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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-142058
June 16, 2009
The Valspar Corporation
Final Term Sheet
$300,000,000 7.250% Senior Notes due 2019
The following information supplements the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated June 16, 2009, and
is filed pursuant to Rule 433, under Registration No. 333-142058
     
Issuer:  
The Valspar Corporation
   
 
Security Type:  
Senior Unsecured Notes
   
 
Ratings (Moody’s / S&P)*:  
Baa2 (Stable) / BBB (Stable)
   
 
Pricing Date:  
June 16, 2009
   
 
Settlement Date (T+3):  
June 19, 2009
   
 
Maturity Date:  
June 15, 2019
   
 
Principal Amount:  
$300,000,000
   
 
Denominations:  
$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
   
 
Benchmark:  
UST 3.125% due May 15, 2019
   
 
Benchmark Price / Yield:  
95-12 / 3.686%
   
 
Re-offer Spread to Benchmark:  
362.5 basis points
   
 
Yield to Maturity:  
7.311%
   
 
Coupon:  
7.250%
   
 
Public Offering Price:  
99.574% of face amount
   
 
Optional Redemption:  
Treasury rate + 50 basis points
   
 
Interest Payment Dates:  
June 15 and December 15, beginning December 15, 2009
   
 
CUSIP / ISIN:  
920355 AF1 / US920355AF11
   
 
Joint Bookrunning Managers:  
Banc of America Securities LLC
   
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
   
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
   
 
Co-Managers:  
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
   
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
   
PNC Capital Markets LLC
   
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
   
Comerica Securities, Inc.
*Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn at any time.
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus) and a prospectus supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement for this offering, the issuer’s prospectus in that registration statement and any other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by searching the SEC online data base (IDEA) on the SEC web site at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement and prospectus if you request it by calling Banc of America Securities LLC toll-free at 1-800-294-1322, Goldman, Sachs & Co. at 1-866-471-2526 or Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC toll-free at 1-800-326-5897.