Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced the successful
pricing of two series of senior unsecured notes for an aggregate
principal amount of $1.5 billion. Of these notes, $500 million will
mature in 2017 and will bear interest at an annual rate of 1.900%, and
$1 billion will mature in 2022 and will bear interest at an annual rate
of 3.250%. The 1.900% notes due 2017, and the 3.250% notes due 2022 were
priced to yield 1.945% and 3.256%, respectively.
Celgene expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general
corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, further
development of Celgene’s clinical and pre-clinical programs, capital
expenditures, general corporate development activities and meeting
working capital needs. The offering is expected to close on August 9,
2012.
BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley are acting as joint
book-running managers. A copy of the prospectus supplement and the
accompanying base prospectus, which is filed as part of Celgene’s
effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-169731), may be obtained from any of the joint book-running managers
by calling BofA Merrill Lynch toll-free at: 1-800-294-1322, J.P. Morgan
collect at 1-212-834-4533 or Morgan Stanley toll-free at 1-866-718-1649.
An electronic copy of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying
base prospectus may also be obtained at no charge at the Securities and
Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
The notes are being offered pursuant to an effective registration
statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-169731) that Celgene previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release
does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
buy the notes described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these
notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
laws of such jurisdiction. The offering of the notes will be made only
by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus.
About Celgene
Celgene Corporation, headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, is an
integrated global biopharmaceutical company engaged primarily in the
discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies for the
treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases through gene and protein
regulation.
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results or outcomes may differ materially from those implied by the
forward-looking statements as a result of the impact of a number of
factors, many of which are discussed in more detail in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K and our other reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
