Notes can be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity – See
“Other Provisions – Make Whole Redemption”. |
Repayment:
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The Notes cannot be repaid prior to Stated Maturity. |
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The Notes can be repaid prior to Stated Maturity at the option
of the holder of the Notes. |
See “Other Provisions –
Change of Control Offer” below.
Optional repayment date(s): N/A
Optional repayment price(s):
N/A
Specified currency (if other than
U.S. dollars):
Authorized
denomination (if other than U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof): U.S. $2,000 or an integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in
excess thereof.
Additional paying agent, if
any:
Form:
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Book-entry (to be held on behalf of The Depository Trust
Company) |
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Individually certificated |
Distributor(s):
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ABN AMRO Incorporated |
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Banc of America Securities LLC |
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated |
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated |
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Others: |
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Settlement Date,
Time and Place:
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March 7, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. New
York City time at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP for the delivery
of documents; delivery of funds on March 7, 2008 in accordance
with DTC procedures for medium-term notes. |
Other Provisions:
1. Make Whole Redemption
. The Issuer may redeem the Notes, at any time in whole or from
time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of
100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed,
accrued but unpaid interest on those Notes to the redemption date,
and the Make-Whole Amount, if any, as defined below.
“Make-Whole Amount”
means, in connection with any optional redemption, the excess, if
any, of (a) the aggregate present value as of the date of such
redemption of each dollar of principal being redeemed and the
amount of interest, exclusive of interest accrued to the date of
redemption, that would have been payable in respect of each such
dollar if such redemption had not been made, determined by
discounting, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months), such principal and interest at the
Reinvestment Rate, determined on the third business day preceding
the date notice of such redemption is given, from the respective
dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable
if such redemption had not been made, to the date of redemption,
over (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being
redeemed.
“Reinvestment Rate” means
0.35% plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the heading
“Week Ending” published in the most recent Statistical
Release under the caption
“Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity,
rounded to the nearest month, corresponding to the remaining life
to maturity, as of the payment date of the principal amount of the
Notes being redeemed. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such
maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely
corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be
interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line
basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest
month. For the purposes of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the
most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of
determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used. If the format
or content of the Statistical Release changes in a manner that
precludes determination of the Treasury yield in the above manner,
then the Treasury yield shall be determined in the manner that most
closely approximates the above manner, as reasonably determined by
the Issuer.
“Statistical Release”
means the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or
any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal
Reserve System and which reports yields on actively traded United
States government securities adjusted to constant maturities, or,
if such statistical release is not published at the time of any
required determination under the Indenture dated as of
February 14, 2005 (the “Initial Indenture”),
between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as trustee, and the First
Supplemental Indenture (the “First Supplemental
Indenture”, and together with the Initial Indenture, the
“Indenture”), dated as of October 23, 2007 by and
among the Issuer, The Bank of New York, as successor trustee (the
“Trustee”) and Citibank, N.A., as resigning trustee,
then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be
designated by the Issuer.
2. Change of Control
Offer. If a change of control triggering event occurs, unless
the Issuer has exercised its option to redeem the Notes as
described above under “Make Whole Redemption”, the
Issuer will be required to make an offer (the “change of
control offer”) to each holder of the Notes to repurchase all
or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof) of that holder’s notes on the terms set forth
in the Notes. In the change of control offer, the Issuer will be
required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount of notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, on the Notes to be repurchased to the date of
repurchase (the “change of control payment”). Within
30 days following any change of control triggering event or,
at the Issuer’s option, prior to any change of control, but
after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or
may constitute the change of control, a notice will be mailed to
holders of the Notes describing the transaction that constitutes or
may constitute the change of control triggering event and offering
to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which
date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than
60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “change
of control payment date”). The notice, if mailed prior to the
date of consummation of the change of control, will state that the
offer to purchase is conditioned on the change of control
triggering event occurring on or prior to the change of control
payment date. In the event that such offer to purchase fails to
satisfy the condition in the preceding sentence, the Issuer will
cause another notice meeting the aforementioned requirements to be
mailed to holders of the Notes.
On the change of control payment
date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:
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accept for payment all notes or portions of notes properly
tendered pursuant to the change of control offer; |
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deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the change of
control payment in respect of all notes or portions of notes
properly tendered; and |
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deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the Notes
properly accepted together with an officers’ certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of notes or portions of
notes being repurchased. |
The Issuer will not be required to
make a change of control offer upon the occurrence of a change of
control triggering event if a third party makes such an offer in
the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements for an offer made by the Issuer and the third party
repurchases all notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its
offer. In addition, the Issuer will not repurchase any notes if
there has occurred and is continuing on the change of control
payment date an event of default under the Indenture, other than a
default in the payment of the change of control payment upon a
change of control triggering event.
The Issuer will comply with the
requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other
securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws
and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of
the Notes as a result of a change of control triggering event. To
the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or
regulations conflict with the change of control offer provisions of
the Notes, the Issuer will comply with those securities laws and
regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations
under the change of control offer provisions of the Notes by virtue
of any such conflict.
For purposes of the change of control
offer provisions of the Notes, the following terms will be
applicable:
“Change of control” means
the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the consummation
of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any “person”
(as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)
(other than the Issuer, any subsidiary or employee benefit plan of
the Issuer or employee benefit plan of any subsidiary of the
Issuer) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting stock of the Issuer or
other voting stock into which the voting stock of the Issuer is
reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares; (2) the direct or
indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other
than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of
transactions approved by the Board of Directors as part of a single
plan, of 85% or more of the total consolidated assets of the Issuer
as shown on the Issuer’s most recent audited balance sheet,
to one or more “persons” (as that term is defined in
the Indenture) (other than the Issuer or one of the subsidiaries of
the Issuer); or (3) the first day on which a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors are not continuing directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to
involve a change of control if (1) the Issuer becomes a direct
or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (2)(A)
the direct or indirect holders of the voting stock of such holding
company immediately
following that transaction are substantially the same as the
holders of the voting stock of the Issuer immediately prior to that
transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no
person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of
this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of
more than 50% of the voting stock of such holding company.
“Change of control triggering
event” means the occurrence of both a change of control and a
rating event.
“Continuing directors”
means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of
Directors of the Issuer who (1) was a member of such Board of
Directors on the date the Notes were issued or (2) was
nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the continuing
directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time
of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific
vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Issuer in which
such member was named as a nominee for election as a director,
without objection to such nomination).
“Fitch” means Fitch
Ratings.
“Investment grade rating”
means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by
Fitch, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the
equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit
rating from any additional rating agency or rating agencies
selected by the Issuer.
“Moody’s” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Rating agencies” means
(1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if
any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or
fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons
outside of the control of the Issuer, a “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization” within the
meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act
selected by the Issuer (as certified by a resolution of the Board
of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or
S&P, or all of them, as the case may be.
“Rating event” means the
rating on the Notes is lowered by each of the rating agencies and
the Notes are rated below an investment grade rating by each of the
rating agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day
period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under
publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of
the rating agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence
of a change of control and (2) public notice of the occurrence
of a change of control or the intention of the Issuer to effect a
change of control; provided, however, that a rating event otherwise
arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will be
deemed not to have occurred in respect of a particular change of
control (and thus will not be deemed a rating event for purposes of
the definition of change of control triggering event) if the rating
agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition
would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform
the trustee in writing at the Issuer’s or its request that
the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or
circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect
of, the applicable change of
control
(whether or not the applicable change of control has occurred at
the time of the rating event).
“S&P” means Standard
& Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc.
“Voting stock” means,
with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is
used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the
capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote
generally in the election of the board of directors of such
person.
3. Terms Agreement
Supplement . This Terms Agreement is subject to additional
terms and conditions as set forth in the Terms Agreement Supplement
attached hereto as Annex A (the “Terms Agreement
Supplement”). For purposes of this Terms Agreement and the
Terms Agreement Supplement, the term “General Use Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus” shall mean the final pricing term sheet
attached hereto as Annex B that has been prepared and
delivered by the Issuer to the Distributors in connection with
their solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes.
4. Conditions . The
Distributors’ agreement to purchase the Notes hereunder is
subject to the conditions set forth in the Distribution Agreement,
as modified by the Terms Agreement Supplement and to the further
condition that they be in timely receipt of the opinions, letters,
officers’ certificate and other documents set forth in
paragraph 5 below. If for any reason the purchase by the
undersigned of the Notes is not consummated other than because of a
default by the undersigned or a failure to satisfy a condition set
forth in clause (iii), (v), (vi) or (vii) of Section 5(c)
of the Distribution Agreement, as modified by the Terms Agreement
Supplement, the Issuer shall reimburse the undersigned for all
out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the undersigned in
connection with the offering of the Notes and not otherwise
required to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 4(i) of the
Distribution Agreement and the obligations of the Issuer under
Section 4(f) of the Distribution Agreement and the respective
obligations of the Issuer and the Distributors pursuant to
Section 7 of the Distribution Agreement shall remain in
effect, in each case as modified by the Terms Agreement
Supplement.
5. Additional Documents
. On the date hereof, the accountant’s letter referred to in
Section 5(g) of the Distribution Agreement will be required to be
delivered.
At the time of delivery of the Notes,
the following will be required to be delivered: a letter from the
accountants referred to in the preceding paragraph to the effect
that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished on
the date hereof except that the specified date referred to shall be
a date not more than three business days prior to the date of
delivery; the opinions specified in Section 5(e)(i) and
(ii) of the Distribution Agreement; the certificate specified
in Section 5(f) of the Distribution Agreement; the opinion of
Sidley Austin LLP as to the matters set forth in Section 5(h) of
the Distribution Agreement; and such other documents as are
reasonably requested by us or counsel in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5(i) of the Distribution Agreement.
6. Definitions . Defined
terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in (i) the Distribution Agreement,
(ii) the Terms Agreement
Supplement, (iii) the Indenture, and (iv) the Prospectus
Supplement relating to the Notes dated July 6, 2005, as
applicable.
This Terms Agreement shall constitute
an agreement between the Issuer and the undersigned for the sale
and purchase of the Notes described herein upon the terms set forth
herein and in the Distribution Agreement.
Very truly yours,
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DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
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/s/ Ritu Ketkar |
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Ritu Ketkar |
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Director |
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/s/ Scott Flieger |
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Scott Flieger |
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Managing Director |
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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
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/s/ Robert Bottamedi |
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Robert Bottamedi |
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Vice President |
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MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
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By: |
/s/ Aron Jaroslawicz |
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Name: |
Aron Jaroslawicz |
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Executive Director |
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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By: |
/s/ Brian Bednarski |
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Name: |
Brian Bednarski |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES
(USA) LLC
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/s/ Helen Willner |
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Name: |
Helen Willner |
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Director |
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| PITNEY BOWES INC. |
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By:
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/s/ Michael Monahan |
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Name: Michael Mon |
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