Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

 

Registration No. 333-176308

 

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

 

Final Term Sheet

 

June 19, 2012

 

$500,000,000 1.50% Senior Notes due 2018
$1,250,000,000 2.70% Senior Notes due 2023

 

Issuer:

 

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Anticipated Ratings
(Moody’s / S&P / Fitch / DBRS):*

 

A1/A/A/A (Stable/Stable/Positive/Stable)

Trade Date:

 

June 19, 2012

Settlement Date:

 

June 22, 2012 (T+3)

 

 

 

1.50% Senior Notes due 2018

 

 

Principal Amount:

 

$500,000,000

Maturity:

 

February 15, 2018

Interest Payment Dates:

 

Semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15, commencing February 15, 2013

Coupon:

 

1.50% per year, accruing from June 22, 2012

Benchmark Treasury:

 

0.625% due 5/31/2017

Benchmark Treasury Yield:

 

0.715%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

 

+80 bps

Yield to Maturity:

 

1.515%

Initial Price to Public:

 

99.918% of the principal amount

Optional Redemption:

 

In whole at any time or in part from time to time, in each case prior to January 15, 2018, at the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount and (ii) the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (excluding interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement referred to below) plus 15 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On and after January 15, 2018, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 


*  Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn at any time.

 



 

CUSIP / ISIN:

 

674599CD5 / US674599CD51

 

2.70% Senior Notes due 2023

 

 

Principal Amount:

 

$1,250,000,000

Maturity:

 

February 15, 2023

Interest Payment Dates:

 

Semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15, commencing February 15, 2013

Coupon:

 

2.70% per year, accruing from June 22, 2012

Benchmark Treasury:

 

1.75% due 5/15/2022

Benchmark Treasury Yield:

 

1.628%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

 

+110 bps

Yield to Maturity:

 

2.728%

Initial Price to Public:

 

99.739% of the principal amount

Optional Redemption:

 

In whole at any time or in part from time to time, in each case prior to November 15, 2022, at the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount and (ii) the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (excluding interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement referred to below) plus 20 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On and after November 15, 2022, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

 

 

CUSIP / ISIN:

 

674599CE3 / US674599CE35

 

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

 

 

Incorporated

 

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

 

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

 

 

Co-Managers:

 

Banca IMI S.p.A.

 

 

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

 

 

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

 

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

 

 

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

 

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

 

 

PNC Capital Markets LLC

 

 

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

 

 

SG Americas Securities, LLC

 

 

SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited

 

 

Standard Chartered Bank

 

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

 

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

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 website 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 212-834-4533, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1-800-294-1322 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-326-5897.

 

This final term sheet supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 19, 2012 and accompanying prospectus dated August 15, 2011 and the documents incorporated by reference therein.

 

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