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• Credit agreement means a loan agreement, facility agreement, or any other type of credit agreement.
• Exchange offer is an offer to exchange one set of securities for another. It is often used for 144A private placements in the U.S. where an issue begins as a truly private deal. After a few months or years, however, the issue is then registered with the SEC, via an exchange offer, in which the original securities are exchanged for new ones. The new securities are identical in every respect to the original ones, with the exception of being registered with the SEC. This helps the liquidity of the issue.
• Indenture means the document that describes in full the terms and conditions of the securities and the relationship between the trustee on the deal and the issuer and investors. It is a separate document from the prospectus. Not all deals work with a trustee. In that case, there is no indenture. Outside the U.S., indentures are typically called "trust deeds".
• Information statement is a document that gives information about an issuer. It is not related to a securities' issue but is published as a stand-alone document.
• Investor report is a document, similar to a quarterly or interim report, that an issuer sends to shareholders and bondholders to keep them updated about the developments of the company.
• Invitation memorandum is another word for prospectus and is often used for Russian domestic deals.
• Preliminary (red herring) is a document that precedes the final prospectus. You can have many preliminary prospectuses until the final document appears. In the U.S., SEC registered preliminary prospectuses have text in red at the top of the document which is why the market calls these documents "red herrings". We use the term preliminary (red herring) for any preliminary prospectus, also the ones that are not registered with the SEC. A preliminary prospectus is also (by definition) a supplement, because it is not the final (or definitive) one.
• Pricing supplement is the document that describes the terms and conditions of a securities' issue that is launched under a programme. Pricing supplements tend to be short documents, usually one to 15 pages. Pricing supplements issued under the European Union Prospectus Directive are called final terms.
• Programme is a document that describes the universal terms and conditions that will apply to any securities issues that an issuer will make under the programme. The programme is not a securities issue in itself, but simply a document that allows an issuer to issue securities quickly without having to prepare a prospectus from scratch every time. Programmes were invented in the U.S. where they tend to be called “shelf registrations” or just “shelf”, because these documents literally sat on a shelf at the SEC.
• Prospectus means the document that an issuer publishes when issuing securities in a stand-alone offering, so not under a programme. A prospectus not only contains the terms and conditions of the securities but also includes a disclaimer, risk factors of the deal, a description of the issuer, its business, the industry, the issuer’s financial statements, taxation information for investors, and selling restrictions. A prospectus issued under the European Union Prospectus Directive must consist of a registration document and a securities note. If it concerns a retail issue, also a summary must be published. All three documents are described below.
• Registration document is part of a prospectus issued under the European Union Prospectus Directive. A registration document is similar to a programme in that it only needs to be filed once a year. The registration document is also similar to an annual report in that it gives a detailed description of the issuer, its products, industry, management, and financial statements. When an issuer decides to tap the markets, they will only need to publish a securities note which focuses more on the detailed terms and conditions of the deal rather than describing the issuer again.
• Securities note is also part of a prospectus issued under the European Union Prospectus Directive. A securities note is similar to a stand-alone prospectus. It has detailed information about all aspects of the deal but does not have to repeat what is already described in the registration document.
• Summary has to be part of a prospectus issued under the European Union Prospectus Directive and aimed at retail investors. It summarises the key terms and conditions.
• Trust deed is a document that describes in full the terms and conditions of the securities and the relationship between the trustee on the deal and the issuer and investors. It is a separate document from the prospectus. Not all deals work with a trustee. In that case, there is no trust deed. In the U.S., the trust deed is usually called indenture.