Enogex Commences Tender Offer for up to $150 Million of its Outstanding 8.125% Senior Notes Due 2010
June 24 2009 - 10:03AM
PR Newswire (US)
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OGE Energy Corp.
(NYSE: OGE) announced today that its midstream pipeline subsidiary,
Enogex LLC, has commenced a cash tender offer for up to $150
million principal amount of its 8.125% senior notes due January
2010. The tender offer for the 8.125% senior notes due 2010 will
expire at 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 22, 2009, unless extended or
earlier terminated by Enogex (such time, as it may be extended, the
"expiration time"). The total consideration per $1,000 principal
amount of the 8.125% senior notes due 2010 validly tendered and not
withdrawn at or prior to 5:00 p.m. EDT on July 8, 2009 (the "early
tender time") will be $1,027.50, which includes an early tender
payment of $25.00 per $1,000 principal amount of 8.125% senior
notes due 2010. The early tender payment is payable only to holders
of the 8.125% senior notes due 2010 who validly tender and do not
validly withdraw their notes at or prior to the early tender time,
provided such notes are accepted for purchase by Enogex. Holders
who validly tender their 8.125% senior notes due 2010 after the
early tender time but at or prior to the expiration time will be
entitled to receive $1,002.50 per $1,000 principal amount of the
notes, provided such notes are accepted for purchase by Enogex.
Tendered notes accepted for purchase by Enogex are expected to be
retired and cancelled. Consummation of the tender offer is subject
to a number of conditions, including the completion of the sale of
a new series of senior notes (the "offering condition") as more
fully described in the Offer to Purchase dated June 24, 2009. In
addition, holders of the 8.125% senior notes due 2010 will receive
accrued and unpaid interest on any such notes tendered and accepted
for purchase by Enogex in the tender offer from the last interest
payment date to but not including the date on which the notes are
purchased which is expected to be July 23, 2009 the next business
day following the expiration time. Additional terms and conditions
of the tender offer are set forth in Enogex's Offer to Purchase
dated June 24, 2009 and the related Letter of Transmittal. Holders
of Enogex's 8.125% senior notes due 2010 are urged to read the
tender offer documents carefully before making any decision with
respect to the tender offer. Copies may be obtained from the
information agent, Global Bondholder Services Corporation, at
866-470-4200 or 212-430-3774. Enogex has retained J.P. Morgan, UBS
Investment Bank and Wachovia Securities to serve as dealer managers
for the tender offer. Questions regarding the tender offer may be
directed to J.P. Morgan at (866) 834-4666 (toll-free) or (866)
834-4802 (collect), to UBS Investment Bank (888) 719-4210
(toll-free) or (203) 719-4210 (collect) and to Wachovia Securities
at (866) 309-6316 (toll-free) or (704) 715-8341 (collect). This
press release is not a solicitation for acceptance of the tender
offer. Enogex is making the tender offer only by, and pursuant to
the terms of, the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of
Transmittal. The tender offer is not being made in any jurisdiction
in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in
compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such
jurisdiction. None of OGE Energy, Enogex, the dealer managers, or
the Information Agent makes any recommendation in connection with
the tender offer. OGE Energy is the parent company of Oklahoma Gas
and Electric Company (OG&E), which serves more than 772,000
customers in a service territory spanning 30,000 square miles in
Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and of Enogex LLC, a midstream
natural gas pipeline business with principal operations in
Oklahoma. DATASOURCE: OGE Energy Corp. CONTACT: Brian Alford,
+1-405-553-3187, or Financial, Todd Tidwell, +1-405-553-3966, both
of OGE Energy Corp. Web Site: http://www.oge.com/
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