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Pricing Supplement dated January 6, 1995 Ruled 424(b)(3)
(To Prospectus dated November 8, 1993, and File No. 33-50883
Prospectus Supplement dated December 3, 1993
ADVANTA CORP.
Medium-Term Notes, Series A - Floating Rate
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Principal Amount: $5,000,000 Initial Interest Rate: 6.65%
Agent's Discount or Commission: $12,500 Stated Maturity Date: 1/10/97
Net Proceeds to Issuer: $4,987,500 Original Issue Date: 1/10/95
Issue Price: 100% Trade Date: 1/6/95
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Calculation Agent: The Chase Manhattan Bank Cusip No.: 00756QAZ1
(National Association)
Interest Calculation:
/X / Regular Floating Rate Note / / Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note
(Fixed Rate Commencement Date):
/ / Inverse Floating Rate Note (Fixed Interest Date):
(Fixed Interest Rate):
/ / Other Floating Rate Note (see attached)
Interest Rate Basis:
/ / CD Rate / / Commercial Paper Rate
/ / Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate / / Federal Funds Rate
/X/ LIBOR Index Currency:
/ / LIBOR Reuters / / Treasury Rate
/X/ LIBOR Telerate / / Other (see attached)
Initial Interest Reset Date: 3/15/95 Spread (+/-): +40
Interest Reset Dates: Quarterly, the third Wednesday Spread Multiplier: N/A
of March, June, September and December Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
of each year Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
Interest Payment Dates: Quarterly, the third Wednesday
of March, June, September and December
of each year
Index Maturity: 3 Month LIBOR, except for the last
Interest Reset Period commencing on the third
Wednesday of December 1996, for which the Index
Maturity shall be 1 Month LIBOR.
Day Count Convention:
/ / 30/360 for the period from to
/X / Actual/360 for the period from 1/10/95 to 1/10/97
/ / Actual/Actual for the period from to
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Redemption:
/X / The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
/ / The Notes may be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
Initial Redemption Date:
Initial Redemption Percentage: _____%
Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction: ____% until Redemption
Percentage is 100% of the principal amount.
Repayment:
/X / The Notes cannot be repaid prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
/ / The Notes can be repaid prior to the Stated Maturity Date at the option of the holder of the Notes.
Optional Repayment Date(s):
Repayment Price: ________%
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Currency:
Specified Currency: U.S. dollars
(If other than U.S. dollars, see attached)
Minimum Denominations:
(Applicable only if Specified Currency is other than U.S. dollars)
Original Issue Discount:
/ / Yes / X/ No
Total Amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial Accrual Period:
Form:
/X / Book Entry / / Certificated
Agent acting in the capacity as indicated below:
/ X/ Agent / / Principal
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If as Principal:
/ / The Notes are being offered at varying prices related to
prevailing market prices at the time of resale.
/ / The Notes are being offered at a fixed initial public
offering price of _____% of principal amount.
If as Agent:
The Notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering price
of 100% of principal amount.
/X/ Other Provisions: See Attachment 1.
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/ / Merrill Lynch & Co.
/X / CS First Boston
/ / Salomon Brothers Inc
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ATTACHMENT 1
The following discussion supplements and, to the extent inconsistent
with, replaces the discussion contained in the accompanying Prospectus
Supplement under the heading "United States Taxation--Tax Consequences to
United States Holders--Original Issue Discount Notes".
On January 27, 1994, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued final
Treasury regulations (the "OID Regulations") under the original issue discount
provisions of the Code. The OID Regulations, which replaced certain proposed
issue discount regulations that were issued on December 21, 1992, generally
apply to debt instruments issued on or after April 4, 1994. In addition, tax
payers may rely on the OID Regulations for debt instruments issued after
December 21, 1992.
Under the OID Regulations, the issue price of an issue of Notes equals
the first price at which a substantial amount of such Notes has been sold. The
stated redemption price at maturity of a Note in the sum of all payments
provided by the Note other than "qualified stated interest" payments. The term
"qualified stated interest" generally means stated interest that is
unconditionally payable in cash or property (other than debt instruments of the
issuer) at least annually at a single fixed rate. In addition, under the OID
Regulations, if a Note bears interest for one or more accrual periods at a rate
below the rate applicable for the remaining term of such Note (e.g., Notes with
teaser rates or interest holidays), and if the greater of either the resulting
foregoing interest on such Note or any "true" discount on such Note (i.e., the
excess of Note's stated principal amount over its issue price) equals or
exceeds a specified de minimis amount, then the stated interest on the Note
would be treated as original issue discount rather than qualified stated
interest.
Under the OID Regulations, Floating Rate Notes and Indexed Notes
("Variable Notes") are subject to special rules whereby a Variable Note will
qualify as a "variable rate debt instrument" if (a) its issue price does not
exceed the total noncontingent principal payments due under the Variable Note
by more than a specified de minimis amount and (b) it provides for stated
interest, paid or compounded at least annually, at current values of (i) one or
more qualified floating rates, (ii) a single fixed rate and one or more
qualified floating rates, (iii) a single objective rate, or (iv) a single fixed
rate and a single objective rate that is a qualified inverse floating rate.
A "qualified floating rate" is any variable rate where variations in
the value of such rate can reasonably be expected to measure contemporaneous
variations in the cost of newly borrowed funds in the currency in which the
Variable Note is denominated. Although a multiple of a qualified floating rate
will generally not itself constitute a qualified floating rate, a variable rate
equal to the product of a qualified floating rate and a fixed multiple that is
greater than zero but not more than 1.35 will constitute a qualified floating
rate. A variable rate equal to the product of a qualified floating rate and a
fixed multiple that is greater than zero but not more than 1.35, increased or
decreased by a fixed rate, will also constitute a qualified floating rate. In
addition, under the OID Regulations, two or more qualified
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floating rates than can reasonably be expected to have approximately the same
values throughout the term of the Variable Note (e.g., two or more qualified
floating rates with values within 25 basis points of each other as determined
on the Variable Note's issue date) will be treated as a single qualified
floating rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a variable rate that would
otherwise constitute a qualified floating rate but which is subject to one or
more restrictions such as a maximum numerical limitation (i.e., a cap) or a
minimum numerical limitation (i.e., a floor) may, under certain circumstances,
fail to be treated as a qualified floating rate under the OID Regulations. An
"objective rate" is a rate that is not itself a qualified floating rate but
which is determined using a single fixed formula and which is based upon (i)
one or more qualified floating rates, (ii) one or more rates where each rate
would be a qualified floating rate for a debt instrument denominated in a
currency other than the currency in which the Variable Note is denominated,
(iii) either the yield or changes in the price of one or more items of actively
traded personal properly, or (iv) a combination of objective rates. The OID
Regulations also provide that other variable interest rates may be treated as
objective rates if so designated by the IRS in the future. Despite the
foregoing, a variable rate of interest on a Variable Note will not constitute
an objective rate if it is reasonably expected that the average value of such
rate during the first half of the Variable Note's term will be either
significantly less than or significantly greater than the average value of the
rate during the final half of the Variable Note's term. A "qualified inverse
floating rate" is any objective rate where such rate is equal to a fixed rate
minus a qualified floating rate, as long as variations in the rate can
reasonably be expected to inversely reflect contemporaneous variations in the
cost of newly borrowed funds. The OID Regulations also provide that if a
Variable Note provides for stated interest at a fixed rate for an initial
period of less than one year followed by a variable rate that is either a
qualified floating rate or an objective rate and if the variable rate on the
Variable Note's issue date is intended to approximate the fixed rate (e.g., the
value of the variable rate on the issue date does not differ from the value of
the fixed rate by more than 25 basis points), then the fixed rate and the
variable rate together will constitute either a single qualified floating rate
or objective rate, as the case may be.
If a Variable Note that provides for stated interest at either a
single qualified floating rate or a single objective rate throughout the term
thereof qualifies as a "variable rate debt instrument" under the OID
Regulations, then any stated interest on such Note which is unconditionally
payable in cash or property (other than debt instruments of the issuer) at
least annually will constitute qualified stated interest and will be taxed
accordingly. Thus, a Variable Note that provides for stated interest at either
a single qualified floating rate or a single objective rate throughout the term
thereof and that qualifies as a "variable rate debt instrument" under the OID
Regulations will generally not be treated as having been issued with original
issue discount unless the Variable Note is issued at a "true" discount (i.e.,
at a price below the Note's stated principal amount) in excess of a specified
de minimis amount. Original issue discount on such a Variable Note arising
from "true" discount is allocated to an accrual period using the constant yield
method described above.
In general, any other Variable Note that qualifies as a "variable rate
debt instrument" will be converted into an "equivalent" fixed rate debt
instrument for purposes of determining
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the amount and accrual of original issue discount and qualified stated interest
on the Variable Note. The OID Regulations generally require that such a
Variable Note be converted into an "equivalent" fixed rate debt instrument by
substituting any qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate
provided for under the terms of the Variable Note with a fixed rate equal to
the value or the qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate, as
the case may be, as of the Variable Note's issue date. Any objective rate
(other than a qualified inverse floating rate) provided for under the terms of
the Variable Note is converted into a fixed rate that reflects the yield that
is reasonably expected for the Variable Note. In the case of a Variable Note
that qualifies as a "variable rate debt instrument" and provides for stated
interest at affixed rate in addition to either one or more qualified floating
rates or a qualified inverse floating rate, the fixed rate is initially
converted into a qualified floating rate (or a qualified inverse floating rate,
if the Variable Note provides for a qualified inverse floating rate). Under
such circumstances, the qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating
rate that replaces the fixed rate must be such that the fair market value of
the Variable Note as of the Variable Note's issue date is approximately the
same as the fair market value of an otherwise identical debt instrument that
provides for either the qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating
rate rather than the fixed rate. Subsequent to converting the fixed rate into
either a qualified floating rate or a qualified inverse floating rate, the
Variable Note is then converted into an "equivalent" fixed rate debt instrument
in the manner described above.
Once the Variable Note is converted into an "equivalent" fixed rate
debt instrument pursuant to the foregoing rules, the amount of original issue
discount and qualified stated interest, if any, are determined for the
"equivalent" fixed rate debt instrument by applying the general original issue
discount rules to the "equivalent" fixed rate debt instrument and a United
States Holder of the Variable Note will account for such original issue
discount and qualified stated interest as if the United States Holder held the
"equivalent" fixed rate debt instrument. Each accrual period appropriate
adjustments will be made to the amount of qualified stated interest or original
issue discount assumed to have been accrued or paid with respect to the
"equivalent" fixed rate debt instrument in the event that such amounts differ
from the actual amount of interest accrued or paid on the Variable Note during
the accrual period.
If a Variable Note does not qualify as a "variable rate debt
instrument" under the OID Regulations, then the Variable Note would be treated
as a contingent payment debt obligation. It is not entirely clear under
current law how a Variable note would be taxed if such Note were treated as a
contingent payment debt obligation. The proper United Stated Federal income
tax treatment of Variable Notes that are treated as contingent payment debt
obligations will be more fully described in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
Certain of the Notes (i) may be redeemable at the option of the
Company prior to their stated maturity (a "call option") and/or (ii) may be
repayable at the option of the holder prior to their stated maturity (a "put
option"). Notes containing such features may be subject to rules that differ
from the general rules discussed above. Investors intending to purchase Notes
with such features should consult their own tax advisors, since the original
issue
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discount consequences will depend, in part, on the particular terms and
features of the purchased Notes.
United States Holders may generally, upon election, include in income
all interest (including stated interest, acquisition discount, original issue
discount, de minimis original issue discount, market discount, de minimis
market discount, and unstated interest, as adjusted by any amortizable bond
premium or acquisition premium) that accrues on a debt instrument by using the
constant yield method applicable to original issue discount, subject to certain
limitations and exceptions. This election is only available for debt
instruments issued on or after April 4, 1994.
