$300 million Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
Final terms and conditions
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
Registration Statement No. 333-133026
The information herein is qualified in it entirety by reference to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement relating to the security.
July 31, 2006 |
Issuer: | Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: ITRI) | |
The Security: | Convertible senior subordinated notes | |
Offering Size: | $300 million | |
Over-allotment Option: | $45 million (15%) | |
Maturity: | August 1, 2026 (20 years) | |
Sole Bookrunner: | UBS Investment Bank | |
Co-Managers: | Canaccord Adams Inc., First Albany Capital Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |
Issue Price: | $1,000 principal amount (100%) | |
Coupon: | 2.50% coupon, payable semi-annually in arrears on August 1 and February 1 each year, beginning on February 1, 2007 | |
Conversion Premium: | 40% | |
Initial Conversion Rate: | 15.3478 | |
Initial Conversion Price: | Approximately $65.16, priced off the closing price of $46.54 on Monday, July 31, 2006 | |
Convertible into: | Cash and common stock of Itron (see Payment Upon Conversion below) | |
Call Protection: | Callable after August 1, 2011 at par | |
Investor Put Option: | On August 1, 2011 (5 years), August 1, 2016 (10 years), August 1, 2021(15 years), payable in cash | |
Conversion Rights: | (i) During any calendar quarter after the calendar quarter ending September 30, 2006, if the closing sale price of Itrons common stock, for each of 20 or more trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, exceeds 120% of the conversion price (ii) During the five consecutive business days immediately after any five consecutive trading day period in which the average trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes, was equal to or less than 98% of the average conversion value of the notes (iii) If the notes have been called for redemption by the issuer (iv) Upon specified corporate transactions (v) Any time from and including July 1, 2011 to, and including August 1, 2011 and at any time on or after August 1, 2024 | |
Payment Upon Conversion: | Upon conversion, holders will receive, per $1,000 principal amount being converted, a settlement amount that is equal to the sum of the daily settlement amounts for each of the 20 trading days during the cash settlement averaging period. The cash settlement averaging period with respect to any note means the 20 consecutive trading days beginning on, and including, the second trading day following the conversion date. The daily settlement amount, for each of the 20 trading days during the cash settlement averaging period, consists of (a) cash equal to the lesser of $50 and the daily conversion value; and (b) to the extent the daily conversion value exceeds $50, a number of whole shares equal to the excess of the daily conversion value over $50, divided by the closing sale price of Itron common stock on that trading day, subject to Itrons right to deliver cash in lieu of all or a portion of such shares. The daily conversion value on a given trading day means 1/20 of the product of the applicable conversion rate and the closing sale price of Itron common stock on that trading day | |
Contingent Interest: | Contingent interest will accrue on the notes during each six-month period from and including an interest payment date to, but excluding, the next interest payment date, commencing with the six month period beginning August 1, 2011, if the average trading price of the notes for the five consecutive trading day period preceding the first day of such six month period equals 120% or more of the principal amount of the notes The rate of contingent interest payable in respect of any such six-month interest period will equal 0.19% (0.38% payable semi-annually) of the average trading price of the notes over the measurement period that triggered the contingent interest payment. | |
Comparable Yield: | 7.375% | |
Dividend Protection: | Customary dilution protectionConversion rate adjustment upon any cash distributions, tender offers or exchange offers to holders of Itron common stock | |
Conversion Rate Adjustment Upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change: |
If a make-whole fundamental change occurs and a holder elects to convert its notes in connection with such a fundamental change, Itron will increase the applicable conversion rate for the notes surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Itron common stock (the make-whole shares). However, in the case of a public acquirer fundamental change, Itron may, in lieu of increasing the conversion rate, elect to adjust the conversion rate to reflect the exchange ratio for the transaction, in which case the securities will become convertible into shares of the public acquirers common stock. If the transaction provides the holders of Itron common stock with the right to receive more than a single type of consideration determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election, the holders of the notes, each treated as a single class, will be given a reasonable opportunity to elect the form of such consideration.
The following table sets forth the number of additional shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes that will be added to the conversion rate of the notes. The applicable prices set forth in the first column of the table below, and the number of additional shares, are subject to adjustment as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement relating to the security. |
Effective Date | |||||||||||||
Applicable Price | August 1, 2006 | August 1, 2007 | August 1, 2008 | August 1, 2009 | August 1, 2010 | August 1, 2011 | |||||||
$46.54 | 6.50 | 6.72 | 6.60 | 6.42 | 6.20 | 0.00 | |||||||
$50.00 | 5.70 | 5.86 | 5.68 | 5.42 | 5.06 | 0.00 | |||||||
$55.00 | 4.77 | 4.85 | 4.62 | 4.29 | 3.78 | 0.00 | |||||||
$60.00 | 4.03 | 4.07 | 3.81 | 3.43 | 2.83 | 0.00 | |||||||
$65.00 | 3.44 | 3.45 | 3.17 | 2.77 | 2.13 | 0.00 | |||||||
$70.00 | 2.97 | 2.95 | 2.67 | 2.26 | 1.61 | 0.00 | |||||||
$75.00 | 2.58 | 2.55 | 2.26 | 1.86 | 1.23 | 0.00 | |||||||
$80.00 | 2.26 | 2.22 | 1.93 | 1.54 | 0.96 | 0.00 | |||||||
$85.00 | 1.99 | 1.94 | 1.67 | 1.29 | 0.75 | 0.00 | |||||||
$90.00 | 1.76 | 1.71 | 1.45 | 1.09 | 0.60 | 0.00 | |||||||
$95.00 | 1.57 | 1.51 | 1.27 | 0.93 | 0.48 | 0.00 | |||||||
$100.00 | 1.40 | 1.35 | 1.11 | 0.80 | 0.40 | 0.00 | |||||||
$110.00 | 1.13 | 1.09 | 0.88 | 0.61 | 0.29 | 0.00 | |||||||
$120.00 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.70 | 0.48 | 0.22 | 0.00 | |||||||
$130.00 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.58 | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.00 | |||||||
$140.00 | 0.65 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.32 | 0.15 | 0.00 | |||||||
$150.00 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.27 | 0.13 | 0.00 | |||||||
$160.00 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.00 | |||||||
$170.00 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.00 | |||||||
$180.00 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.00 | |||||||
$190.00 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.00 | |||||||
$200.00 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
The applicable prices and additional share amounts set forth above are based on a closing sale price of $46.54 per share of Itron common stock on Monday, July 31, 2006 and an initial conversion price of approximately $65.16. If the applicable price is in excess of $200.00 per share (subject to adjustment), the conversion rate will not be increased in connection with that make-whole fundamental change. If the applicable price is less than $46.54 per share (subject to adjustment), the conversion rate will not be increased in connection with that make-whole fundamental change. The maximum conversion rate will be 21.4869 shares per $1,000 principal amount (subject to adjustment) of the notes | |||||||||
Put Upon a Fundamental Change: | If a fundamental change occurs, each holder will have the right, at its option, to require Itron to repurchase for cash all or any portion of the holders notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest | ||||||||
Ranking: | Senior subordinated | ||||||||
Guarantees: | As of the issue date of the notes, the notes will not be guaranteed by any of Itrons subsidiaries. However, Itrons obligations under the notes will be unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by any future subsidiaries that guarantee Itrons obligations under its 7.75% senior subordinated notes due 2012 or any future senior subordinated indebtedness. | ||||||||
Expected Ratings: | na | ||||||||
Form: | Registered | ||||||||
Denomination: | $1,000 and integral multiples thereof | ||||||||
Settlement: | DTC | ||||||||
Pricing Date: | Monday, July 31, 2006, after market close | ||||||||
Trade Date: | Tuesday, August 1, 2006 | ||||||||
Settlement Date: | Friday, August 4, 2006 | ||||||||
Security Codes: | CUSIP: 465741 AJ 5 ISIN: US465741AJ57 | ||||||||
Use of Proceeds: | Potential acquisitions and for general corporate purposes including capital expenditures and working capital | ||||||||
Net Proceeds to Itron (before expenses): | 97.625%, per note (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount); $292,875,000, total. | ||||||||
Underwriting: | Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, each of the underwriters has severally agreed to purchase the principal amount of notes listed next to its name in the following table:
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UBS Securities LLC |
$ | 277,500,000 | |||||||
Canaccord Adams Inc. |
$ | 7,500,000 | |||||||
First Albany Capital Inc. |
$ | 7,500,000 | |||||||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
$ | 7,500,000 | |||||||
Total |
$ | 300,000,000 | |||||||
Any notes sold by the underwriter to securities dealers may be sold at a discount from the public offering price of up to 1.425% of the principal amount of notes. Any of these securities dealers may resell any notes purchased from the underwriters to other brokers or dealers at a discount from the public offering price of up to 0.3% of the principal amount of notes.
The following table shows the per note (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of notes) and total underwriting discounts and commissions we will pay to the underwriters, assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters option to purchase up to an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of notes:
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No Exercise | Full Exercise | ||||||||
Per note |
2.375% | 2.375% | |||||||
Total |
$7,125,000 | $8,193,750 |
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus) and a related preliminary prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the base prospectus in that registration statement, the related preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the issuer has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the Securities and Exchange Commission Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling UBS Investment Bank toll free at 1-888-722-9555, extension 19423-2626.