Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
On May 22, 2020, pursuant to a Purchase Agreement with Prudential Financial,
Inc. (the "Company") and certain initial purchasers, Five Corners Funding Trust
II, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), completed the issuance and sale of
1,500,000 of its Pre-Capitalized Trust Securities redeemable May 15, 2030 (the
"P-Caps") for an aggregate purchase price of $1,500,000,000 in a private
placement pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Trust invested the proceeds from the sale of the P-Caps in a portfolio of
principal and interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities (the "Eligible
Assets"), and the Company agreed to reimburse the Trust for trustees' fees and
the Trust's other expenses in connection with the transaction.
In connection with the sale of the P-Caps, the Company entered into a facility
agreement (the "Facility Agreement") with the Trust and The Bank of New York
Mellon, as notes trustee, pursuant to which the Company has the right to issue
to the Trust, and to require the Trust to purchase from the Company, on one or
more occasions (the "Issuance Right"), up to an aggregate principal amount at
any one time outstanding of $1,500,000,000 of the Company's 2.850% Senior Notes
due May 15, 2030 (the "Senior Notes"), in exchange for all or a portion of the
Eligible Assets corresponding to the amount of the Issuance Right being
exercised at that time. The Company will pay a semi-annual facility fee to the
Trust, calculated at a rate of 2.150% per annum applied to the unexercised
portion of the Issuance Right. By agreeing to purchase the Senior Notes in
exchange for the Eligible Assets upon exercise of the Issuance Right, the Trust
will provide a source of liquid assets for the Company. The Trust will terminate
upon the redemption of all outstanding P-Caps or the earlier occurrence of
certain other events, and shall distribute any Senior Notes held at the time of
termination to the holders of the P-Caps.
The Issuance Right will be exercised automatically in full (1) if the Company
fails to pay the facility fee when due or any amount due and owing under the
trust expense reimbursement agreement or fails to purchase and pay for any
Eligible Assets that are due and not paid on their payment date, and such
failure is not cured within 30 days, or (2) upon certain bankruptcy events
involving the Company. The Company will be required to exercise the Issuance
Right in full if (1) it reasonably believes that its consolidated stockholders'
equity, determined in accordance with GAAP but excluding accumulated other
comprehensive income (or loss) and equity of non-controlling interests
attributable thereto, has fallen below $9 billion, which amount may be adjusted
from time to time upon the occurrence of certain specified events, (2) an event
of default under the indenture that governs the Senior Notes has occurred or
would have occurred had the Senior Notes been outstanding or (3) certain events
relating to the Trust's status as an "investment company" under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, have occurred. In addition, at any time
following exercise of the Issuance Right in whole or in part, other than upon an
automatic exercise or a required exercise as described in this paragraph, the
Company will have the right to repurchase any or all of the Senior Notes then
held by the Trust in exchange for Eligible Assets that entitle the Trust to
receive payments of principal and interest in the same amounts that the Trust
would have received on the Eligible Assets that it delivered to the Company upon
the exercise of the Issuance Right in respect of the Senior Notes to be so
repurchased.
The Company has the right to redeem, at its option, the Senior Notes issued to
the Trust at any time in whole or in part and, in lieu of issuing and selling
Senior Notes to the Trust pursuant to any voluntary exercise of the Issuance
Right, may elect to deliver to the Trust a cash amount equal to the redemption
price in exchange for a corresponding portion of Eligible Assets. The redemption
price of the Senior Notes being redeemed (or the amount of cash delivered in
lieu of Senior Notes) will equal the principal amount of such Senior Notes or,
if greater, a make-whole redemption price, in each case plus accrued and unpaid
interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. On the redemption (or
payment) date, the Trust will apply the redemption proceeds (or such cash
amount) to redeem P-Caps having an
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initial purchase price equal to the principal amount of such Senior Notes. The
P-Caps are to be redeemed by the Trust on May 15, 2030 or earlier upon such an
early redemption of the Senior Notes. Following any distribution of Senior Notes
to the holders of the P-Caps, the Company may similarly redeem such Senior
Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption price described above, plus
accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption.
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