Pfizer Prices $6,000,000,000 Debt Offering
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced the pricing of a debt offering consisting of five tranches of notes:
$1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.700% notes due 2019 |
$1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.200% notes due 2021 |
$1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.000% notes due 2026 |
$1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.000% notes due 2036 |
$1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.125% notes due 2046 |
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Pfizer intends to use the net offering proceeds to fund the purchase of its 6.200% Senior Notes due March 15, 2019 (the “Tender
Notes”) validly tendered and accepted for payment in Pfizer’s previously announced tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) and to fund
the redemption of any of the Tender Notes that remain outstanding after the completion of the Tender Offer in accordance with the
terms of the make-whole provisions of the indenture governing the Tender Notes. Pfizer intends to use the remaining proceeds for
general corporate purposes, including to refinance, redeem or repurchase existing debt and to repay a portion of its outstanding
commercial paper.
The closing of the offering is expected to occur on November 21, 2016, subject to satisfaction of customary closing
conditions.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
The offering of these securities is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies may be obtained by calling Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. at (800) 831-9146, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at (800) 221-1037, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated at (800) 294-1322 or RBC Capital Markets, LLC at (866) 375-6829.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the notes, nor will there
be any sale of the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.
About Pfizer
At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their
lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacture of health care
products. Our global portfolio includes medicines and vaccines as well as many of the world's best-known consumer health care
products. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and
cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world's premier
innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and
expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 150 years, we have worked to make a difference
for all who rely on us.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements made within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial
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of, among other things, expectations regarding the completion of the notes offering and the use of proceeds. A list and description
of risks, uncertainties and other matters can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and
in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended April 3, 2016, July 3, 2016 and October 2, 2016, in each case
including in the sections thereof captioned “Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results” and “Risk
Factors,” in our Current Reports on Form 8-K, and in the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, in each case including
in the section thereof captioned “Risk Factors.” You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such
factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.
We cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized, although we believe we have been prudent in our
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assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual
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however, to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports and our other
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