Ford Motor Co. is seeking to raise $800 million through a bond offering, according to a prospectus filed Dec. 4.

The U.S. carmaker is offering 6.000% of its notes due 2059.

Ford intends to use the net proceeds of about $776.1 million from the debt offering for general corporate purposes.

Interest on the notes will be paid every March 1, June 1, Sept. 1 and Dec. 1 of each year, starting March 1, 2020.

BofA Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as joint book-runners for the offering, while BMO Capital Markets Corp., CIBC World Markets Corp., Commerz Markets LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are serving as co-managers.