DUBLIN, March 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Perrigo Company plc ("Perrigo" or the "Company") (NYSE: PRGO; TASE), a leading global provider of "Quality Affordable Healthcare Products®," today announced the pricing of the previously announced registered public offering by Perrigo Finance Unlimited Company, a public unlimited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the "Issuer"), and a wholly-owned finance subsidiary of Perrigo, of $1.2 billion senior notes of the Issuer consisting of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.500% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "2021 Notes") and $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.375% Senior Notes due 2026 (the "2026 Notes" and, together with the 2021 Notes, the "Notes"). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Perrigo. The 2021 Notes were sold at a public offering price of 99.908% of the aggregate principal amount thereof and the 2026 Notes were sold at a public offering price of 99.751% of the aggregate principal amount thereof.
Perrigo estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $1,188.2 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and offering expenses payable by the Issuer.
Perrigo intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay amounts borrowed under a senior unsecured 364-day revolving credit agreement with the Issuer, as borrower, the Company, as guarantor, and a syndicate of financial institutions, as lenders, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as administrative agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agents, and a senior unsecured five-year revolving credit agreement with the Issuer, as borrower, the Company, as guarantor, and a syndicate of financial institutions, as lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and Barclays Bank plc, as syndication agent, with the balance used for general corporate purposes. The offering is expected to close on or about March 10, 2016.
BofA Merrill Lynch, HSBC and Morgan Stanley are the joint book-running managers in the offering.
The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement relating to the offering and the accompanying base prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by contacting: HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. toll free at (866) 811-8049; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll free at (800) 294-1322; or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC toll free at (866) 718-1649.
About Perrigo
Perrigo Company plc is a top five global over-the-counter ("OTC") consumer goods and leading specialty pharmaceutical company, offering patients and customers high-quality products at affordable prices. From the Company's beginning in 1887 as a packager of home remedies, it has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of OTC healthcare products and supplier of infant formulas for the store brand market. The Company is also a leading provider of generic extended topical prescription products, and it receives royalties from sales of the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri®. The Company provides "Quality Affordable Healthcare Products®" across a wide variety of product categories and geographies, primarily in North America, Europe and Australia, as well as in other markets, including Israel and China.
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