PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. AIG-FP-17
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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. AIG-FP-17
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FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(2) |
DATED
MAY 30, 2007
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REGISTRATION NO. 333-106040 |
TO PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 24, 2006 |
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AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 12, 2006 |
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES AIG-FP,
CMS CURVE ACCRUAL NOTES DUE JUNE 20, 2017
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Principal Amount: U.S.$10,000,000
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Issue Date: June 20, 2007 |
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Agents Discount or Commission: None
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Stated Maturity Date: June 20, 2017 |
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Net Proceeds to Issuer: U.S.$10,000,000
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Interest Rate: For the period from
and including the Issue Date to
but excluding the Maturity Date
(whether the Stated Maturity Date
or an earlier Redemption Date),
the interest rate per annum shall
be determined as follows: (i)
8.67% per annum times (ii) N/M;
where N is the total number of
calendar days in the applicable
Interest Accrual Period that the
Reference Rate is greater than or
equal to 0.10%; and M is the
total number of calendar days in
the applicable Interest Accrual
Period. |
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For the purpose of calculating the
value of N, for each calendar
day in an Interest Accrual Period
that is not a Business Day, the
Reference Rate will revert to the
setting on the previous Business
Day. |
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Interest Payment Dates: Quarterly, on each March
20, June 20, September 20 and December 20,
commencing September 20, 2007 and ending on the
Maturity Date, subject to adjustment using the
Following Business Day Payment Convention.
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Interest Accrual Periods: The
quarterly period from and
including the day that is two
Business Days prior to the Issue
Date (in the case of the first
Interest Accrual Period) or two
Business Days prior to the
previous Period End Date, as
applicable, to but excluding the
day that is two Business Days
prior to the next Period End Date. |
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Period End Dates: Quarterly, on each March 20, June
20, September 20 and December 20, commencing on
September 20, 2007 and ending on the Maturity Date,
not subject to adjustment, whether or not such
dates are Business Days.
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Reference Rate: An amount equal to
30CMS minus 2CMS; where (i)
30CMS is the rate for U.S.
Dollar swaps with a maturity of 30
years, expressed as a percentage,
as published by the Federal
Reserve Board in the Federal
Reserve Statistical Release H.15
and reported on Reuters ISDAFIX1
or any successor page thereto at
11:00 a.m. New York time, and (ii)
2CMS is the rate for U.S. Dollar
swaps with a maturity of 2 years,
expressed as a percentage, as
published by the Federal Reserve
Board in the Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 and
reported on Reuters ISDAFIX1 or
any successor page thereto at
11:00 a.m. New York time. If
either of 2CMS or 30CMS does not
appear on Reuters Screen ISDAFIX1
on any date, such rate for such
date shall be determined as if the
parties had specified
USD-CMS-Reference Banks (as
defined below) as the rate (or
rates) that does not appear on
Reuters Screen ISDAFIX1. |
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Form: þ Book Entry o Certificated
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CUSIP No.: 02687QBZ0 |
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Specified Currency (If other than U.S. dollars): N/A
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Authorized Denominations (If other
than U.S.$1,000 and integral
multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess
thereof): N/A |
The notes are being placed through or purchased by the Agents listed below:
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Agent |
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Principal Amount |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
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U.S.$10,000,000
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Capacity:
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o Agent
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þ Principal |
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If as Agent:
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The notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering price of 100% of principal amount. |
If as Principal:
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o The notes are being offered at varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of resale. |
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þ The notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering price of 100% of principal amount. |
Redemption at Option of Issuer:
The notes will be redeemable, in whole only, at the option of the Issuer, upon written notice of a
minimum of five (5) Business Days, at 100% of the Principal Amount, on September 20, 2007 and on
each Interest Payment Date thereafter.
Events of Default and Acceleration:
In case an Event of Default with respect to any of the notes has occurred and is continuing, the
amount payable to a holder of a note upon any acceleration permitted by the notes, will be equal to
the amount payable on that note calculated as though the date of acceleration were the Maturity
Date of the notes.
In case of default in payment of the notes, whether at the Stated Maturity Date, upon redemption,
or upon acceleration, from and after that date the notes will bear interest, payable upon demand of
their holders, at the rate equal to the interest applicable to the Interest Accrual Period or
portion thereof as of the date on which the default occurs, to the extent that payment of interest
is legally enforceable on the unpaid amount due and payable on that date in accordance with the
terms of the Notes to the date payment of that amount has been made or duly provided for.
Other Provisions:
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Following Business |
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Day Convention
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Means the convention for adjusting any relevant
date if it would otherwise fall on a day that is
not a Business Day. When used in conjunction
with a date, this convention shall mean that an
adjustment will be made such that if that date
would otherwise fall on a day that is not a
Business Day so, that date as adjusted will be
the first following day that is a Business Day. |
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Business Day
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Means any day other than a day that (i) is a
Saturday or Sunday, (ii) is a day on which
banking institutions generally in the City of
New York and London are authorized or obligated
by law, regulation or executive order to close
or (iii) is a day on which transactions in
dollars are not conducted in the City of New
York and London. |
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USD-CMS-Reference Banks
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An interest rate determined on the basis of the
mid-market semi-annual swap rate quotations
provided by the principal New York City office
of each of five leading swap dealers in the New
York interbank market (the Reference Banks) at
approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time on
the day that is two Business Days preceding the
applicable date; and for this purpose, the
semi-annual swap rate means the mean of the bid
and offered rates for the semi-annual fixed leg,
calculated on a 30/360 day count basis, of a
fixed-for-floating U.S. dollar interest rate
swap transaction with a term equal to, in the
case of 2CMS, 2 years, and in the case of 30CMS,
30 years, commencing on the applicable date and
in a representative amount for 2-year and
30-year CMS swap transactions, as applicable,
with an acknowledged dealer of good credit in
the swap market, where the floating leg,
calculated on an actual/360 day count basis, is
equivalent to USD-LIBOR-BBA with a designated
maturity of three months. The Calculation Agent
will request the Reference Banks to provide a
quotation of its rate. If at least three
quotations are provided, the rate for the
applicable date will be the arithmetic mean of
the quotations, eliminating the highest
quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of
the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in
the event of equality, one of the lowest). |
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Day Count Convention:
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30/360 |
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Calculation Agent:
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AIG Financial Products Corp. |
Examples of Calculation of Interest Rate:
Example 1: Assuming the value of the Reference Rate is greater than or equal to 0.10% on every
calendar day in the applicable 91-day Interest Accrual Period, on the applicable Interest Payment
Date, the Interest Rate per annum for the applicable Interest Accrual Period would be 8.67%
calculated as follows: 8.67% x 91/91 = 8.67%.
Example 2: Assuming the value of the Reference Rate is less than 0.10% on every calendar day in the
applicable 91-day Interest Accrual Period, on the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Interest
Rate per annum for the applicable Interest Accrual Period would be 0.00% calculated as follows:
8.67% x 0/91 = 0.00%.
Example 3: Assuming the value of the Reference Rate is greater than or equal to 0.10% on 50
calendar days in the applicable 91-day Interest Accrual Period, on the applicable Interest Payment
Date, the Interest Rate per annum for the applicable Interest Accrual Period would be 4.76%
calculated as follows: 8.67% x 50/91 = 4.76%.
Example 4: Assuming the value of the Reference Rate is greater than or equal to 0.10% on 20
calendar days in the applicable 91-day Interest Accrual Period, on the applicable Interest Payment
Date, the Interest Rate per annum for the applicable Interest Accrual Period would be 1.91%
calculated as follows: 8.67% x 20/91 = 1.91%.
RISK FACTORS
Investing in the Notes involves a number of significant risks not associated with similar
investments in a conventional debt security, including, but not limited to, fluctuations in the
30-year Constant Maturity Swap (CMS) Rate and 2-year CMS Rate, and other events that are difficult
to predict and beyond AIGs control. Accordingly, prospective investors should consult their
financial and legal advisors as to the risks entailed by an investment in the notes and the
suitability of the notes in light of their particular circumstances.
Limitations on Returns on the Notes
The interest payable on the notes is uncertain, and movements in U.S. Dollar swap rates will
affect whether or not and the extent to which you will receive interest on the notes in any
interest period.
The maximum interest rate for any interest period is the Base Rate of 8.67% per annum.
However, for every day during an interest period on which the Reference Rate is less than 0.10%,
that is, for every day on which the USD 30-year Constant Maturity Swap (CMS) Rate minus the USD
2-year CMS Rate is less than 0.10%, the applicable interest rate for that interest period will be
reduced, and accordingly, your return for any interest period over the life of the notes could be
significantly less than the Base Rate for that interest period. If the Reference Rate is less than
0.10% (that is, if the 30-year rate less the 2-year rate is lower than 0.10% or the 2-year rate is
higher than the 30-year rate) on every day in any interest period, the applicable interest rate for
that interest period will be zero.
Historical performance of the spread between the USD 30-year Swap Rate and the USD 2-year Swap Rate
should not be taken as an indication of the future performance of the 30-year CMS Rate and the
2-year CMS Rate during the term of the notes.
It is impossible to predict whether the Reference Rate will increase or decrease. The
Reference Rate will be influenced by complex and interrelated political, economic, financial and
other factors; therefore, the historical spread between the 30-year CMS Rate and the 2-year CMS
Rate should not be taken as an indication of the future performance of the spread between these two
rates during the term of the notes.
Factors that may affect the level of the 30-year CMS Rate and the 2-year CMS Rate and the
Reference Rate between them include monetary policy, interest rate volatility, interest rate levels
and the inflation rate
Please note that historical trends are not indicative of future behavior of the 30 year CMS
Rate, the 2 year CMS Rate and the spread between the two swap rates.
The market value of the notes may be influenced by unpredictable factors.
The market value of your notes may fluctuate between the date you purchase them and the Maturity
Date. Several factors, many of which are beyond our control, will influence the market value of
the notes. We expect that generally the 30-Year CMS Rate and the 2-Year CMS Rate on any day and
expectations relating to the future level of the 30-Year CMS Rate and the 2-Year CMS Rate will
affect the market value of the notes more than any other single factor. Other factors that may
influence the market value of the notes include:
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supply and demand for the notes, including inventory positions held by any market maker; |
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economic, financial, political and regulatory or judicial events that affect financial
markets generally; interest rates in the market generally; |
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the time remaining to maturity; |
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our right to redeem the notes; and |
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our creditworthiness and credit ratings. |
Market factors may influence whether we exercise our right to redeem the notes prior to their
scheduled maturity.
It is more likely that we will redeem the notes prior to their stated Maturity Date to the extent
that the Reference Rate increases and results in an amount of interest in respect of the notes
greater than that for instruments of a comparable maturity and credit rating trading in the market.
If we redeem the notes prior to their stated maturity date, you may be unable to invest in
securities with similar risk and yield as the notes and replacement investments may be more
expensive than your investment in the notes. Your ability to realize market value appreciation and
any interest is limited by our right to redeem the notes prior to their scheduled maturity.
There may not be an active trading market in the notes and sales prior to maturity may result in
losses
There may be little or no secondary market for the notes. We do not intend to list the notes on
any stock exchange or automated quotation system, and it is not possible to predict whether a
secondary market will develop for the notes. Even if a secondary market for the notes develops, it
may not provide significant liquidity or result in trading of notes at prices advantageous to you.
Sales in the secondary market may result in significant losses. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
currently intends to act as market makers for the notes, but they are not required to do so, and
may stop doing so at any time. We expect there will be little or no liquidity in the notes. The
prices that may be offered in the secondary market for the notes will be discounted to reflect
hedging and other costs and, among other things, changes of and volatility in interest rates in the
market.
Trading by certain of our affiliates in the U.S. Dollar swap rate market may impair the value of
the notes
Certain of our affiliates, including our subsidiary AIG Financial Products Corp. (AIG-FP), the
Calculation Agent, are active participants in the U.S. Dollar swap rate market as dealers,
proprietary traders and agents for our customers, and therefore at any given time may be a party to
one or more transactions related to the 30-year CMS Rate or the 2-year CMS Rate. In addition, we
or one or more of our affiliates may hedge our exposure under the notes by entering into various
transactions. We may adjust these hedges at any time and from time to time. Our trading and
hedging activities or other financial activity of ours or our affiliates may have a material
adverse effect on the spread between the 30-year CMS Rate and the 2-year CMS Rate and make it less
likely that you will receive a return on your investment in the notes. It is possible that we or
our affiliates could receive significant returns from these hedging activities while the value of
or amounts payable under the notes may decline.
The inclusion of compensation and projected profits from hedging in the original issue price is
likely to adversely affect secondary market prices.
Assuming no change in market conditions or any other relevant factors, the price, if any, at which
we, any of our affiliates or any market maker are willing to purchase the notes in secondary market
transactions will likely be lower, and may be
materially lower, than the price at which we sold the
notes to the Agent. In addition, any such prices may differ from values determined by pricing
models used by us or any of our affiliates or any market maker as a result of dealer discounts,
mark-ups or other transactions.
We may have conflicts of interests arising from our relationships with the Calculation Agent
You should be aware that AIG -FP, our subsidiary, in its capacity as Calculation Agent for the
notes, is under no obligation to take your interests into consideration in determining the
Reference Rate or the number of days on which interest will accrue, and is only required to act in
good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. AIG-FP as Calculation Agent will, among other
things, also determine the applicable interest rate and the redemption payment to be made on the
notes. Because these determinations by the Calculation Agent will affect the interest, redemption
payment and the payment at maturity on the notes, conflicts of interest may arise in connection
with its performance of its role as Calculation Agent.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
The notes may not be purchased or held by any employee benefit plan or other plan or account
that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA) or
Section 4975 of the Code (each, a plan), or by any entity whose underlying assets include plan
assets by reason of any plans investment in the entity (a plan asset entity), unless in each
case the purchaser or holder is eligible for exemptive relief from the prohibited transaction rules
of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code under a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the
Department of Labor or another applicable statutory or administrative exemption. Each purchaser or
holder of the notes will be deemed to represent that either (1) it is not a plan or plan asset
entity and is not purchasing the notes on behalf of or with plan assets or (2) with respect to the
purchase and holding, it is eligible for relief under a prohibited transaction class exemption or
other applicable statutory or administrative exemption from the prohibited transaction rules of
ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code. The foregoing supplements the discussion under ERISA
Considerations in the base prospectus dated July 24, 2006.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We intend to lend the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to our subsidiary AIG Financial
Products Corp. or certain of its subsidiaries for use for general corporate purposes.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP RATES
The following graphs set forth the historical spread between the 30-Year CMS Rate and the
2-Year CMS Rate and the levels of each of the 30-Year CMS Rate and the 2-Year CMS Rate for the
years indicated. You should not take the past performance of the spreads between the 30-Year CMS
Rate and the 2-Year CMS Rate as an indication of future spreads.
CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
For the reasons described below, we believe that the notes should be characterized as
variable rate notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes and we intend to treat the notes as
such. For a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning variable rate
notes, please see the description under the heading United States Taxation United States
Holders Original Issue Discount Variable Rate Notes in the accompanying prospectus
supplement.
Under the applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations governing original issue discount on debt
instruments, a debt instrument is a variable rate note if it provides for interest at an
objective rate (that is, a rate determined using a single interest rate formula based on
objective financial or economic information), unless the notes are reasonably expected to provide
for significant front-loading or back-loading of interest. We believe that, although the
applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations are not entirely clear, the existence of our option to call
the notes should be taken into account in determining whether the notes are reasonably expected to
provide for significant front-loading or back-loading of interest. Taking into account that
option, we do not expect there to be significant front-loading or back-loading of interest
payments on the notes, and the notes would qualify as variable rate notes.
You should be aware that our expectations regarding front-loading and back-loading of
interest are only applicable for purposes of determining the tax treatment of your notes. We are
not making any representation or prediction regarding the actual amount of interest that may be
payable on your note, and we are under no obligation to call, and we are not making any promise or
representation that we will call, the notes prior to their final maturity date.
Alternatively, if the notes were found to have significant front-loading or back-loading
of interest, it is possible that your notes could be characterized as contingent payment
obligations subject to rules described under the heading United States Taxation United States
Holders Original Issue Discount Notes Subject to the Contingent Payment Obligation Rules in
the accompanying prospectus supplement. In that case, among other differences, as more completely
described in the prospectus supplement, United States Holders of the notes that otherwise use the
cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting would be required to use an accrual method of
accounting in determining their income from ownership of the notes, and gain from a sale,
redemption or exchange of the notes would be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The information in this Pricing Supplement, other than the information regarding the initial
public offering price, the net proceeds to the issuer, the identities of the initial purchasers or
agents, the information under Examples of Calculation of Interest Rate, Certain U.S. Federal
Income Tax Consequences, ERISA Considerations and Risk Factors above, and the following two
paragraphs, will be incorporated by reference into the Global Security representing all the
Medium-Term Notes, Series AIG-FP.
We are offering notes on a continuing basis through AIG Financial Securities Corp., ABN AMRO
Incorporated, Banca IMI S.p.A., Banc of America Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BNY Capital Markets,
Inc., Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC, Daiwa Securities America Inc., Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited, Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Santander Investment Securities Inc., Scotia Capital
(USA) Inc., SG Americas Securities, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, UBS Securities LLC, and Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC, as agents, each of which has agreed to use its best efforts to solicit offers
to purchase notes. We may also accept offers to purchase notes through other agents. See Plan of
Distribution in the accompanying prospectus supplement. To date, including the notes described by
this pricing supplement, we have accepted offers to purchase approximately $3.7 billion
aggregate principal amount (or its equivalent in one or more foreign currencies) of notes described
in the accompanying prospectus supplement, including $292,817,000 aggregate principal
amount (or its equivalent in one or more foreign currencies) of Series AIG-FP notes.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of the notes or determined if the prospectus, the prospectus supplement or
this pricing supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.