FWP 1 a19-20918_3fwp.htm FWP

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-222773

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, dated October 31, 2019

Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated October 31, 2019

 

 

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

Flex Ltd. (“Flex”)

Ticker:

FLEX

Expected Ratings (Moody’s/S&P)*:

Baa3/BBB-

Security Type:

SEC Registered

Securities Offered:

4.875% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “notes”)

Trade Date:

October 31, 2019

Settlement Date**:

November 7, 2019 (T+5)

Minimum Denominations:

$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

Day Count:

30/360

Fungibility:

The 4.875% Senior Notes due 2029 offered hereby will be consolidated, form a single series and be fully fungible with the $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 4.875% Senior Notes due 2029 issued on June 6, 2019. After giving effect to the issuance of the 4.875% Senior Notes due 2029 offered hereby, there will be $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2029 outstanding.

 

 

Use of Proceeds:

Flex intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include repaying, redeeming or repurchasing outstanding debt, and for working capital, capital expenditures, repurchases of our ordinary shares under Flex’s stock repurchase program and acquisitions.

 

4.875% Senior Notes due 2029

 

Principal Amount Offered:

$200,000,000

Maturity Date:

June 15, 2029

Coupon:

4.875%

Interest Payment Dates:

June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2019

First Interest Period:

The first interest period for the 4.875% Senior Notes due 2029 will be from, and including, June 6, 2019 to, but excluding, December 15, 2019. Holders who purchase notes in this offering will pay accrued interest from June 6, 2019 until the settlement date as set forth below.

 

 

Public Offering Price:

107.289% of the Principal Amount plus $4,089,583.33 of accrued interest to, but excluding November 7, 2019. The public offering price will include accrued interest from November 7, 2019 if settlement occurs after that date.

 

 

Net Proceeds (after underwriting discount but before expenses):

$213,278,000

Benchmark Treasury:

UST 1.625% due August 15, 2029

Benchmark Treasury Price/Yield:

99-14+ / 1.686%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

+225 bps

Yield to Maturity:

3.936%

Make-Whole Call:

At any time prior to March 15, 2029, at a discount rate of Treasury plus 45 basis points

Par Call:

On or after March 15, 2029

CUSIP:

33938X AA3

ISIN:

US33938XAA37

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

 

*Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn at any time.

 

**Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes prior to the second business day preceding the settlement date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+5, to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the related preliminary prospectus supplement 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 calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at 1-800-831-9146 or U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. toll-free at 1-877-558-2607.

 

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