MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the pricing of a public offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% senior notes due March 1, 2028 under the company’s shelf registration statement.
The company expects to receive the net offering proceeds upon closing on February 26, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions. Boston Scientific intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to redeem its 2.650% notes due October 2018, of which $600 million aggregate principal amount was outstanding as of the date hereof, and to repay short term debt and to pay related fees, expenses and premiums. Any such redemption would be made in accordance with the terms of the applicable indenture, including providing the required notice of redemption.
Nothing herein shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering is being made by means of a prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement only, copies of which or information concerning this offering may be obtained by contacting the joint book-running managers: Barclays Capital Inc., toll-free at (888) 603-5847; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., toll-free at (800) 831-9146, or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, toll free at (800) 294-1322.
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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 35 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare.
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Risks and uncertainties that may cause such differences include, among other things: future economic, political, competitive, reimbursement and regulatory conditions; new product introductions; demographic trends; intellectual property; litigation and governmental investigations; financial market conditions; and future business decisions made by us and our competitors, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control. For a further list and description of these and other important risks and uncertainties that may affect our future operations, see Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we may update in Part II, Item 1A – Risk Factors in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q we have filed or will file hereafter. We disclaim any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or in events, conditions or circumstances on which those expectations may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. This cautionary statement is applicable to all forward-looking statements contained in this document.
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