Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-189434
$500,000,000 4.60% Senior Notes due 2043
TERM SHEET
July 25, 2013
Issuer: | The Travelers Companies, Inc. | |
Securities: | 4.60% Senior Notes due 2043 | |
Expected Ratings:* | Moodys: A2 (Stable) / S&P: A (Stable) / Fitch: A (Stable) | |
Principal Amount: | $500,000,000 | |
CUSIP: | 89417E AJ8 | |
ISIN: | US89417EAJ82 | |
Maturity Date: | August 1, 2043 | |
Public Offering Price: | 99.742% | |
Gross Proceeds: | $498,710,000 | |
Coupon: | 4.60% | |
Benchmark Treasury: | 3.125% due February 2043 | |
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield: | 90-09 / 3.666% | |
Re-offer Spread to Treasury: | + 95 bps | |
Yield-to-Maturity: | 4.616% | |
Interest Payment Dates: | Semi-annually in arrears February 1 and August 1, commencing February 1, 2014 | |
Make Whole Call: | T + 15 bps | |
Security Types: | Senior Unsecured Notes | |
Legal Format: | SEC Registered | |
Specified Currency: | U.S. Dollars | |
Trade Date: | July 25, 2013 | |
Settlement Date (T+5): | August 1, 2013 | |
Authorized Denominations: | $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | |
Joint Lead Managers: | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
Senior Co-Manager: | HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. | |
Co-Managers: | Barclays Capital Inc. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC 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 contacting Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at (800) 294-1322, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC toll-free at (866) 718-1649, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at (800) 831-9146 or U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. toll-free at (877) 558-2607.
* | Note: An explanation of the significance of ratings may be obtained from the rating agencies. Generally, rating agencies base their ratings on such material and information, and such of their own investigations, studies and assumptions, as they deem appropriate. The rating of the notes should be evaluated independently from similar ratings of other securities. A credit rating of a security is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to review, revision, suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. |
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