PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS,
"Viatris" or the "Company") announced today the pricing terms of
the previously announced cash tender offers (the "Any and All
Tender Offers" and each, an "Any and All Tender Offer") of Viatris
and its subsidiary Mylan Inc. ("Mylan" and, together with Viatris,
the "Offerors" and each, an "Offeror") for any and all of the
outstanding 1.650% Senior Notes due 2025 issued by Viatris (the
"Viatris Notes") and any and all of the outstanding 2.125% Senior
Notes due 2025 issued by Mylan (the "Mylan Notes" and, together
with the Viatris Notes, the "Any and All Notes"). The terms
and conditions of the Any and All Tender Offers are described in
the Offer to Purchase, dated September 4,
2024 (the "Offer to Purchase"). The Any and All Tender
Offers are scheduled to expire at 5:00
p.m., New York City time,
today, September 10, 2024, unless
extended or earlier terminated.
The Reference Yield, Repurchase Yield and Total Consideration
(each as defined more fully in the Offer to Purchase) with respect
to each Any and All Tender Offer are detailed in the table
below.
Issuer and
Offeror
|
Title of
Security
|
CUSIP / ISIN /
Common Code
|
Principal
Outstanding
|
Benchmark
|
Reference
Yield
|
Fixed
Spread
(basis
points)
|
Repurchase
Yield
|
Total
Consideration (1)
|
Viatris Inc.
(f/k/a Upjohn
Inc.)
|
1.650%
Senior Notes
due 2025
|
CUSIP /
ISIN:
92556VAB2 /
US92556VAB27
|
$750,000,000
|
2.875%
UST due
6/15/2025
|
4.397 %
|
25bps
|
4.647 %
|
$977.66
|
Mylan Inc.
|
2.125%
Senior Notes
due 2025
|
ISIN / Common
Code Number:
XS1801129286 /
180112928
|
€500,000,000
|
BUBILL 0%
8/20/2025
|
2.698 %
|
30bps
|
2.998 %
|
€994.12
|
|
(1) Per $1,000 or
€1,000 principal amount, as applicable.
|
Upon consummation of each Any and All Tender Offer, the
applicable Offeror will pay the Total Consideration (as shown in
the table above) for each $1,000
principal amount of Viatris Notes or €1,000 principal amount of
Mylan Notes, as applicable, in each case validly tendered and
accepted for payment, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but
not including the settlement date for such Any and All Tender
Offers (expected to be September 16,
2024). The applicable Total Consideration was calculated in
the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to the
applicable fixed spread specified in the table above plus the
applicable yield based on the bid-side price of the U.S. Treasury
reference security or Bund reference security specified in the
table above, as applicable, at 10:00
a.m., New York City time,
on September 10, 2024.
To receive the applicable Total Consideration, holders of Any
and All Notes must validly tender and not validly withdraw their
Any and All Notes or timely comply with the guaranteed delivery
procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase prior to the
expiration of the applicable Any and All Tender Offer. Any
and All Notes tendered may be withdrawn at any time prior to the
expiration of the Any and All Tender Offers by following the
procedures described in the Offer to Purchase. Holders of Any
and All Notes are urged to read carefully the Offer to Purchase
before making any decision with respect to the applicable Any and
All Tender Offer.
The Offerors' respective obligations to accept for payment and
to pay for the Any and All Notes validly tendered in the Any and
All Tender Offers are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a
number of conditions described in the Offer to
Purchase. Either Any and All Tender Offer may be
terminated or withdrawn in whole, subject to applicable law.
Each Offeror reserves the right, subject to applicable law, to (1)
waive any and all conditions to the applicable Any and All Tender
Offer, (2) extend or terminate the applicable Any and All Tender
Offer, or (3) otherwise amend the applicable Any and All Tender
Offer in any respect.
The Offerors have retained Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead dealer
managers for the Any and All Tender Offer of the Viatris Notes and
Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan
Securities plc as lead dealer managers for the Any and All Tender
Offer of the Mylan Notes (collectively, the "Dealer
Managers"). The Offerors have retained Global Bondholder
Services Corporation as the tender and information agent for the
Any and All Tender Offers. For additional information
regarding the terms of the Any and All Tender Offer of the Viatris
Notes, please contact: Barclays Capital Inc. at (800) 438-3242
(toll-free) or (212) 528-7581 (collect); Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. at (800) 558-3745 (toll-free) or (212) 723-6106 (collect) or
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (866) 834-4666 (toll-free) or (212)
834-3554 (collect). For additional information regarding the terms
of the Any and All Tender Offer of the Mylan Notes, please contact:
Barclays Bank PLC at + 44 20 3134 8515; Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. at (800) 558-3745 (toll-free) or (212) 723-6106 (collect) or
J.P. Morgan Securities plc at +44 20 7134 2468 (collect).
Requests for documents and questions regarding the tendering of
securities may be directed to Global Bondholder Services
Corporation by telephone at (212) 430-3774 (for banks and brokers
only) or (855) 654-2015 (for all others, toll-free), by email at
contact@gbsc-usa.com or to the Dealer Managers at their respective
telephone numbers. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and other
documents relating to the Any and All Tender Offers (including the
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery) may also be obtained at
www.gbsc-usa.com/viatris/.
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not
constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy or an offer to
purchase or sell any securities. The Any and All Tender
Offers are being made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and
only in such jurisdictions as is permitted under applicable
law. None of the Offerors, the tender and information agent,
the Dealer Managers or the trustees with respect to the applicable
series of Any and All Notes, nor any of their affiliates, makes any
recommendation as to whether holders should tender or refrain from
tendering all or any portion of their Any and All Notes in response
to the Any and All Tender Offers.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements". These
statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, those
relating to expiration dates for the Tender Offers, Withdrawal
Deadlines and settlement dates. Forward-looking statements
may often be identified by the use of words such as "will", "may",
"could", "should", "would", "project", "believe", "anticipate",
"expect", "plan", "estimate", "forecast", "potential", "pipeline",
"intend", "continue", "target", "seek" and variations of these
words or comparable words. Because forward-looking statements
inherently involve risks and uncertainties, actual future results
may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the
possibility that the Company may not realize the intended benefits
of, or achieve the intended goals or outlooks with respect to, its
strategic initiatives (including divestitures, acquisitions, or
other potential transactions) or move up the value chain by
focusing on more complex and innovative products to build a more
durable higher margin portfolio; the possibility that the Company
may be unable to achieve intended or expected benefits, goals,
outlooks, synergies, growth opportunities and operating
efficiencies in connection with divestitures, acquisitions, other
transactions, or restructuring programs, within the expected
timeframes or at all; with respect to divestitures, failure to
realize the total transaction values or proceeds, including as a
result of any purchase price adjustment or a failure to achieve any
conditions to the payment of any contingent consideration; goodwill
or impairment charges or other losses, including but not limited to
related to the divestiture or sale of businesses or assets; the
Company's failure to achieve expected or targeted future financial
and operating performance and results; the potential impact of
public health outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics; actions and
decisions of healthcare and pharmaceutical regulators; changes in
relevant laws, regulations and policies and/or the application or
implementation thereof, including but not limited to tax,
healthcare and pharmaceutical laws, regulations and policies
globally (including the impact of recent and potential tax reform
in the U.S. and pharmaceutical product pricing policies in
China); the ability to attract,
motivate and retain key personnel; the Company's liquidity, capital
resources and ability to obtain financing; any regulatory, legal or
other impediments to the Company's ability to bring new products to
market, including but not limited to "at-risk launches"; success of
clinical trials and the Company's or its partners' ability to
execute on new product opportunities and develop, manufacture and
commercialize products; any changes in or difficulties with the
Company's manufacturing facilities, including with respect to
inspections, remediation and restructuring activities, supply chain
or inventory or the ability to meet anticipated demand; the scope,
timing and outcome of any ongoing legal proceedings, including
government inquiries or investigations, and the impact of any such
proceedings on the Company; any significant breach of data security
or data privacy or disruptions to our IT systems; risks associated
with having significant operations globally; the ability to protect
intellectual property and preserve intellectual property rights;
changes in third-party relationships; the effect of any changes in
the Company's or its partners' customer and supplier relationships
and customer purchasing patterns, including customer loss and
business disruption being greater than expected following an
acquisition or divestiture; the impacts of competition, including
decreases in sales or revenues as a result of the loss of market
exclusivity for certain products; changes in the economic and
financial conditions of the Company or its partners; uncertainties
regarding future demand, pricing and reimbursement for the
Company's products; uncertainties and matters beyond the control of
management, including but not limited to general political and
economic conditions, inflation rates and global exchange rates; and
inherent uncertainties involved in the estimates and judgments used
in the preparation of financial statements, and the providing of
estimates of financial measures, in accordance with U.S. GAAP and
related standards or on an adjusted basis. For more detailed
information on the risks and uncertainties associated with Viatris,
see the risks described in Part I, Item 1A of the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as amended, and our other
filings with the SEC. You can access Viatris' filings with the SEC
through the SEC website at www.sec.gov or through our website, and
Viatris strongly encourages you to do so.
About Viatris
Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS) is a global healthcare company
uniquely positioned to bridge the traditional divide between
generics and brands, combining the best of both to more
holistically address healthcare needs globally. With a mission to
empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life,
we provide access at scale, currently supplying high-quality
medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world
annually and touching all of life's moments, from birth to the end
of life, acute conditions to chronic diseases. With our
exceptionally extensive and diverse portfolio of medicines, a
one-of-a-kind global supply chain designed to reach more people
when and where they need them, and the scientific expertise to
address some of the world's most enduring health challenges, access
takes on deep meaning at Viatris. We are headquartered in the U.S.,
with global centers in Pittsburgh,
Shanghai and Hyderabad, India.
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