TEL AVIV, Israel, May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) (“Teva”) announced today that it successfully upsized its offering and priced approximately $2,300,000,000 (equivalent) of its senior notes (the “Notes”). The principal amount of the offering was increased from the previously announced offering size of $2,000,000,000 (equivalent). Teva expects to use the net proceeds from the offerings (i) to fund the announced tender offers (collectively, the “Tender Offer”) to purchase, for cash, its 3.150% Senior Notes due 2026, 4.750% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2027, 3.750% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2027, 7.875% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2029, 7.375% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2029 and 8.125% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2031 (as it may be amended prior to expiration thereof), (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 consist of (i) Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V’s (“Teva Finance II”) €1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.125% EUR-denominated Senior Notes maturing in 2031, (ii) Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V.’s (“Teva Finance III”) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.000% USD-denominated Senior Notes maturing in 2032 and (iii) Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands IV B.V.’s (“Teva Finance IV” and, together with Teva Finance II and Teva Finance III, the “Issuers”) $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.750% USD-denominated Senior Notes maturing in 2030.
The settlement of the Notes is expected to occur on or about May 28, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. The settlement of the Notes will satisfy the financing condition to the Tender Offer.
The Notes will be unsecured senior obligations of the Issuers and will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Teva. The offering and sale of the Notes were 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 February 7, 2025. The offering of these Notes was 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 and that are incorporated by reference into the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus 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 BNP PARIBAS, 16, boulevard des Italiens, 75009 Paris, France, Attention: High Yield Desk (email: dl.syndsupportbonds@uk.bnpparibas.com); BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, United States of America, Attention: Syndicate Desk (email: DL.US.Debt.Syndicate.Support@us.bnpparibas.com); BofA Securities Europe SA, 51 rue La Boétie, 75008 Paris, France, Attention: High Yield Syndicate Desk (Tel: +33 18 770 0000, email: levfin_hy_paris@bofa.com); BofA Securities, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by email: at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; HSBC Continental Europe, 38, avenue Kléber, 75116 Paris, France, Attention: DAJ Global Banking, email: transaction.management@hsbcib.com; HSBC Bank plc, 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom, Attention: Head of DCM Legal, email: transaction.management@hsbcib.com; Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Divisione IMI Corporate & Investment Banking, Via Manzoni, 4 – 20121, Milan, Italy, Attention: DCM HY Intesa Sanpaolo, email: IMI-DCM.HY@intesasanpaolo.com; or J.P. Morgan SE, Taunustor 1 (TaunusTurm), 60310 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Attention: Head of EMEA Capital Markets Group, email: Head_of_EMEA_DCMG@jpmorgan.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) is a different kind of global biopharmaceutical leader, one that operates across the full spectrum of innovation to reliably deliver medicines to patients worldwide. For over 120 years, Teva’s commitment to bettering health has never wavered. Today, the company’s global network of capabilities enables its 37,000 employees across 57 markets to advance health by developing medicines for the future while championing the production of generics and biologics. We are dedicated to addressing patients’ needs, now and in the future. Moving forward together with science that treats, inspired by the people we serve.