TEL AVIV--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) (“Teva”) announced today its intention to issue $2,060,000,000 (equivalent) of sustainability-linked senior notes. The notes offering reflects Teva’s continued strong commitment to sustainable finance to help address some of the greatest challenges of our time. The sustainability-linked senior notes are to be issued under Teva’s sustainability-linked financing framework established in October 2021, as updated in July 2022, which sets forth strategies and targets in accordance with the Sustainability-Linked Bonds Principles (the “SLBP”) administered by the International Capital Markets Association (“ICMA”).
This sustainability-linked financing framework was validated by two Second Party Opinions (SPO), which were provided by ISS ESG and the Access to Medicines Foundation.
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V. (“Teva Finance II”) intends to offer EUR-denominated Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes (the “Euro Notes”) and Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V. (“Teva Finance III” and, together with Teva Finance II, the “Issuers”) intends to offer USD-denominated Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes (the “USD Notes” and, together with the Euro Notes, the “Notes”).
The offering is subject to, among other things, market conditions. Teva expects to use the net proceeds from the offerings, together with cash on hand, (i) to fund the announced tender offers to purchase, for cash, its 7.125% Senior Notes due 2025, 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025, 4.500% Senior Notes due 2025, 2.800% Senior Notes due 2023, 6.000% Senior Notes due 2024 and 3.150% Senior Notes due 2026 for a maximum combined aggregate purchase price (exclusive of accrued and unpaid interest) of up to $2,250,000,000, (ii) to pay fees and expenses in connection therewith and (iii) to the extent of any remaining proceeds, the repayment of outstanding debt upon maturity, tender offer or earlier redemption. Net proceeds may be temporarily invested pending application for their stated purpose.
The Notes will be unsecured senior obligations of the Issuers and will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by Teva.
The offering and sale of the Notes will be made pursuant to our effective automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3, including our base prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 27, 2021. The offering of these Notes will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus, which have been filed with the SEC. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus along with other documents that Teva has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Teva and this offering. These documents are available at no charge by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, a copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus related to this offering may be obtained, when available, by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, United States (Tel: +1 (800) 831-9146, e-mail: prospectus@citi.com); Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, United States (Tel: +1 (800) 831-9146, e-mail: prospectus@citi.com); Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, Marienturm, Taunusanlage 9-10, 60329 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Attention: High Yield Syndicate Desk (Tel: +49 69 7532 1000, Fax: +44 (0)207 774 2330); Mizuho Securities Europe GMBH, Taunustor 1, 60310 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Attention: Primary Debt (Tel: +49 69 42729 3140, email: PrimaryDebt@eu.mizuho-sc.com); Mizuho Securities USA LLC, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, United States, Attention: Debt Capital Markets (Fax: +1 (212) 205-7812); MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V., World Trade Center, Tower H, 11th Floor, Zuidplein 98, 1077 XV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Attention: Legal-Primary Markets (email: Legal-primarymarkets@int.sc.mufg.jp); MUFG Securities Americas Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1001, United States, Attention: Capital Markets Group (Phone: +1 877 649 6848); or PNC Capital Markets LLC, 10th Floor, 300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Unites States, Attention: Securities Settlement, toll-free 855-881-0697 or by email: pnccmprospectus@pnc.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About Teva
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) has been developing and producing medicines to improve people’s lives for more than a century. We are a global leader in generic and innovative medicines with a portfolio consisting of over 3,500 products in nearly every therapeutic area. Around 200 million people around the world take a Teva medicine every day, and are served by one of the largest and most complex supply chains in the pharmaceutical industry. Along with our established presence in generics, we have significant innovative medicines research and operations supporting our growing portfolio of innovative medicines and biopharmaceutical products.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on management’s current beliefs and expectations and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from that expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: completion of the offering of senior notes and tender offer for certain outstanding notes; our substantial indebtedness, which may limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, engage in additional transactions or make new investments, and may result in a further downgrade of our credit ratings; our inability to raise debt or borrow funds in amounts or on terms that are favorable to us; and other factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, including the sections thereof captioned “Risk Factors” and “Forward Looking Statements,” and other filings with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that the transactions described herein will be consummated or as to the ultimate terms of any such transactions.
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The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (“EEA”). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2016/97/EU (as amended, the “Insurance Distribution Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.
Promotion of the Notes in the United Kingdom is restricted by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”), and accordingly, the Notes are not being promoted to the general public in the United Kingdom. This announcement is for distribution only to, and is only directed at, persons who (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”), (iii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom they may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order or (iv) persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) in connection with the issue or sale of any notes may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). The Notes will only be available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such Notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. This announcement is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by anyone who is not a relevant person.
The notes have not, may not and will not be offered, sold or delivered in the Netherlands, other than to qualified investors (as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129).
The Notes have not, may not and will not be offered, sold or delivered in Israel, other than to persons who qualify as one of the types of investors listed in the First Addendum to the Israeli Securities Law, subject to and in accordance with the requirements set forth in the First Addendum to the Israeli Securities Law.
