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Prudential Financial, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
12. Equity Security Units
On the date of demutualization, Prudential Financial issued 13,800,000 6.75% equity security units (the “Units”) to
the public at an offering price of $50 per Unit for gross proceeds of $690 million. The Units are traded on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PFA.” Each Unit has a stated amount of $50 and initially consists of (1) a
contract requiring the holder to purchase (the “purchase contract”), for $50, shares of Common Stock of Prudential
Financial on November 15, 2004 (the “settlement date”), and (2) a redeemable capital security of Prudential
Financial Capital Trust I (the “Trust”), a statutory business trust created under Delaware law, with a stated
liquidation amount of $50. The redeemable capital securities are initially pledged to secure the obligations of the
Unit holders to purchase Common Stock under the purchase contracts. The number of shares of Common Stock that
will be received upon settlement of the purchase contracts (the “settlement rate”) will be based upon the “applicable
market value” of the Common Stock. The “applicable market value” means the average of the closing price per
share of Common Stock on each of the twenty consecutive trading days ending on the third trading day preceding
the settlement date. If the “applicable market value” of the Common Stock is equal to or greater than $34.10, then
the settlement rate will be 1.47 shares of Common Stock per purchase contract. If the “applicable market value” of
the Common Stock is less than or equal to $27.50, then the settlement rate will be 1.82 shares of Common Stock per
purchase contract. If the “applicable market value” of the Common Stock is greater than $27.50 but less than
$34.10, the settlement rate will be equal to $50 divided by the “applicable market value” of Common Stock per
purchase contract.
At the time of issuance of the Units by Prudential Financial, the Trust also issued 426,805 shares of common
securities to Prudential Financial at a price of $50 per common security for gross proceeds of $21 million. The
combined proceeds to the Trust from the issuances of the redeemable capital securities and the common securities
(collectively, the “Trust securities”), or $711 million, were invested by the Trust in $711 million aggregate principal
amount 5.34% debentures of Prudential Financial maturing on November 15, 2006. The interest rate payable on the
debentures will be reset to, and at the time of, any reset to the distribution rate on the redeemable capital securities as
noted below. Prudential Financial may defer interest payments on the debentures; however, the payments cannot be
deferred beyond the maturity date of the debentures of November 15, 2006. Upon repayment of the debentures by
Prudential Financial to the Trust on their maturity date, the Trust will use the cash proceeds, after satisfaction of any
liabilities to creditors of the Trust, to repay the redeemable capital securities at their aggregate stated liquidation
amount plus any accrued and unpaid distributions. The Trust may not redeem the redeemable capital securities at any
other time, for any reason or under any other circumstances. The debentures represent the sole assets of the Trust and
the redeemable capital securities and common securities represent an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the
assets of the Trust. The redeemable capital securities rank equally with the common securities except that, in the
event of default by Prudential Financial on the debentures, the redeemable capital securities become senior to the
common securities. The debentures are unsecured obligations of Prudential Financial and rank equally in right of
payment to all other senior unsecured debt of Prudential Financial. Prudential Financial is dependent on dividends
and other distributions from its subsidiaries in order to make the principal and interest payments on the debentures.
Holders of the purchase contracts receive, from Prudential Financial, quarterly contract fee payments at an annual
rate of 1.41% of the stated rate of $50 per purchase contract through and including the settlement date. Prudential
Financial has the option to defer contract fee payments on the purchase contracts; however, the payments cannot be
deferred beyond the settlement date. Holders of the redeemable capital securities receive, from the Trust, quarterly
cumulative cash distributions at an annual rate of 5.34% of the stated liquidation amount of $50 per redeemable
capital security through and including August 15, 2004. The quarterly distribution rate on the redeemable capital
securities may be reset, in conjunction with a planned remarketing of the redeemable capital securities on August
15, 2004, effective for distributions and interest accrued from August 16, 2004 to November 15, 2006. If Prudential
Financial defers interest payments on the debentures as noted above, the Trust will also defer distributions on the
Trust securities. During any period in which payments are deferred on the purchase contracts or on the debentures
and Trust securities, Prudential Financial cannot declare or pay any dividends or distributions on its capital stock,
other than the Class B stock, or make certain other payments relating to the capital stock, other than the Class B
Stock, and debt of the Company that is equal to or junior to the debentures.
Prudential Financial has irrevocably guaranteed, on a senior and unsecured basis, distributions on and the stated
liquidation amount of the redeemable capital securities to the extent of available Trust funds. The guarantee is
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