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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 9, 1998
REGISTRATION NO. 333-58389
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 7372 13-2857434
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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ONE COMPUTER ASSOCIATES PLAZA
ISLANDIA, NY 11788
(516) 342-5224
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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STEVEN M. WOGHIN, ESQ.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
ONE COMPUTER ASSOCIATES PLAZA
ISLANDIA, NY 11788
(516) 342-5224
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
OF
AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPY TO:
SCOTT F. SMITH, ESQ.
HOWARD, SMITH & LEVIN
1330 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
(212) 841-1000
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO THE
PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration
Statement.
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If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box. / /
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. / / ____________
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / / ____________
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a),
MAY DETERMINE.
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PROSPECTUS
EXCHANGE OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING
6 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2003
6 3/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2005
6 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2008
OF
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 PM, NEW YORK CITY TIME
ON AUGUST 17, 1998, UNLESS EXTENDED.
Computer Associates International Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Computer
Associates" or the "Company"), hereby offers (the "Exchange Offer"), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Prospectus and the
accompanying Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal"), to exchange
with the holders thereof up to (i) $575,000,000 of its Series B 6 1/4% Senior
Notes due 2003 (the "Exchange Notes due 2003") for a like principal amount of
its outstanding 6 1/4% Senior Notes due 2003 (the "Outstanding Notes due 2003",
which are part of the same series as the Exchange Notes due 2003), (ii)
$825,000,000 of its Series B 6 3/8% Senior Notes due 2005 (the "Exchange Notes
due 2005") for a like principal amount of its outstanding 6 3/8% Senior Notes
due 2005 (the "Outstanding Notes due 2005", which are part of the same series as
the Exchange Notes due 2005), and (iii) $350,000,000 of its Series B 6 1/2%
Senior Notes due 2008 (the "Exchange Notes due 2008" and with the Exchange Notes
due 2003 and the Exchange Notes due 2008, collectively, the "Exchange Notes")
for a like principal amount of its outstanding 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2008 (the
"Outstanding Notes due 2008", which are part of the same series as the Exchange
Notes due 2008, and with the Outstanding Notes due 2003 and the Outstanding
Notes due 2005, collectively, the "Outstanding Notes"), which Exchange Notes
have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), pursuant to a Registration Statement (as defined herein) of
which this Prospectus constitutes a part. The Exchange Notes and the Outstanding
Notes are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "Notes." The terms of
the Exchange Notes of each series are identical in all material respects to the
Outstanding Notes of the corresponding series except for certain transfer
restrictions and registration rights relating to the Outstanding Notes and
except that, if Computer Associates has not filed a Registration Statement
covering the Exchange Notes, caused such registration statement to become
effective and consummated the Exchange Offer or caused a Shelf Registration
Statement (as defined herein) with respect to resales of the Outstanding Notes
to be declared effective within certain time periods, then Additional Interest
(as defined herein) on the Outstanding Notes will be payable until the
consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement. The Outstanding Notes were issued on April 24, 1998,
pursuant to an offering (the "Original Offering") exempt from registration under
the Securities Act.
The Exchange Notes due 2003 will mature on April 15, 2003, the Exchange
Notes due 2005 will mature on April 15, 2005 and the Exchange Notes due 2008
will mature on April 15, 2008. Interest on the Exchange Notes is payable
semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing October 15,
1998. The Exchange Notes will be unsecured obligations of the Company and will
rank PARI PASSU in right of payment with all other existing and future unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company.
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SEE "CERTAIN FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 13 OF THIS PROSPECTUS FOR A
DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY HOLDERS WHO TENDER
THEIR OUTSTANDING NOTES IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS JULY 10, 1998.
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The Exchange Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of
the Company, at any time or from time to time, at a redemption price equal to
the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Exchange Notes to be
redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled
Payments (as defined herein) thereon, discounted at the Treasury Rate (as
defined herein) plus 12.5 basis points in the case of the Exchange Notes due
2005 and 15 basis points in the case of the Exchange Notes due 2008, plus in
each case accrued interest to the date of redemption. See "Description of the
Notes-- Optional Redemption."
Computer Associates will accept for exchange any and all Outstanding Notes
that are validly tendered and not withdrawn on or prior to 5:00 PM, New York
City time, on the date the Exchange Offer expires (the "Expiration Date"), which
will be August 17, 1998, unless the Exchange Offer is extended. Tenders of
Outstanding Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 PM, New York City
time, on the Expiration Date. The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any
minimum principal amount of Outstanding Notes being tendered for exchange.
Outstanding Notes may be tendered only in integral multiples of $1,000. See "The
Exchange Offer."
In the event that the Exchange Offer is consummated, any Outstanding Notes
of any series that remain outstanding after consummation of the Exchange Offer
and the Exchange Notes of such series issued in the Exchange Offer will vote
together as a single class for purposes of determining whether holders of the
requisite percentage in outstanding principal amount thereof have taken certain
actions or exercised certain rights under the Indenture (as defined below), as
amended and supplemented from time to time, relating to the Notes.
For each Outstanding Note of any series accepted for exchange, the holder of
such Outstanding Note will receive an Exchange Note of such series having a
principal amount equal to that of the surrendered Outstanding Note. Holders
whose Outstanding Notes are accepted for exchange will not receive accrued
interest thereon on the date of exchange. Instead, interest on the Exchange
Notes will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid
on the Outstanding Notes surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has
been paid on the Outstanding Notes, from April 24, 1998. See "The Exchange
Offer--Interest on the Exchange Notes."
The Exchange Notes are being offered hereunder in order to satisfy certain
obligations of Computer Associates contained in the Registration Rights
Agreement (as defined herein). See "Prospectus Summary--Consequences of Not
Exchanging Outstanding Notes" for a discussion of the Company's belief, based on
interpretations by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, as to
the transferability of the Exchange Notes upon satisfaction of certain
conditions.
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant
to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The Letter of Transmittal
states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer
will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of
the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from
time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of
Exchange Notes received in exchange for Outstanding Notes acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities. Computer Associates has agreed that for a period of 180 days after
the Expiration Date, it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer
for use in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes. See "Plan of
Distribution." However, a broker-dealer which acquired Outstanding Notes for its
own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities
(an "Original Issue Participating Broker-Dealer"), and which intends to use this
Prospectus in connection with the resale of Exchange Notes received in exchange
for Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer must notify the Company, or
cause the Company to be notified, on or prior to the Expiration Date, that it is
an Original Issue Participating Broker-Dealer. Such notice may be given in the
space provided for that purpose in the Letter of Transmittal or may be delivered
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to the Exchange Agent (as defined herein) at the addresses set forth herein
under "The Exchange Offer-- Exchange Agent." Any Original Issue Participating
Broker-Dealer which acquired Outstanding Notes directly from the Company or
which is an "affiliate" of the Company will not be permitted or entitled to
tender such Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer and must comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale transaction. See "Certain Factors--Consequences of
Failure to Exchange and Requirements for Transfer of Exchange Note."
In such regard, each Original Issue Participating Broker-Dealer which
surrenders Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be deemed to
have agreed, by execution of the Letter of Transmittal, that upon receipt of
notice from the Company of the occurrence of (i) any event or the discovery of
any fact that makes any statement contained or incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that causes this Prospectus to omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained or
incorporated by reference herein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, or (ii) certain other events specified in the
Registration Rights Agreement, such Original Issue Participating Broker-Dealer
will suspend the use of this Prospectus until the Company has amended or
supplemented this Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and has
furnished copies of the amended or supplemented Prospectus to such Original
Issue Participating Broker-Dealer, or the Company has given notice that the use
of this Prospectus may be resumed, as the case may be. If the Company gives such
notice to suspend the use of this Prospectus, it shall extend the 180-day period
referred to above during which Original Issue Participating Broker-Dealers are
entitled to use this Prospectus in connection with the resale of Exchange Notes
by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the
giving of such notice to and including the date when Original Issue
Participating Broker-Dealers shall have received copies of the amended or
supplemented Prospectus necessary to permit resales of the Exchange Notes or to
and including the date on which the Company has given notice that the use of
this Prospectus may be resumed, as the case may be.
The Company will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the
Exchange Notes offered hereby. No dealer-manager is being used in connection
with the Exchange Offer. See "Use of Proceeds" and "Plan of Distribution."
Holders whose Outstanding Notes are not tendered and accepted in the
Exchange Offer will continue to hold such Outstanding Notes and will be entitled
to all the rights and preferences and will be subject to the limitations
applicable thereto under the indenture governing the Outstanding Notes and the
Exchange Notes. FOLLOWING CONSUMMATION OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER, THE HOLDERS OF
OUTSTANDING NOTES WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECT TO THE EXISTING RESTRICTIONS UPON
TRANSFER THEREOF AND, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, COMPUTER ASSOCIATES WILL HAVE
NO FURTHER OBLIGATION TO SUCH HOLDERS TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF THE OUTSTANDING NOTES HELD BY THEM.
There is no established trading market for the Exchange Notes. Computer
Associates does not currently intend to list the Exchange Notes on any
securities exchange or to seek approval for quotation through any automated
quotation system. Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to the development
or liquidity of any market for the Exchange Notes, or the ability of holders of
the Exchange Notes to sell their Exchange Notes or the price at which such
holders may be able to sell their Exchange Notes. Although Credit Suisse First
Boston Corporation, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., BancAmerica Robertson Stephens,
Chase Securities Inc. and NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC (each an
"Initial Purchaser" and collectively, the "Initial Purchasers") have informed
Computer Associates that they intend to make a market in the Exchange Notes,
they are not obligated to do so, and any market-making with respect to the
Exchange Notes may be discontinued at any time without notice.
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Computer Associates will pay all of the expenses incident to the Exchange
Offer. In the event Computer Associates terminates the Exchange Offer and does
not accept for exchange any Outstanding Notes, Computer Associates will promptly
return the Outstanding Notes to the holders thereof. See "The Exchange Offer."
This Prospectus contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") that are based on the beliefs of, and
assumptions made by, the Company's management as well as information currently
available to the Company's management. Discussions containing such
forward-looking statements may be found under the heading "Prospectus
Summary--The Company" as well as within this Prospectus (including the documents
incorporated by reference herein) generally. In addition, when used in this
Prospectus, the words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate" and "expect" and the
negatives thereof and analogous or similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of the
Company's management with respect to future events and are subject to certain
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions
include, without limitation, risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to
global economic conditions, market acceptance of competing technologies, the
availability and cost of new computer software products, the Company's ability
to maintain or increase market share in its core business while expanding its
product base into other markets, the Company's ability to maintain existing
relationships with customers, the Company's ability to recruit and retain
qualified personnel, the strength of the Company's distribution channels, the
Company's ability to effectively manage fixed and variable expense growth
relative to revenue growth, possible disruptions resulting from organizational
changes and the Company's ability to effectively integrate acquired products and
operations. Persons reading this Prospectus are cautioned that such statements
are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In
evaluating such statements, readers should carefully consider the various
factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from
those indicated by such forward-looking statements. The Company expressly
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions
to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in
events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
The Company's principal executive office is located at One Computer
Associates Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788 and its telephone number is (516) 342-5224.
The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol "CA."
CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THIS OFFERING MAY ENGAGE IN TRANSACTIONS
THAT STABILIZE, MAINTAIN OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE NOTES, INCLUDING
OVER-ALLOTMENT, STABILIZING AND SHORT-COVERING TRANSACTIONS IN SUCH NOTES, AND
THE IMPOSITION OF A PENALTY BID, IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING. FOR A
DESCRIPTION OF THESE ACTIVITIES, SEE "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION."
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act
and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Commission. Reports, proxy statements and other information
filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the informational
requirements of the Exchange Act may be inspected and copied at the public
reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C., and at
the Commission's regional offices located at Seven World Trade Center, 13th
Floor, New York, New York 10048; and Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street
(Suite 1400), Chicago, Illinois 60661; and copies of such material may be
obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates, or through the World Wide Web
site (http://www.sec.gov) that the Commission maintains which contains reports,
proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants
that file electronically with the Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and
other information may also be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York, on which the Company's
Common Stock is listed.
This Prospectus constitutes a part of a Registration Statement filed by
Computer Associates with the Commission under the Securities Act. This
Prospectus omits certain of the information contained in the Registration
Statement in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission.
Reference is hereby made to the Registration Statement and related exhibits for
further information with respect to Computer Associates and the Exchange Notes.
Statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document are not
necessarily complete and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of
such document filed as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise
filed with the Commission. Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by
such reference.
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company (File No.
0-10180) are incorporated by reference in this Prospectus:
(a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March
31, 1998 (the "1998 Annual Report"); and
(b) the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on April 23, 1998.
All documents and reports subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Prospectus and prior to the termination of the Exchange Offer shall be deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
Computer Associates will furnish without charge to each person, including
any beneficial owner of any Notes, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon
the written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all the documents
incorporated herein by reference, other than exhibits to such documents unless
such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents, and
any other documents specifically identified herein as incorporated by reference
into this Prospectus or into such other documents. Requests should be addressed
to the Company at One Computer Associates Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788, Attention:
Investor Relations; Telephone: (516) 342-5224.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in
conjunction with, the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this
Prospectus and the consolidated financial statements, including the notes
thereto, incorporated by reference herein.
THE COMPANY
The Company designs, develops, markets, licenses and supports standardized
computer software products for use with a broad range of desktop, midrange and
mainframe computers. The Company has maintained independence from hardware
manufacturers and is able to offer its products for use on many hardware
platforms including, among others, IBM, Hewlett-Packard Company, Sun
Microsystems Inc., Data General Corp. and Compaq Computer Corporation (including
the Digital Equipment and Tandem Computer companies). The Company offers over
500 enterprise systems management, information management and business
applications solutions to a broad spectrum of organizations. Computer Associates
does not sell or transfer title to its products to its clients. The products are
licensed on a "right to use" basis pursuant to license agreements.
Computer Associates' software solutions manage complex, heterogeneous
systems upon which businesses depend. The Company's products enable clients to
use their total data processing resources, hardware, software and personnel more
efficiently. Many of the Company's products provide tools to measure and improve
computer hardware and software performance. The Company's independence from
hardware vendors enables clients to use the latest technologies while preserving
their substantial investments in hardware, software and staff expertise.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998, the Company reported record
revenues of $4.7 billion and net income of $1.2 billion (24.8% of revenues).
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Under the Company's 1995 Key Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the "1995 Stock
Plan"), 20.25 million restricted shares of the Company's common stock were
granted to three of its key executives. All these shares became fully vested and
no longer subject to forfeiture when the Company's stock price achieved the
required target in May 1998. In connection therewith, a one-time, pre-tax charge
of approximately $1.1 billion will be reflected in the fiscal quarter ended June
30, 1998. Pursuant to the 1995 Stock Plan, in June 1998, the Company withheld
and paid taxes of approximately $400 million owed by the executives in
connection with the vesting of such 20.25 million shares. As provided in the
1995 Stock Plan, such payment by the Company was in exchange for a reduction to
the number of shares issued from the number of shares granted. As a result,
approximately 14.74 million shares were issued to the executives.
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Securities Offered................ Up to (i) $575,000,000 principal amount of Exchange
Notes due 2003, (ii) $825,000,000 principal amount of
Exchange Notes due 2005 and (iii) $350,000,000 principal
amount of Exchange Notes due 2008, all of which have
been registered under the Securities Act. The terms of
the Exchange Notes of each series are identical in all
material respects to the corresponding Outstanding Notes
of the same series except for certain transfer
restrictions and registration rights relating to the
Outstanding Notes and except that, if Computer
Associates has not filed a Registration Statement
covering the Exchange Notes, caused such registration
statement to become effective and consum- mated the
Exchange Offer or caused a Shelf Registration Statement
with respect to resales of the Outstanding Notes to be
declared effective within certain time periods, then
Additional Interest on the Outstanding Notes will be
payable until the consummation of the Exchange Offer or
the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement.
The Exchange Offer................ $1,000 principal amount of Exchange Notes of each series
will be issued in exchange for each $1,000 principal
amount of Outstanding Notes of the same series validly
tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange
Offer. As of the date hereof, $1.75 billion in aggregate
principal amount of Outstanding Notes is outstanding.
Computer Associates will issue the Exchange Notes to
tendering holders of Outstanding Notes as promptly as
possible after the Expiration Date.
Expiration of Exchange Offer...... 5:00 PM, New York City time, on the Expiration Date,
unless the Exchange Offer is extended, in which case the
term "Expiration Date" means the latest date and time to
which the Exchange Offer is extended. See "The Exchange
Offer--Terms of the Exchange Offer; Period for Tendering
Outstanding Notes."
Conditions to the Exchange
Offer........................... The Exchange Offer will not be subject to any
conditions, other than that (i) the Exchange Offer does
not violate applicable law or any applicable
interpretation of the staff of the Commission and (ii)
there is no injunction, order or decree issued by any
court or any governmental agency that would prohibit,
prevent or otherwise materially impair the ability of
Computer Associates to proceed with the Exchange Offer.
There can be no assurance that any such conditions will
not occur. Holders of Outstanding Notes will have
certain rights against Computer Associates under the
Registration Rights Agreement should Computer Associates
fail to consummate the Exchange Offer. See "The Exchange
Offer--Certain Conditions to the Exchange Offer."
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Procedures for Tendering
Outstanding Notes............... Each holder of Outstanding Notes wishing to accept the
Exchange Offer must complete, sign and date the Letter
of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof or an Agent's
Message (as defined below) in lieu thereof), in
accordance with the instructions contained herein and
therein, and mail or otherwise deliver such Letter of
Transmittal (or such facsimile or such Agent's Message),
together with any other required documentation, to The
Chase Manhattan Bank in its capacity as the Exchange
Agent at the address set forth herein and therein. See
"The Exchange Offer--Procedures for Tendering." By
executing the Letter of Transmittal or by causing an
Agent's message to be delivered, each holder will
represent to Computer Associates that, among other
things, (i) the Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to the
Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course
of business of the person receiving such Exchange Notes,
whether or not such person is the holder, (ii) neither
the holder nor any such other person has an arrangement
or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of such Exchange Notes and (iii) neither
the holder nor any such other person is an "affiliate,"
as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of
Computer Associates or, if an "affiliate," such holder
will comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the
extent applicable.
Special Procedures for Beneficial
Holders......................... Any beneficial holder whose Outstanding Notes are
registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial
bank, trust company or other nominee and who wishes to
tender in the Exchange Offer should contact such
registered holder promptly and instruct such registered
holder to tender on its behalf. If such beneficial
holder wishes to tender on its own behalf, such
beneficial holder must, prior to completing and
executing the Letter of Transmittal and delivering its
Outstanding Notes, either make appropriate arrangements
to register ownership of the Outstanding Notes in such
holder's name or obtain a properly completed bond power
from the registered holder. See "The Exchange
Offer--Procedures for Tendering."
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.... Holders of Outstanding Notes who wish to tender their
Outstanding Notes and whose Outstanding Notes are not
immediately available or who cannot deliver their
Outstanding Notes (or who cannot complete the procedure
for book-entry transfer on a timely basis) and a
properly completed Letter of Transmittal or any other
documents required by the Letter of Transmittal to the
Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date may tender
their Outstanding Notes according to the guaranteed
delivery procedures set forth in "The Exchange Offer--
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures."
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Withdrawal Rights................. Tenders of Outstanding Notes may be withdrawn at any
time prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time, on the
Expiration Date. See "The Exchange Offer--Withdrawal of
Tenders."
Acceptance of Outstanding Notes
and Delivery of Exchange
Notes........................... Subject to certain conditions (as summarized above in
"Conditions to the Exchange Offer" and described more
fully under "The Exchange Offer--Certain Conditions to
the Exchange Offer"), Computer Associates will accept
for exchange any and all Outstanding Notes which are
properly tendered in the Exchange Offer and not validly
withdrawn prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time, on the
Expiration Date. The Exchange Notes issued pursuant to
the Exchange Offer will be delivered promptly following
the Expiration Date. See "The Exchange Offer--Terms of
the Exchange Offer; Period for Tendering Outstanding
Notes."
Certain Tax Considerations........ The exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer should not
be a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. See
"Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations."
Exchange Agent.................... The Chase Manhattan Bank, the Trustee under the
Indenture, is serving as exchange agent (the "Exchange
Agent") in connection with the Exchange Offer. The
address of the Exchange Agent is: 55 Water Street, Room
234, North Building, New York, NY 10041, Attention:
Carlos Esteves. For information with respect to the
Exchange Offer, the telephone number for the Exchange
Agent is (212) 638-0828 and the facsimile number for the
Exchange Agent is (212) 638-7375 or (212) 344-9367.
Use of Proceeds................... There will be no cash proceeds payable to Computer
Associates from the issuance of the Exchange Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer. See "Use of Proceeds."
Certain Factors................... For a description of certain factors that should be
considered by holders who tender their Outstanding Notes
in the Exchange Offer, see "Certain Factors."
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CONSEQUENCES OF NOT EXCHANGING OUTSTANDING NOTES
Holders of Outstanding Notes who do not exchange their Outstanding Notes for
Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will continue to be subject to the
provisions in the Indenture regarding transfer and exchange of the Outstanding
Notes and the restrictions on transfer of such Outstanding Notes as set forth in
the legend thereon as a consequence of the issuance of the Outstanding Notes
pursuant to exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. In
general, the Outstanding Notes may not be offered or sold, unless registered
under the Securities Act, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws. Computer Associates does not currently anticipate that it will register
Outstanding Notes under the Securities Act subsequent to the Exchange Offer.
Based on interpretations by the staff of the Commission, as set forth in
no-action letters issued to third parties, Computer Associates believes that
Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Outstanding
Notes may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by holders
thereof (other than any such holder which is an "affiliate" of Computer
Associates within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without
compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the
Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary
course of such holders' business and such holders have no arrangement with any
person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes. However,
Computer Associates does not intend to request the Commission to consider, and
the Commission has not considered, the Exchange Offer in the context of a
no-action letter and there can be no assurance that the staff of the Commission
would make a similar determination with respect to the Exchange Offer as in such
other circumstances. Each holder, other than a broker-dealer, must acknowledge
that (i) the Exchange Notes received by such holder will be acquired in the
ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the consummation of the
Exchange Offer such holder will have not engaged in, and does not intend to
engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes and has no arrangement or
understanding to participate in a distribution of Exchange Notes and (iii) such
holder is not an affiliate of Computer Associates within the meaning of Rule 405
of the Securities Act or if it is such an affiliate, that it will comply with
the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, to
the extent applicable. If any holder is an affiliate of Computer Associates or
is engaged in or intends to engage in or has any arrangement or understanding
with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant
to the Exchange Offer, such holder (i) could not rely on the applicable
interpretations of the staff of the Commission and (ii) must comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirement of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale transaction. Each broker-dealer that receives
Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Notes. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging
and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that
it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in
exchange for Outstanding Notes, where such Outstanding Notes were acquired by
such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities. Computer Associates has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after
the Expiration Date, it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer
for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution." However,
to comply with state securities laws, the Exchange Notes may not be offered or
sold in any state unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in such
state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is
complied with. The offer and sale of the Exchange Notes to "qualified
institutional buyers" (as such term is defined under Rule 144A of the Securities
Act) is generally exempt from registration or qualification under state
securities laws. Computer Associates currently does not intend to register or
qualify the sale of the Exchange Notes in any state where an exemption from
registration or qualification is required and not available. See "Certain
Factors--Consequences of Failure to Exchange and Requirements for Transfer of
Exchange Notes."
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES
The terms of the Exchange Notes of each series are identical in all material
respects to the terms of the Outstanding Notes of the same series, except for
certain transfer restrictions and registration rights relating to the
Outstanding Notes and except that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes, if
Computer Associates has not filed a Registration Statement covering the Exchange
Notes, caused such registration statement to become effective and consummated
the Exchange Offer or caused a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to
resales of the Outstanding Notes to be declared effective within certain time
periods, then Additional Interest on the Outstanding Notes will be payable until
the consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement. See "Registration Rights Agreement for Outstanding
Notes." Holders whose Outstanding Notes are accepted for exchange will not
receive accrued interest thereon on the date of exchange. Instead, interest on
the Exchange Notes will accrue from the last interest payment date on which
interest was paid on the Outstanding Notes surrendered in exchange therefor, or
if no interest has been paid on the Outstanding Notes, from April 24, 1998. See
"The Exchange Offer--Interest on the Exchange Notes."
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Securities Offered................ $575,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series B
6 1/4% Senior Notes due 2003, $825,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Series B 6 3/8% Senior Notes due
2005 and $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Series B 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2008, which have been
registered under the Securities Act, issued by Computer
Associates.
Interest.......................... Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually in cash on
April 15 and October 15, commencing on October 15, 1998.
Redemption........................ The Exchange Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company, at any time or from
time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater
of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Exchange
Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present
values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments thereon,
discounted at the Treasury Rate (as defined herein) plus
12.5 basis points in the case of the Exchange Notes due
2005 and 15 basis points in the case of the Exchange
Notes due 2008, plus in each case accrued interest to
the date of redemption. Except in accordance with the
foregoing, the Exchange Notes will not be redeemable
prior to maturity and do not have the benefit of a
sinking fund.
Ranking........................... The Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations
of the Company and rank PARI PASSU among themselves and
with all other existing and future unsecured and
unsubordinated obligations of the Company (except those
obligations preferred by operation of law). The Notes
effectively rank junior to any secured indebtedness of
the Company to the extent of the assets securing such
indebtedness and to any indebtedness of the Company's
Subsidiaries to the extent of the assets of such
Subsidiaries.
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Certain Covenants................. The Indenture contains certain covenants with respect to
Computer Associates for the benefit of the holders of
the Notes, including, among other things, covenants
limiting the incurrence of liens and mergers,
consolidations and certain sales of assets. See
"Description of the Notes--Certain Covenants."
Book-Entry; Delivery and Form..... Each series of the Exchange Notes will be represented by
one or more global Exchange Notes of such series in
definitive, fully registered form ("Global Exchange
Notes") deposited with a custodian for, and registered
in the name of a nominee of, The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC"). See "Description of the
Notes--Book-Entry; Delivery and Form."
Absence of Public Market for the
Exchange Notes.................. The Exchange Notes will be new securities for which
there currently is no market. Although the Initial
Purchasers have informed Computer Associates that they
currently intend to make a market in the Exchange Notes,
they are not obligated to do so, and any such market
making may be discontinued at any time without notice.
Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to the
development or liquidity of any market for the Exchange
Notes. Computer Associates does not intend to apply for
listing of the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange
or for quotation through the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
Exchange Offer; Registration
Rights.......................... Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, Computer
Associates has agreed to file, at its cost, a
registration statement with respect to the Exchange
Offer. The Registration Statement, of which this
Prospectus is a part, constitutes the registration
statement for the Exchange Offer. See "Registration
Rights Agreement for Outstanding Notes."
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For additional information regarding the Exchange Notes, see "Description of
the Notes" and "Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations."
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CERTAIN FACTORS
Prospective holders of the Exchange Notes should consider carefully the
following factors as well as the other information and data included in this
Prospectus before tendering their Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer.
LACK OF PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE EXCHANGE NOTES
The Outstanding Notes are currently owned by a small number of beneficial
owners. The Outstanding Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act
and are subject to significant restrictions on resale. To the extent that
Outstanding Notes are tendered and accepted in the Exchange Offer, the trading
market for the remaining untendered Outstanding Notes could be adversely
affected. The Exchange Notes will be new issues of securities for which there is
currently no trading market, and there can be no assurance regarding the future
development of a market for the Exchange Notes, or the ability of holders of the
Exchange Notes to sell their Exchange Notes or the price at which such holders
may be able to sell their Exchange Notes. Although the Initial Purchasers have
informed Computer Associates that they currently intend to make a market in the
Exchange Notes, they are not obligated to do so, and any such market making may
be discontinued at any time without notice. Accordingly, there can be no
assurance as to the development or liquidity of any market for the Exchange
Notes. Computer Associates does not intend to apply for listing of the Exchange
Notes on any securities exchange or for quotation through the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System. If the Exchange
Notes are traded after their initial issuance, they may trade at a discount from
their initial offering price, depending upon prevailing interest rates, the
market for similar securities and other factors, including general economic
conditions and the financial condition and performance of, and prospects for,
Computer Associates.
EXCHANGE OFFER PROCEDURES
Issuance of the Exchange Notes in exchange for Outstanding Notes pursuant to
the Exchange Offer will be made only after a timely receipt by Computer
Associates of Outstanding Notes, a properly completed and duly executed Letter
of Transmittal and all other required documents or an Agent's Message in lieu
thereof. Therefore, holders of the Outstanding Notes desiring to tender their
Outstanding Notes in exchange for Exchange Notes should allow sufficient time to
ensure timely delivery. Computer Associates is under no duty to give
notification of defects or irregularities with respect to the tenders of
Outstanding Notes for exchange. Outstanding Notes that are not tendered or are
tendered but not accepted will, following the consummation of the Exchange
Offer, continue to be subject to the existing restrictions on transfer thereof.
In addition, any holder of Outstanding Notes who tenders in the Exchange Offer
for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes may be
deemed to have received restricted securities and, if so, will be required to
comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction. Each broker-dealer
that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Outstanding
Notes, where the Outstanding Notes were acquired by the broker-dealer as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge
that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of those
Exchange Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO EXCHANGE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER OF EXCHANGE
NOTES
Holders of Outstanding Notes who do not exchange their Outstanding Notes for
Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will continue to be subject to the
provisions in the Indenture regarding transfer and exchange of the Outstanding
Notes and the restrictions on transfer of such Outstanding Notes as set forth in
the legend thereon as a consequence of the issuance of the Outstanding Notes
pursuant to exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. In
general, the Outstanding Notes may not be offered or sold, unless
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registered under the Securities Act, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in
a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws. Computer Associates does not currently anticipate that it will register
Outstanding Notes under the Securities Act subsequent to the Exchange Offer.
Based on interpretations by the staff of the Commission, as set forth in
no-action letters issued to third parties, Computer Associates believes that
Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Outstanding
Notes may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by holders
thereof (other than any such holder which is an "affiliate" of Computer
Associates, within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without
compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the
Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary
course of such holders' business and such holders have no arrangement with any
person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes. However,
Computer Associates does not intend to request the Commission to consider, and
the Commission has not considered, the Exchange Offer in the context of a
no-action letter and there can be no assurance that the staff of the Commission
would make a similar determination with respect to the Exchange Offer as in such
other circumstances. Each holder, other than a broker-dealer, must acknowledge
that (i) the Exchange Notes received by such holder will be acquired in the
ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the consummation of the
Exchange Offer, such holder will have not engaged in, and does not intend to
engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes and has no arrangement or
understanding to participate in a distribution of Exchange Notes and (iii) such
holder is not an affiliate of Computer Associates, within the meaning of Rule
405 of the Securities Act or if it is such an affiliate, that it will comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act, to the extent applicable. If any holder is an affiliate of Computer
Associates or is engaged in or intends to engage in or has any arrangement or
understanding with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be
acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer, such holder (i) could not rely on the
applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission and (ii) must comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery requirement of the Securities Act
in connection with any resale transaction. Each broker-dealer that receives
Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Notes. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging
and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that
it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in
exchange for Outstanding Notes, where such Outstanding Notes were acquired by
such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities. Computer Associates has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after
the Expiration Date, it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer
for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution." However,
to comply with state securities laws, the Exchange Notes may not be offered or
sold in any state unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in such
state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is
complied with. The offer and sale of the Exchange Notes to "qualified
institutional buyers" (as such term is defined under Rule 144A of the Securities
Act) is generally exempt from registration or qualification under state
securities laws. Computer Associates currently does not intend to register or
qualify the sale of the Exchange Notes in any state where an exemption from
registration or qualification is required and not available.
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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The selected consolidated financial data for each of the five years in the
period ended March 31, 1998 in the following table are derived from the
Company's audited consolidated financial statements and reflect the operations
and financial position of the Company at the dates and for the periods
indicated. The information below should be read in conjunction with
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" that is in the 1998 Annual Report and the consolidated financial
statements, including the notes thereto, and other financial data included or
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus.
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<CAPTION>
FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
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<CAPTION>
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA AND RATIOS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
Revenue:
Product revenue and other related income....................... $ 3,986 $ 3,300 $ 2,776 $ 1,903 $ 1,456
Maintenance fees............................................... 733 740 729 720 693
Total revenue................................................ 4,719 4,040 3,505 2,623 2,148
Costs and expenses:
Selling, marketing and administrative.......................... 1,751 1,465 1,368 1,051 1,001
Product development and enhancements........................... 369 318 285 233 211
Commissions and royalties...................................... 233 201 174 127 101
Depreciation and amortization.................................. 349 424 404 258 206
Interest expense, net.......................................... 143 102 71 8 2
Purchased research and development............................. -- 598 1,303 249 --
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Total costs and expenses..................................... 2,845 3,108 3,605 1,926 1,521
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Income (loss) before income taxes(1)............................. 1,874 932 (100) 697 627
Income taxes (benefit)........................................... 705 566 (44) 265 226
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Net income (loss)(1)............................................. 1,169 366 (56) 432 401
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Basic earnings (loss) per common share(1)(2)..................... $ 2.14 $ .67 $ (.10) $ .80 $ .72
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share(1)(2)................... $ 2.06 $ .64 $ (.10) $ .76 $ .69
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT END OF PERIOD):
Cash and cash equivalents...................................... $ 251 $ 143 $ 97 $ 117 $ 133
Total assets................................................... 6,706 6,084 5,016 3,269 2,492
Total debt..................................................... 1,598 2,211 1,444 294 150
Stockholders' equity........................................... 2,481 1,503 1,482 1,578 1,243
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(1) Computer Associates incurred certain non-cash purchased research and
development charges against earnings in connection with its acquisitions of
Cheyenne Software, Inc. in fiscal 1997, Legent Corporation in fiscal 1996
and The ASK Group, Inc. in fiscal 1995. Had these charges not been incurred,
the Company's net income for fiscal 1997, 1996 and 1995 would have been $964
million, $752 million and $586 million, respectively, basic earnings per
common share would have been $1.76, $1.38 and $1.08, respectively, and
diluted earnings per common share would have been $1.69, $1.32 and $1.03,
respectively.
(2) Adjusted to reflect three-for-two stock splits effective November 5, 1997,
June 19, 1996 and August 21, 1995, respectively.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth the consolidated cash and cash equivalents,
and the consolidated capitalization, of the Company (i) as of March 31, 1998 and
(ii) as of March 31, 1998 as adjusted to give effect to the sale by the Company
of the Outstanding Notes (as if such sale occurred on such date), and the
application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom. See "Use of Proceeds." This
table should be read in conjunction with the selected consolidated financial
data and the consolidated financial statements of the Company, which are
included or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus.
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<CAPTION>
MARCH 31, 1998
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ACTUAL AS ADJUSTED
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<CAPTION>
(DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and cash equivalents.................................................................. $ 251 $ 773
Long-term debt, including current maturities:
Existing $1.5 Billion Credit Facility...................................................... 1,210 --
Notes...................................................................................... -- 1,750
Discount on Notes.......................................................................... -- (8)
Other long-term debt....................................................................... 388 388
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Total long-term debt....................................................................... 1,598 2,130
Total stockholders' equity................................................................. 2,481 2,481
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Total capitalization....................................................................... $ 4,079 $ 4,611
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth the ratios of earnings to fixed charges of
the Company for the periods indicated. For the period in which earnings before
fixed charges were insufficient to cover fixed charges, the dollar amount of
coverage deficiency (in millions), instead of the ratio, is disclosed.
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<CAPTION>
FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges.................................. 10.51x 7.16x* $ (100)* 12.72x* 15.62x
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(*) The ratio of earnings to fixed charges (or coverage deficiency) for such
years reflects non-cash purchased research and development charges against
earnings associated with certain acquisitions. See "Selected Consolidated
Financial Data." Had these charges not been taken, the ratio of earnings to
fixed charges for fiscal 1997, 1996 and 1995 would have been 11.11x, 9.70x
and 16.91x, respectively.
For purposes of computing the ratios of earnings to fixed charges, earnings
represent earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed
charges, and fixed charges consist of interest expense and the portion of rents
calculated to be representative of the interest factor. The ratios of earnings
to fixed charges should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements, including the notes thereto, and other financial data included or
incorporated by reference herein. See "Information Incorporated by Reference."
THE EXCHANGE OFFER
TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER; PERIOD FOR TENDERING OUTSTANDING NOTES
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Prospectus
and in the accompanying Letter of Transmittal, Computer Associates will accept
for exchange Outstanding Notes which are properly tendered on or prior to the
Expiration Date and not withdrawn as permitted below. As used herein, the term
"Expiration Date" means 5:00 PM, New York City time, on August 17, 1998;
provided, however, that if Computer Associates, in its sole discretion, has
extended the period of time for which the Exchange
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Offer is open, the term "Expiration Date" means the latest time and date to
which the Exchange Offer is extended.
As of the date of this Prospectus, $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Notes is outstanding. This Prospectus, together with the
Letter of Transmittal, is first being sent on or about July 14, 1998, to all
registered holders of Outstanding Notes and to beneficial holders known to
Computer Associates. The Company's obligation to accept Outstanding Notes for
exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions as set
forth below under "--Certain Conditions to the Exchange Offer."
Computer Associates expressly reserves the right, at any time or from time
to time, to extend the period of time during which the Exchange Offer remains
open, and thereby delay acceptance for exchange of any Outstanding Notes, by
giving oral or written notice of such extension in the manner described below.
During any such extension, all Outstanding Notes previously tendered will remain
subject to the Exchange Offer and may be accepted for exchange by Computer
Associates. Any Outstanding Notes not accepted for exchange for any reason will
be returned without expense to the tendering holder thereof as promptly as
practicable after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.
Outstanding Notes tendered in the Exchange Offer must be in denominations of
principal amounts of $1,000 and any integral multiples thereof.
Computer Associates expressly reserves the right to amend or terminate the
Exchange Offer, and not to accept for exchange any Outstanding Notes not
theretofore accepted for exchange, upon the occurrence of any of the events
specified below under "--Certain Conditions to the Exchange Offer." Computer
Associates will give oral or written notice of any extension, amendment,
non-acceptance or termination to the holders of the Outstanding Notes as
promptly as practicable, such notice in the case of any extension to be issued
by means of press release or other public announcement no later than 9:00 AM,
New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled
Expiration Date.
INTEREST ON THE EXCHANGE NOTES
Interest on the Exchange Notes due 2003, the Exchange Notes due 2005 and the
Exchange Notes due 2008 will be payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15
of each year, commencing on October 15, 1998, at the rate of 6 1/4% per annum,
6 3/8% per annum and 6 1/2% per annum, respectively. Interest on the Exchange
Notes will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid
on the Outstanding Notes surrendered in exchange therefor, or if no interest has
been paid on the Outstanding Notes, from April 24, 1998.
PROCEDURES FOR TENDERING
To tender in the Exchange Offer, a holder must complete, sign and date the
Letter of Transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, have the signatures thereon
guaranteed if required by the Letter of Transmittal, and mail or otherwise
deliver such Letter of Transmittal or such facsimile, together with the
Outstanding Notes and any other required documents, to the Exchange Agent prior
to 5:00 PM, New York City time, on the Expiration Date (unless such tender is
being effected pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer described
below).
Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC's book-entry transfer
facility system may make book-entry delivery of the Outstanding Notes by causing
DTC to transfer such Outstanding Notes into the Exchange Agent's account and to
deliver an Agent's Message on or prior to the Expiration Date in accordance with
DTC's procedures for such transfer and delivery. If delivery of Outstanding
Notes is effected through book-entry transfer into the Exchange Agent's account
at DTC and an Agent's Message is not delivered, the Letter of Transmittal (or
facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees and any other
required documents must be transmitted to and received or confirmed by the
Exchange Agent at its addresses set forth herein under "--Exchange Agent" prior
to 5:00 PM, New York City time,
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on the Expiration Date. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO DTC IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS
PROCEDURES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT.
The term "Agent's Message" means a message, transmitted by DTC to and
received by the Exchange Agent and forming a part of a confirmation of the
book-entry tender of their Outstanding Notes into the Exchange Agent's Account
at DTC, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the
tendering participant, which acknowledgment states that such participant has
received and agrees to be bound by, and makes the representations and warranties
contained in, the Letter of Transmittal and that Computer Associates may enforce
the Letter of Transmittal against such participant.
The tender (as set forth above) by a holder of Outstanding Notes will
constitute an agreement between such holder and Computer Associates in
accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in
the Letter of Transmittal.
Delivery of all documents must be made to the Exchange Agent at its address
set forth herein. Holders may also request that their respective brokers,
dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or nominees effect such tender for
the holders.
The method of delivery of Outstanding Notes, the Letter of Transmittal and
all other required documents to the Exchange Agent is at the election and risk
of the holders. Instead of delivery by mail, it is recommended that holders use
an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, sufficient time should be
allowed to assure timely delivery. NO LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OUTSTANDING NOTES
SHOULD BE SENT TO COMPUTER ASSOCIATES.
Only a holder of Outstanding Notes may tender such Outstanding Notes in the
Exchange Offer. The term "holder" with respect to the Exchange Offer means any
person in whose name Outstanding Notes are registered on the register maintained
by the Trustee or any other person who has obtained a properly completed bond
power from the registered holder, or any person whose Outstanding Notes are held
of record by DTC who desires to deliver such Outstanding Notes by book-entry
transfer at DTC.
Any beneficial holder whose Outstanding Notes are registered in the name of
his broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who
wishes to tender should contact such registered holder promptly and instruct
such registered holder to tender on his behalf. If such beneficial holder wishes
to tender on his own behalf, such beneficial holder must, prior to completing
and executing the Letter of Transmittal and delivering his Outstanding Notes,
either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the Outstanding
Notes in such holder's name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the
registered holder. The transfer of record ownership may take considerable time.
Signatures on a Letter of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case
may be, must be guaranteed by a member firm of a registered national securities
exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., a
commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United
States or an "eligible guarantor institution" within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15
under the Exchange Act (an "Eligible Institution") unless the Outstanding Notes
tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a registered holder who has not
completed the box entitled "Special Issuance Instructions" or "Special Delivery
Instructions" on the Letter of Transmittal or (ii) for the account of an
Eligible Institution.
If the Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered
holder of any Outstanding Notes listed therein, such Outstanding Notes must be
endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers which authorize such person
to tender the Outstanding Notes on behalf of the registered holder, in either
case signed as the name of the registered holder or holders appears on the
Outstanding Notes.
If the Letter of Transmittal or any Outstanding Notes or bond powers are
signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact,
officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative
capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and unless waived by
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Computer Associates, evidence satisfactory to Computer Associates of their
authority to so act must be submitted with the Letter of Transmittal.
All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of
receipt), acceptance and withdrawal of the tendered Outstanding Notes will be
determined by Computer Associates in its sole discretion, which determination
will be final and binding. Computer Associates reserves the absolute right to
reject any and all Outstanding Notes not properly tendered or any Outstanding
Notes Computer Associates' acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel
for Computer Associates, be unlawful. Computer Associates also reserves the
absolute right to waive any irregularities or conditions of tender as to
particular Outstanding Notes. The Company's interpretation of the terms and
conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions in the Letter of
Transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any
defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Outstanding Notes must
be cured within such time as Computer Associates shall determine. Neither
Computer Associates, the Exchange Agent nor any other person shall be under any
duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders
of Outstanding Notes nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to
give such notification. Tenders of Outstanding Notes will not be deemed to have
been made until such irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Outstanding
Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to
which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be
returned without cost by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holder of such
Outstanding Notes unless otherwise provided in the Letter of Transmittal as soon
as practicable following the Expiration Date.
In addition, Computer Associates reserves the right in its sole discretion
to (a) purchase or make offers for any Outstanding Notes that remain outstanding
subsequent to the Expiration Date, or, as set forth under "--Certain Conditions
to the Exchange Offer," to terminate the Exchange Offer and (b) to the extent
permitted by applicable law, purchase Outstanding Notes in the open market, in
privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The terms of any such purchases
or offers may differ from the terms of the Exchange Offer.
By tendering, each holder of Outstanding Notes will represent to Computer
Associates that, among other things, the Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to the
Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of business of the
person receiving such Exchange Notes, whether or not such person is the holder,
that neither the holder nor any other person has an arrangement or understanding
with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes and
that neither the holder nor any such other person is an "affiliate" of Computer
Associates, within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act or, if an
affiliate, such holder or such other person will comply with the registration
and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent
applicable.
ACCEPTANCE OF OUTSTANDING NOTES FOR EXCHANGE; DELIVERY OF EXCHANGE NOTES
Upon satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to the Exchange Offer,
Computer Associates will accept, promptly after the Expiration Date, all
Outstanding Notes properly tendered and will issue the Exchange Notes promptly,
after acceptance of the Outstanding Notes. See "--Certain Conditions to the
Exchange Offer."
For purposes of the Exchange Offer, Computer Associates shall be deemed to
have accepted properly tendered Outstanding Notes for exchange when, as and if
Computer Associates has given oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange
Agent, with written confirmation of any oral notice to be given promptly
thereafter.
For each Outstanding Note accepted for exchange, the holder of such
Outstanding Notes will receive an Exchange Note having a principal amount equal
to that of the surrendered Outstanding Note. Interest on the Exchange Notes due
2003, the Exchange Notes due 2005 and the Exchange Notes due 2008 will be
payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on
October 15, 1998, at the rate of 6 1/4% per annum, 6 3/8% per annum and 6 1/2%
per annum, respectively. Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue from the
last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Outstanding Notes
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surrendered in exchange therefor, or if no interest has been paid on the
Outstanding Notes, from April 24, 1998.
In all cases, issuance of Exchange Notes for Outstanding Notes that are
accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be made only after
timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of certificates for such Outstanding Notes
and a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and all other
required documents or a timely book-entry confirmation of such Outstanding Notes
into the Exchange Agent's account at the book-entry transfer facility. If any
tendered Outstanding Notes are not accepted for any reason set forth in the
terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer or if Outstanding Notes are submitted
for a greater principal amount than the holder desired to exchange, such
unaccepted or non-exchanged Outstanding Notes will be returned without expense
to the tendering holder thereof (or, in the case of Outstanding Notes tendered
by book-entry transfer into the Exchange Agent's account at the book-entry
transfer facility pursuant to the book-entry procedures described below, such
non-exchanged Outstanding Notes will be credited to an account maintained with
such book-entry transfer facility) as promptly as practicable after the
Expiration Date.
BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER
The Exchange Agent will make a request to establish an account with respect
to the Outstanding Notes at the book-entry transfer facility for purposes of the
Exchange Offer within two business days after the date of this Prospectus, and
any financial institution that is a participant in the book-entry transfer
facility's systems may make book-entry delivery of Outstanding Notes by causing
the book-entry transfer facility to transfer such Outstanding Notes into the
Exchange Agent's account at the book-entry transfer facility in accordance with
such book-entry transfer facility's procedures for transfer. However, although
delivery of Outstanding Notes may be effected through book-entry transfer at the
book-entry transfer facility, the Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof
or an Agent's Message in lieu thereof), with any required signature guarantees
and any other required documents, must, in any case, be transmitted to and
received by the Exchange Agent at one of the addresses set forth below, under
"--Exchange Agent" on or prior to the Expiration Date or the guaranteed delivery
procedures described below must be complied with.
GUARANTEED DELIVERY PROCEDURES
Holders who wish to tender their Outstanding Notes and who cannot deliver
their Outstanding Notes, the Letter of Transmittal, or any other required
documents to the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date, or if such holder
cannot complete the procedure for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, may
effect a tender if:
(a) The tender is made through an Eligible Institution;
(b) Prior to the Expiration Date, the Exchange Agent receives from such
Eligible Institution a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery (by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery) setting forth the
name and address of the holder of the Outstanding Notes, the certificate number
or numbers of such Outstanding Notes and the principal amount of Outstanding
Notes tendered, stating that the tender is being made thereby, and guaranteeing
that, within three business days after the Expiration Date, the Letter of
Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), together with the certificate(s)
representing the Outstanding Notes to be tendered in proper form for transfer
and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, will be deposited
by the Eligible Institution with the Exchange Agent; and
(c) Such properly completed and executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile
thereof), together with the certificate(s) representing all tendered Outstanding
Notes in proper form for transfer (or confirmation of a book-entry transfer into
the Exchange Agent's account at DTC of Outstanding Notes delivered
electronically) and all other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal
are received by the Exchange Agent within three business days after the
Expiration Date.
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WITHDRAWAL OF TENDERS
Except as otherwise provided herein, tenders of Outstanding Notes may be
withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time, on the Expiration
Date.
To withdraw a tender of Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, a facsimile
transmission or letter notice of withdrawal must be received by the Exchange
Agent at its address set forth herein prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time, on
the Expiration Date. Any such notice of withdrawal must (i) specify the name of
the person having deposited the Outstanding Notes to be withdrawn (the
"Depositor"), (ii) include a statement that the Depositor is withdrawing its
election to have Outstanding Notes exchanged, and identify the Outstanding Notes
to be withdrawn (including the certificate number or numbers and principal
amount of such Outstanding Notes), (iii) be signed by the Depositor in the same
manner as the original signature on the Letter of Transmittal by which such
Outstanding Notes were tendered (including any required signature guarantees) or
be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to permit the Trustee with
respect to the Outstanding Notes to register the transfer of such Outstanding
Notes into the name of the Depositor withdrawing the tender and (iv) specify the
name in which any such Outstanding Notes are to be registered, if different from
that of the Depositor. If Outstanding Notes have been tendered pursuant to the
procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in
"--Procedures for Tendering," the notice of withdrawal must specify the name and
number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawal of Outstanding
Notes, in which case a notice of withdrawal will be effective if delivered to
the Exchange Agent by written, telegraphic, telex or facsimile transmission. All
questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt)
for such withdrawal notices will be determined by Computer Associates, whose
determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Any Outstanding Notes
so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of
the Exchange Offer and no Exchange Notes will be issued with respect thereto
unless the Outstanding Notes so withdrawn are validly retendered. Any
Outstanding Notes which have been tendered but which are not accepted for
exchange will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to such holder as
soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the
Exchange Offer. Properly withdrawn Outstanding Notes may be re-tendered by
following one of the procedures described above under "--Procedures for
Tendering" at any time prior to the Expiration Date.
CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER
The Exchange Offer is not subject to any conditions, other than that (i) the
Exchange Offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation
of the staff of the Commission and (ii) there is no injunction, order or decree
issued by any court or any governmental agency that would prohibit, prevent or
otherwise materially impair the ability of Computer Associates to proceed with
the Exchange Offer. There can be no assurance that any such condition will not
occur. Holders of Outstanding Notes will have certain rights against Computer
Associates under the Registration Rights Agreement should Computer Associates
fail to consummate the Exchange Offer.
If Computer Associates determines that it may terminate the Exchange Offer,
as set forth above, Computer Associates may (i) refuse to accept any Outstanding
Notes and return any Outstanding Notes that have been tendered to the holders
thereof, (ii) extend the Exchange Offer and retain all Outstanding Notes
tendered prior to the Expiration Date, subject to the rights of such holders of
tendered Outstanding Notes to withdraw their tendered Outstanding Notes, or
(iii) waive such termination event with respect to the Exchange Offer and accept
all properly tendered Outstanding Notes that have not been withdrawn. If such
waiver constitutes a material change in the Exchange Offer, Computer Associates
will disclose such change by means of a supplement to this Prospectus that will
be distributed to each registered holder of Outstanding Notes, and Computer
Associates will extend the Exchange Offer for a period of five to ten business
days, depending upon the significance of the waiver and the manner of disclosure
to the registered holders of the Outstanding Notes, if the Exchange Offer would
otherwise expire during such period.
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EXCHANGE AGENT
The Chase Manhattan Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, has been
appointed as Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer. Questions and requests for
assistance and inquiries for additional copies of this Prospectus or of the
Letter of Transmittal should be directed to the Exchange Agent addressed as
follows:
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BY MAIL, HAND OR OVERNIGHT COURIER FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION NUMBER
55 Water Street (212) 638-7375
Room 234, North Building or (212) 344-9367
New York, NY 10041 (FOR ELIGIBLE
Attention: INSTITUTIONS ONLY)
Carlos Esteves CONFIRM BY TELEPHONE
(IF BY MAIL, REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (212) 638-0828
RECOMMENDED)
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DELIVERY OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH
ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH
ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY OF SUCH LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
FEES AND EXPENSES
Computer Associates will not make any payments to brokers, dealers or other
persons soliciting acceptances of the Exchange Offer.
The cash expenses to be incurred in connection with the Exchange Offer will
be paid by Computer Associates and are estimated to be $625,000.
TRANSFER TAXES
Holders who tender their Outstanding Notes for exchange will not be
obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection therewith, except that holders
who instruct Computer Associates to register Exchange Notes in the name of, or
request that Outstanding Notes not tendered or not accepted in the Exchange
Offer be returned to, a person other than the registered tendering holder, will
be responsible for the payment of any applicable transfer tax thereon.
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO EXCHANGE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER OF EXCHANGE
NOTES
Holders of Outstanding Notes who do not exchange their Outstanding Notes for
Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will continue to be subject to the
provisions in the Indenture regarding transfer and exchange of the Outstanding
Notes and the restrictions on transfer of such Outstanding Notes as set forth in
the legend thereon as a consequence of the issuance of the Outstanding Notes
pursuant to exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. For
further information regarding the failure to exchange Outstanding Notes, see
"Certain Factors--Consequences of Failure to Exchange and Requirements for
Transfer of Exchange Notes."
USE OF PROCEEDS
There will be no cash proceeds to Computer Associates from the Exchange
Offer.
The Exchange Offer is intended to satisfy certain of Computer Associates'
obligations under the Purchase Agreement dated as of April 21, 1998, among the
Company and the Initial Purchasers, and the Registration Rights Agreement. In
consideration for issuing the Exchange Notes of each series contemplated in this
Prospectus, Computer Associates will receive Outstanding Notes of the same
series in like principal amount, the form and terms of which are the same as the
form and terms of the Exchange Notes
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(which they replace), except as otherwise described herein. The Outstanding
Notes surrendered in exchange for Exchange Notes will be retired and canceled
and cannot be reissued. Accordingly, issuance of the Exchange Notes will not
result in any increase or decrease in the indebtedness of Computer Associates.
The net proceeds of the Original Offering were approximately $1.73 billion.
The net proceeds from the Original Offering were used by Computer Associates to
repay all of the indebtedness outstanding (approximately $1.1 billion) under the
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1997 (the
"Existing $1.5 Billion Credit Facility"), among Computer Associates, Credit
Suisse First Boston, as administrative agent, co-agent and lender, and the other
lenders named therein and the remainder of the proceeds are being used for
working capital and other general corporate purposes, which may include future
acquisitions. The Company may reborrow any amounts repaid under the Existing
$1.5 Billion Credit Facility to repay other indebtedness or for other corporate
purposes.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
GENERAL
The Outstanding Notes were, and the Exchange Notes will be, issued under an
Indenture dated as of April 24, 1998 (the "Indenture"), between Computer
Associates and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"). The
following summary of certain provisions of the Indenture and the Notes does not
purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to, all the provisions of the Indenture and the Notes, including the
definitions of certain terms therein and those terms made a part thereof by the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"). Capitalized
terms used in this Prospectus and not otherwise defined have the meanings set
forth under "--Certain Definitions." For purposes of this summary, the term
"Company" refers only to Computer Associates International, Inc. and not to any
Subsidiary of the Company. Copies of the Indenture and the Notes are available
upon request from Computer Associates. Section references are to the Indenture
unless otherwise indicated.
TERMS OF THE NOTES
The (i) Exchange Notes due 2003, together with the Outstanding Notes due
2003, (ii) Exchange Notes due 2005, together with the Outstanding Notes due
2005, and (iii) Exchange Notes due 2008, together with the Outstanding Notes due
2008, constitute three separate series of securities under the Indenture, each
series voting separately as a class on any matter, and are limited to
$575,000,000, $825,000,000 and $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount,
respectively. The Exchange Notes due 2003 will mature on April 15, 2003, the
Exchange Notes due 2005 will mature on April 15, 2005 and the Exchange Notes due
2008 will mature on April 15, 2008 and upon surrender will be repaid at 100% of
the principal amount thereof. Principal and interest on the Exchange Notes are
payable in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars, or in such other coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts. (Exhibit A, Section 2)
The Exchange Notes due 2003, the Exchange Notes due 2005 and the Exchange
Notes due 2008 bear interest at the rate of 6 1/4%, 6 3/8% and 6 1/2% per annum,
respectively, from April 24, 1998 or from the most recent interest payment date
to which interest has been paid or provided for. Interest on the Exchange Notes
is payable semiannually on each April 15 and October 15 (each such date, an
"Interest Payment Date"), commencing on October 15, 1998, until the principal
amount has been paid or made available for payment, to holders of Notes at the
close of business on the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date.
In any case where the date of payment of the principal of or interest on the
Notes or the date fixed for redemption of the Exchange Notes shall not be a
"Business Day" (as defined below), then payment of principal or interest need
not be made on such date at such place but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the applicable
payment date or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for
the period after such date. (Section 2.6) A "Business Day"
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shall mean a day which is not, in New York City, a Saturday, Sunday, a legal
holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by
law to close. Interest on the Exchange Notes shall be calculated on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. (Section 1.1)
Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Exchange Notes will be
payable, and the Notes may be exchanged or transferred, at the office or agency
of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which
initially shall be the corporate trust office of the Trustee, at 450 West 33rd
Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10001), except that, at the option of the
Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the registered
holders of the Notes at their registered addresses. (Sections 2.3 and 4.6)
The Exchange Notes will be issued only in fully registered form, without
coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. No
service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Outstanding Notes or Exchange Notes, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith. (Rule 144A/Regulation S Appendix to the
Indenture, Section 2.3 (d)(ii)).
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Each series of the Exchange Notes is redeemable, in whole or in part, at any
time and from time to time, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price
equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Exchange Notes
to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled
Payments thereon, discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury
Rate plus 12.5 basis points in the case of the Exchange Notes due 2005 and 15
basis points in the case of the Exchange Notes due 2008, plus accrued interest
thereon to the date of redemption. (Exhibit A, Section 5).
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per
annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the
second business day immediately preceding such redemption date) of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker that would be utilized, at the time
of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term
of the Exchange Notes. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of the
Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (i)
the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third
business day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily
statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published or does not contain such prices on such business day, (a) the average
of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or (b) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such Quotations. "Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any
redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage
of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference
Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 PM, New York City time, on the third business day
preceding such redemption date.
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"Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation (and its successors) and three other nationally recognized
investment banking firms that are Primary Treasury Dealers specified from time
to time by the Company; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall
cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a
"Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another
nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Remaining Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to each Exchange Note to
be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and
interest thereon that would be due after the related redemption date but for
such redemption; provided, however, that, if such redemption date is not an
Interest Payment Date with respect to such Exchange Note, the amount of the next
succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of
interest accrued thereon to such redemption date.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but no more than 60
days before the redemption date to each holder of Exchange Notes to be redeemed.
(Section 3.3) If less than all the Exchange Notes of a series are to be
redeemed, the Exchange Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate in accordance with
methods generally used at the time of selection by fiduciaries in similar
circumstances. (Section 3.2) Unless the Company defaults in payment of the
redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue
on the Exchange Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. (Section 3.5)
Except as set forth above, the Exchange Notes are not redeemable by the
Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund.
RANKING
The Exchange Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the
Company and rank PARI PASSU among themselves and with all other existing and
future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company (except those
obligations preferred by operation of law). The Exchange Notes effectively rank
junior to any secured indebtedness of the Company to the extent of the assets
securing such indebtedness and to any indebtedness of the Company's Subsidiaries
to the extent of the assets of such Subsidiaries.
As of March 31, 1998, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the
issuance of the Outstanding Notes and the application of the estimated net
proceeds therefrom, the Company would have had approximately $2.130 billion of
total consolidated indebtedness, including $1.742 billion outstanding under the
Notes (net of $8 million discount associated with the Outstanding Notes) and
approximately $388 million of other senior indebtedness.
CERTAIN COVENANTS
Except as set forth below, the Company is not restricted by the Indenture
from incurring, assuming or becoming liable for any type of debt or other
obligations, from paying dividends or making distributions on its capital stock
or purchasing or redeeming its capital stock. The Indenture does not require the
maintenance of any financial ratios or specified levels of net worth or
liquidity. In addition, the Indenture does not contain any provision that would
require the Company to repurchase or redeem or otherwise modify the terms of any
of the Exchange Notes upon a change in control or other events involving the
Company which may adversely affect the creditworthiness of the Exchange Notes.
The Indenture contains covenants including, among others, the following:
LIMITATION ON LIENS. The Indenture provides that the Company will not
issue, incur, create, assume or guarantee, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to issue, incur, create, assume or guarantee, any debt for borrowed
money secured by a mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge or other
encumbrance ("mortgages") upon any Principal Property of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or
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upon any shares of stock or debt for borrowed money of any Restricted Subsidiary
(whether such Principal Property, shares or debt are now existing or owed or
hereafter created or acquired) without in any such case effectively providing
concurrently with the issuance, incurrence, creation, assumption or guaranty of
any such secured debt, or the grant of a mortgage with respect to any such debt,
that the Notes (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other
indebtedness of or guarantee by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
ranking equally with the Notes) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or,
at the option of the Company, prior to) such secured debt. The foregoing
restriction, however, will not apply to: (a) mortgages on property, shares of
stock or indebtedness or other assets of any corporation existing at the time
such corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; (b) mortgages on property,
shares of stock or indebtedness existing at the time of acquisition thereof by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (which may include property previously
leased by the Company and leasehold interests thereon, provided that the lease
terminates prior to or upon the acquisition) or mortgages thereon to secure the
payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof, or mortgages on
property, shares of stock or indebtedness to secure any indebtedness for
borrowed money incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 270 days after, the
latest of the acquisition thereof, or, in the case of property, the completion
of construction, the completion of improvements or the commencement of
substantial commercial operation of such property for the purpose of financing
all or any part of the purchase price thereof, such construction or the making
of such improvements; (c) mortgages to secure indebtedness owing to the Company
or to a Restricted Subsidiary; (d) mortgages existing at the date of the initial
issuance of the Notes; (e) mortgages on property of a corporation existing at
the time such corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of
the properties of a corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety
to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such mortgage was not
incurred in anticipation of such merger or consolidation or sale, lease or other
disposition; (f) mortgages in favor of the United States of America or any
State, territory or possession thereof (or the District of Columbia), or any
department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the United
States of America or any State, territory or possession thereof (or the District
of Columbia), to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to
any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose
of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of constructing
or improving the property subject to such mortgages; (g) mortgages created in
connection with a project financed with, and created to secure, a Nonrecourse
Obligation; (h) mortgages securing the Notes; or (i) extensions, renewals or
replacements of any mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through
(h) without increase of the principal of the indebtedness secured thereby;
provided, however, that any mortgages permitted by any of the foregoing clauses
(a) through (h) shall not extend to or cover any property of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, other than the property specified in
such clauses and improvements thereto. (Section 4.2)
Notwithstanding the restrictions outlined in the preceding paragraph, the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is permitted to issue, incur, create,
assume or guarantee debt secured by a mortgage which would otherwise be subject
to such restrictions, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, provided
that after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all debt so secured by
mortgages (not including mortgages permitted under clauses (a) through (i)
above) does not exceed the greater of $300,000,000 and 10% of the Consolidated
Net Assets of the Company. (Section 4.2)
LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS. The Indenture provides that
the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
enter into any sale and lease-back transaction for the sale and leasing back of
any Principal Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (except such transactions (i) entered into
prior to the Closing Date; (ii) between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary
or between Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) the rent payable pursuant to such
lease is to be reimbursed under a contract with the United States Government or
any instrumentality or agency thereof; (iv) involving leases for no longer than
three years; or (v) in which the lease for the property or asset is entered into
within 270 days after the later of the date of acquisition, completion of
construction or commencement of full operations of such property or asset),
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unless (in each case): (a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be
entitled to incur indebtedness secured by a mortgage on the Principal Property
involved in such transaction at least equal in amount to the Attributable Debt
with respect to such sale and lease-back transaction, without equally and
ratably securing the Notes, pursuant to the limitation in the Indenture on
mortgages; or (b) the proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property to be
leased are at least equal to their fair market value and the proceeds are
applied to the purchase, construction, development or acquisition of assets or
to the repayment of indebtedness of the Company. (Section 4.3)
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS
The Indenture provides that the Company may, without the consent of the
holders of any outstanding Notes, consolidate with or sell, lease or convey all
or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any other entity,
provided that (a) the Company shall be the continuing entity, or the successor
entity formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger or which
shall have received the transfer of such assets is organized under the laws of
any domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Company's obligations to pay
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all of the Notes and the due
and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions
contained in the Indenture; (b) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Event of Default under the Indenture, and no event which, after
notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become such an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing; and (c) an officers' certificate and
legal opinion covering certain of such conditions shall be delivered to the
Trustee. (Section 5.1)
The successor entity will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Indenture, but the
predecessor Company in the case of a conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all its assets will not be released from the obligation to pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes. (Section 5.1)
DEFAULTS
An Event of Default is defined in the Indenture with respect to any series
of Notes as: (i) a default in any payment of interest on any Note of such series
when due, which continues for 30 days; (ii) a default in the payment of
principal of any Note of such series when due at its Stated Maturity Date, upon
declaration or otherwise; (iii) the failure by the Company to comply with its
other agreements contained in the Indenture continuing for 90 days after written
notice as provided in the Indenture; (iv) (a) failure to make any payment at
maturity, including any applicable grace period, in respect of indebtedness,
which term as used in the Indenture means obligations (other than non-recourse
obligations or the Notes of such series) of the Company for borrowed money or
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments ("Indebtedness") in
an amount in excess of $25,000,000 and continuance of such failure or (b) a
default with respect to any Indebtedness, which default results in the
acceleration of Indebtedness in an amount in excess of $25,000,000 without such
Indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been cured,
waived, rescinded or annulled, in the case of (a) or (b) above, for a period of
30 days after written notice thereof to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of Notes of such series; provided, however, that if any such failure, default or
acceleration referred to in (a) or (b) above shall cease or be cured, waived,
rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default by reason thereof shall be
deemed likewise to have been cured; and (v) certain events in bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization involving the Company. (Section 6.1)
The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any
such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body. A
Default under one series of Notes will not necessarily be a Default under
another series. (Section 6.1)
If an Event of Default with respect to any series of the Notes occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes of such series by notice
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to the Company may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on
all the Notes of such series to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration,
such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of
Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
of the Company occurs and is continuing, the principal of and accrued interest
on all the Notes will IPSO FACTO become immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under
certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Notes of any series may rescind any such acceleration with
respect to the Notes of such series and its consequences. (Section 6.2)
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the
Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will
be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any
loss, liability or expense and then only to the extent required by the terms of
the Indenture. (Section 7.2) Except to enforce the right to receive payment of
principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder of Notes of any
series may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes of such
series unless (i) such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee notice
that an Event of Default with respect to such Notes is continuing, (ii) Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such
series shall have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders
shall have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any
loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee shall not have complied with such
request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of
security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Notes of such series shall not have given the Trustee a
direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. (Section
6.6) Subject to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes of any series are given the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Notes of such series. (Section 6.5) The Trustee, however, may
refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that
the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder
or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. (Section 6.5)
The Indenture provides that if a Default with respect to any series of Notes
occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee must mail to
each Holder of Notes of such series notice of the Default within 90 days after
it is known to the Trustee or written notice of it is received by the Trustee.
(Section 7.5) Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of,
premium (if any) or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold notice if and
so long as it in good faith determines that withholding notice is not opposed to
the interests of the Noteholders. (Section 7.5) In addition, the Company is
required to deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year, a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default
that occurred during the previous year. The Company also is required to deliver
to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of
any event which would constitute certain Defaults, their status and what action
the Company is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof. (Section 9.2)
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended with the consent
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding
of each series affected by such amendment and any past default or compliance
with any provisions with respect to any series of Notes may be waived with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of such
series then outstanding. However, without the consent of each Holder of an
outstanding Note affected, no amendment may, among other things, (i) reduce the
amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver, (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on
any Note, (iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity Date of
any Note, (iv) reduce the premium payable upon any redemption of any Note or
change the time at which any Note may be redeemed, (v) make any Note
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payable in money other than that stated in the Note, (vi) impair the right of
any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Holder's
Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder's Notes, (vii) make
any changes that would affect the ranking for the Notes in a manner adverse to
the Noteholders or (viii) make any change in the amendment provisions which
require each Holder's consent. (Section 9.2)
Without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the
Indenture to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, to provide
for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations of the Company
under the Indenture, to add guarantees or collateral security with respect to
the Notes, to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Noteholders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company, to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder or to
comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. (Section 9.1)
The consent of the Holders is not necessary under the Indenture to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent
approves the substance of the proposed amendment. (Section 9.2)
After an amendment under the Indenture becomes effective, the Company is
required to mail to the Holders of the relevant series a notice briefly
describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all
Holders of the relevant series, or any defect therein, will not impair or affect
the validity of the amendment. (Sections 9.1 and 9.2)
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes of each series for Notes of the same
series in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the
registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a
Holder to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture, including
any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected
for redemption or to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days prior
to a selection of Notes to be redeemed. The Notes will be issued in registered
form and the registered holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of such
Note for all purposes. (Section 2.3)
DEFEASANCE
With respect to any series of Notes, the Company at any time may terminate
all its of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture ("legal
defeasance"), except for certain obligations, including those respecting the
defeasance trust and obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the
Notes, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and to maintain a
registrar and paying agent in respect of the Notes. The Company at any time may
terminate its obligations with respect to any series of Notes ("covenant
defeasance") under the covenants described under "--Certain Covenants" and the
operation of the cross acceleration provision under "--Defaults." (Section 8.1)
The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its
prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. If the Company exercises its
legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes of the relevant series may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the Company
exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes of the relevant
series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause
(iii) (except for the covenants described under "--Merger, Consolidation or Sale
of Assets") or (iv) under "--Defaults" above. (Section 8.1)
In order to exercise either defeasance option, the Company must irrevocably
deposit or cause to be deposited in trust (the "defeasance trust") with the
Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment
of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will
provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay
principal and interest when
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due on all the Notes of the relevant series (except lost, stolen or destroyed
Notes which have been replaced or repaid) to maturity or redemption, as the case
may be, and must comply with certain other conditions, including delivery to the
Trustee of an opinion of counsel to the effect that holders of the Notes of such
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to federal income
tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred (and, in the
case of legal defeasance only, such opinion of counsel must be based on a ruling
of the Internal Revenue Service or other change in applicable federal income tax
law). (Section 8.2)
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
The Chase Manhattan Bank is the Trustee under the Indenture and has been
appointed by the Company as Registrar and Paying Agent with regard to the Notes.
The Trustee also serves as the trustee with respect to the 6 1/4% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures due March 15, 2002 issued by On-Line Software
International, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Company. Chase Securities Inc., an
Initial Purchaser of Notes, is an affiliate of the Trustee. See "Plan of
Distribution."
The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee,
should it become a creditor of the Company, to obtain payment of claims in
certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such
claim as security or otherwise. (Section 7.11) The Trustee will be permitted to
engage in other transactions; provided, however, if it acquires any conflicting
interest it must either eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the
Commission for permission to continue or resign. (Section 7.10)
GOVERNING LAW
The Indenture provides that it and the Notes will be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving
effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the
application of the law of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
(Section 10.8)
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
"Attributable Debt" when used in connection with a sale and lease-back
transaction involving a Principal Property shall mean, at the time of
determination, the lesser of: (a) the fair value of such property (as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company); or (b) the present
value of the total net amount of rent required to be paid under such lease
during the remaining term thereof (including any renewal term or period for
which such lease has been extended), discounted at the rate of interest set
forth or implicit in the terms of such lease or, if not practicable to determine
such rate, the weighted average interest rate per annum borne by all outstanding
securities issued under the Indenture compounded semiannually in either case as
determined by the principal accounting or financial officer of the Company. For
purposes of the foregoing definition, rent shall not include amounts required to
be paid by the lessee, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on
account of or contingent upon maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes,
assessments, water rates and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is
terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall be
the lesser of the net amount determined assuming termination upon the first date
such lease may be terminated (in which case the net amount shall also include
the amount of the penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be
paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so
terminated) or the net amount determined assuming no such termination.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Consolidated Net Assets" means as of any particular time the aggregate
amount of assets at the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter after
deducting therefrom all current liabilities except for (a) notes and loans
payable, (b) current maturities of long-term debt and (c) current maturities of
obligations under capital leases, all as set forth on the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of the
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Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or
both would be, an Event of Default.
"Holder" or "Noteholder" means, with respect to the Indenture and the Notes,
the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Nonrecourse Obligation" means indebtedness or other obligations
substantially related to (i) the acquisition of assets not previously owned by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the financing of a project
involving the development or expansion of properties of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, as to which the obligee with respect to such indebtedness
or obligation has no recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any
assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets which
were acquired with the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with
the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof).
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Principal Property" shall mean the land, land improvements, buildings and
fixtures (to the extent they constitute real property interests) (including any
leasehold interest therein) constituting the principal corporate office, any
manufacturing plant or any manufacturing facility (whether now owned or
hereafter acquired) which: (a) is owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company; (b) is located within any of the present 50 States of the United States
of America (or the District of Columbia); (c) has not been determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company not to be materially important to
the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; and (d) has a book value on the date as of which the determination is
being made in excess of 0.75% of Consolidated Net Assets of the Company as most
recently determined on or prior to such date.
"Restricted Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary which owns any Principal
Property; provided, however, that the term "Restricted Subsidiary" shall not
include (a) any Subsidiary which is principally engaged in leasing or in
financing receivables, or which is principally engaged in financing the
Company's operations outside the United States of America; or (b) any Subsidiary
less than 80% of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or
more other Subsidiaries if the common stock of such Subsidiary is traded on any
national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market or in the
over-the-counter market.
"Stated Maturity Date" means, with respect to any security, the date
specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal
of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory
redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase
of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any
contingency beyond the control of the Company unless such contingency has
occurred).
"Subsidiary" means a Person (other than an individual), a majority of the
outstanding voting stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other
equity interest, as the case may be, of which is owned or controlled, directly
or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the
Company. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock having
voting power for the election of directors, trustees or managers, as the case
may be, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has
such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or certificates
representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of
America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of
which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and
which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer's option.
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BOOK-ENTRY; DELIVERY AND FORM
The Exchange Notes of each series will be issued in the form of one or more
Global Exchange Notes. The Global Exchange Notes will be deposited with, or on
behalf of, DTC and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Except as set
forth below, the Global Exchange Notes may be transferred, in whole and not in
part, only to DTC or another nominee of DTC. Investors may hold their beneficial
interests in the Global Exchange Notes directly through DTC if they have an
account with DTC or indirectly through organizations which have accounts with
DTC.
Exchange Notes that are issued as described below under "--Certificated
Notes" will be issued in definitive form. Upon the transfer of an Exchange Note
of any series in definitive form, such Exchange Note will, unless the Global
Exchange Notes for such series have previously been exchanged for Notes in
definitive form, be exchanged for an interest in a Global Exchange Note
representing the principal amount of Notes being transferred.
DTC has advised the Company as follows: DTC is a limited-purpose trust
company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the
Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New
York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the
provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold
securities of institutions that have accounts with DTC ("participants") and to
facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among its
participants in such securities through electronic book-entry changes in
accounts of the participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement
of securities certificates. DTC's participants include securities brokers and
dealers (which may include the Initial Purchasers), banks, trust companies,
clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC's
book-entry system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers
and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with
a participant, whether directly or indirectly.
Upon the issuance of the Global Exchange Notes in exchange for the
Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, DTC will credit, on its
internal system, the respective principal amounts of the individual beneficial
interests represented by such Global Exchange Notes to the accounts of the
persons who surrendered Outstanding Notes for exchange. Ownership of beneficial
interests in the Global Exchange Notes will be limited to participants or
persons who hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial
interests in the Global Exchange Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of
that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its
nominee (with respect to interests of participants) and the records of
participants (with respect to interests of persons other than participants).
Investors may hold their interests in the Global Exchange Notes directly through
DTC if they are participants in such system, or indirectly through organizations
which are participants in such system. The laws of some jurisdictions may
require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such
securities in definitive form. Such limits and laws may impair the ability to
transfer or pledge beneficial interests in the Global Exchange Notes.
So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered holder and owner of the
Global Exchange Notes, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole legal owner and holder of the related Notes for all purposes
of such Exchange Notes and the Indenture. Except as set forth below, owners of
beneficial interests in the Global Exchange Notes will not be entitled to have
the Exchange Notes represented by the Global Exchange Notes registered in their
names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of
certificated Exchange Notes in definitive form and will not be considered to be
the owners or holders of any Exchange Notes under the Global Exchange Notes. The
Company understands that under existing industry practice, in the event an owner
of a beneficial interest in the Global Exchange Notes desires to take any action
that DTC, as the holder of the Global Exchange Notes, is entitled to take, DTC
would authorize the participants to take such action, and that the participants
would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to take such
action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning
through them.
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Payment of principal of and interest on Exchange Notes represented by the
Global Exchange Notes registered in the name of and held by DTC or its nominee
will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner
and holder of the Global Exchange Notes.
The Company expects that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of
principal of or interest on the Global Exchange Notes, will credit participants'
accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial
interests in the principal amount of the Global Exchange Notes as shown on the
records of DTC or its nominee. The Company also expects that payments by
participants to owners of beneficial interests in the Global Exchange Notes held
through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices and will be the responsibility of such participants. The
Company will not have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership
interests in the Global Exchange Notes for any Exchange Notes or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests or for any other aspect of the relationship between DTC and
its participants or the relationship between such participants and the owners of
beneficial interests in the Global Exchange Notes owning through such
participants.
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for certificated
Exchange Notes in definitive form, each Global Exchange Note may not be
transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee of DTC
to DTC or another nominee of DTC.
Although DTC has agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate
transfers of interests in the Global Exchange Notes among participants of DTC,
it is under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures, and
such procedures may be discontinued at any time. Neither the Trustee nor the
Company will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or its
participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the
rules and procedures governing their operations.
CERTIFICATED NOTES
The Exchange Notes of any series represented by the Global Exchange Notes
with respect to such series are exchangeable for certificated Notes in
definitive form of like tenor as such Notes in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and
integral multiples thereof if (i) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as DTC of such Global Exchange Notes or if at any time DTC
ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor
depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, (ii) the Company in
its discretion at any time determines not to have all of the Exchange Notes of
such series represented by such Global Exchange Notes or (iii) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing. Any Exchange Note that is exchangeable
pursuant to the preceding sentence is exchangeable for certificated Exchange
Notes issuable in authorized denominations and registered in such names as DTC
shall direct. Subject to the foregoing, the Global Exchange Notes are not
exchangeable, except for a Global Exchange Note of the same aggregate
denomination to be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Certificated
Exchange Notes will not be issued in exchange for beneficial interests in the
Global Exchange Notes in any other circumstances except as described above.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR OUTSTANDING NOTES
The Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part constitutes
the registration statement for the Exchange Offer which is the subject of the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of April 21, 1998 (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"), among the Company and the Initial Purchasers, for the
benefit of the holders of the Outstanding Notes. Holders of Exchange Notes are
not entitled to any registration rights with respect to the Exchange Notes.
The Registration Rights Agreement sets forth certain circumstances under
which the Company is required to file a shelf registration statement (the "Shelf
Registration Statement") with the Commission in lieu of a registration
statement. The Company will, in the event a Shelf Registration Statement is
filed, among other things, provide to each holder for whom such Shelf
Registration Statement was filed copies of
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the prospectus which is a part of the Shelf Registration Statement, notify each
such holder when the Shelf Registration Statement has become effective and take
certain other actions as are required to permit unrestricted resales of the
Outstanding Notes or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be. A holder selling
such Outstanding Notes or Exchange Notes pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement generally would be required to be named as a selling security holder
in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, will be
subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in
connection with such sales and will be bound by the provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement which are applicable to such holder (including
certain indemnification obligations).
If (i) by July 23, 1998, neither the Registration Statement nor the Shelf
Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC; (ii) by September 21, 1998,
neither the Exchange Offer is consummated nor the Shelf Registration Statement
is declared effective; or (iii) after either the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, such
Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or usable (subject to
certain exceptions) in connection with resales of Outstanding Notes or Exchange
Notes in accordance with and during the periods specified in the Registration
Rights Agreement (each such event referred to in clause (i) through (iii) being
herein called a "Registration Default"), additional cash interest will accrue on
the Outstanding Notes and the Exchange Notes at the rate of 0.50% per annum (the
"Additional Interest") from and including the date on which any such
Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all
Registration Defaults have been cured, calculated on the principal amount of
such Notes as of the date on which such interest is payable. Such interest is
payable in addition to any other interest payable from time to time with respect
to the Notes.
If the Company effects the Exchange Offer, it will be entitled to close the
Exchange Offer 20 business days after the commencement thereof provided that it
has accepted all Outstanding Notes theretofore validly tendered and not
withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer. Upon consummation
of the Exchange Offer, holders of Outstanding Notes will not be entitled to any
increase in the interest rate thereon or any further registration rights under
the Registration Rights Agreement, except under limited circumstances. See
"Description of the Notes."
The summary herein of certain provisions of the Registration Rights
Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Registration Rights
Agreement, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
of which this Prospectus constitutes a part.
CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following is a general discussion of the principal United States federal
income tax consequences to holders of Outstanding Notes who exchange their
Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. This
discussion is based on currently existing provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), existing, temporary and proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated thereunder, and administrative and judicial
interpretations thereof, all as in effect or proposed on the date hereof and all
of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect, or different
interpretations. This discussion is limited to holders of Outstanding Notes who
hold the Notes as capital assets, within the meaning of section 1221 of the
Code. Moreover, this discussion is for general information only and does not
address all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to holders of
Outstanding Notes and Exchange Notes in light of their personal circumstances or
to certain types of holders of Outstanding Notes and Exchange Notes (such as
certain financial institutions, insurance companies, tax-exempt entities,
dealers in securities or persons who have hedged the risk of owning a Note). In
addition, this discussion does not address any tax consequences arising under
the laws of any state, locality or foreign jurisdiction, or any estate or gift
tax considerations.
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EXCHANGE OFFER
The exchange of Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes pursuant to the
Exchange Offer should not be treated as an exchange or other taxable event for
United States Federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, there should be no
United States Federal income tax consequences to holders who exchange
Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any such
holder should have the same adjusted tax basis and holding period in the
Exchange Notes as it had in the Outstanding Notes immediately before the
exchange.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant
to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. This Prospectus, as it may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in
connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Outstanding
Notes where such Outstanding Notes were acquired as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities. Computer Associates has agreed that for
a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection
with any such resale.
Computer Associates will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange
Notes by broker-dealers or any other holder of Exchange Notes. Exchange Notes
received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer
may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-
counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on
the Exchange Notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices
prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers
or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of
commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and the purchasers of any
such Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Notes that were
received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker
or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Notes may be
deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
profit on any such resale of Exchange Notes and any commissions or concessions
received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under
the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that
it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be
deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities
Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, Computer Associates will
promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents
in the Letter of Transmittal. Computer Associates has agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
Holders of the Outstanding Notes) other than commissions or concessions of any
brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the Notes (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters with respect to the issuance of the Exchange Notes in
connection with the Exchange Offer are being passed upon for Computer Associates
by Howard, Smith & Levin, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Computer Associates International,
Inc. appearing in Computer Associates International, Inc.'s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1998, have been audited by Ernst & Young
LLP, Independent Auditors, as set forth in their report thereon incorporated
herein by reference. Such financial statements referred to above are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE
OFFER, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE
RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL, OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITY
OTHER THAN THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY, NOR DOES IT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO
SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY
IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE, OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM, IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH
OFFER OR SOLICITATION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE
HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF A TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE
HEREOF OR THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE SUCH
DATE.
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Available Information........................... 5
Information Incorporated By Reference........... 5
Prospectus Summary.............................. 6
Certain Factors................................. 13
Selected Consolidated Financial Data............ 15
Capitalization.................................. 16
Ratio of Earnings To Fixed Charges.............. 16
The Exchange Offer.............................. 16
Use of Proceeds................................. 22
Description of The Notes........................ 23
Registration Rights Agreement for Outstanding
Notes......................................... 33
Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations................................ 34
Plan of Distribution............................ 35
Legal Matters................................... 35
Experts......................................... 35
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COMPUTER ASSOCIATES
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
EXCHANGE OFFER FOR ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING
6 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2003
6 3/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2005
6 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2008
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PROSPECTUS
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 20. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation law (the "DGCL") provides
that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other
employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified
actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation--a
"derivative action"), if they acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had no
reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is
applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only
extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred
in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute
requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person
seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute
provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted
by a corporation's charter, by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder
vote, agreement or otherwise.
As permitted by Section of 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Article NINTH of the registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, provides:
"The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same may be amended and
supplemented, indemnify any and all persons who it shall have power to indemnify
under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or
other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification
provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
those indemnified may be entitled under any By-law, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such person."
The registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, also
limits the personal liability of directors for monetary damages in certain
instances and eliminates director liability for monetary damages arising from
any breach of the director's duty of care.
The registrant maintains insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the registrant, or is or was serving at
the request of the registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the registrant
would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the
provisions of the registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended.
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ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
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4.1 -- Indenture, dated as of April 24, 1998, between Computer Associates and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4(f) to Computer Associates' Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998).*
4.2 -- Form of Series B 6 1/4% Senior Note due 2003 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.3 -- Form of Series B 6 3/8% Senior Note due 2005 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.4 -- Form of Series B 6 1/2% Senior Note due 2008 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.5 -- Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 21, 1998, among Computer Associates,
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., BancAmerica
Robertson Stephens, Chase Securities Inc. and NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC
(filed as Exhibit 4(g) to Computer Associates' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 1998).*
5 -- Opinion of Howard, Smith & Levin.**
12 -- Statement regarding the computation of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges.**
23.1 -- Consent of Independent Auditors.**
23.2 -- Consent of counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
24 -- Power of Attorney of Computer Associates.**
25 -- Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 of The Chase Manhattan Bank
with respect to Computer Associates.**
99.1 -- Form of Letter of Transmittal.**
99.2 -- Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.**
99.3 -- Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
Nominees.**
99.4 -- Form of Letter to Clients.**
99.5 -- Form of Exchange Agent Agreement.**
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* Incorporated by reference.
** Previously filed as part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 22. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering
thereof.
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 20 above, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by them is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to respond to requests for
information that is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus pursuant to
Item 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of Form S-4, within one business day of receipt of such
request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other
equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed
subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement through the date
of responding to the request.
(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a
post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the
company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and
included in the Registration Statement when it became effective.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, the
registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
city of Islandia, State of New York, on July 8, 1998.
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COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ STEVEN M. WOGHIN
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Name: Steven M. Woghin, Esq.
Title: Senior Vice President and General
Counsel
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, this
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below on July 8,
1998 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
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Charles B. Wang and Director
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Ira Zar Financial and Accounting Officer
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Sanjay Kumar
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Russell M. Artzt
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Willem F.P. de Vogel
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Irving Goldstein
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Richard A. Grasso
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Shirley Strum Kenny
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Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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4.1 Indenture, dated as of April 24, 1998, between Computer Associates and The Chase Manhattan
Bank, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4(f) to Computer Associates' Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998).*
4.2 Form of Series B 6 1/4% Senior Note due 2003 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.3 Form of Series B 6 3/8% Senior Note due 2005 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.4 Form of Series B 6 1/2% Senior Note due 2008 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.5 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 21, 1998, among Computer Associates,
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., BancAmerica Robertson
Stephens, Chase Securities Inc. and NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC (filed as Exhibit
4(g) to Computer Associates' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
1998).*
5 Opinion of Howard, Smith & Levin.**
12 Statement regarding the computation of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges.**
23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors.**
23.2 Consent of counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
24 Power of Attorney of Computer Associates.**
25 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 of The Chase Manhattan Bank with
respect to Computer Associates.**
99.1 Form of Letter of Transmittal.**
99.2 Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.**
99.3 Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.**
99.4 Form of Letter to Clients.**
99.5 Form of Exchange Agent Agreement.**
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* Incorporated by reference.
** Previously filed as part of this Registration Statement.
