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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Offering of Convertible Senior Notes due October 1, 2016
The notes will pay interest semi-annually on
In connection with the offering of the notes, the Company has entered into convertible note hedge and warrant transactions with multiple counterparties, including an affiliate of the initial purchaser (the "option counterparties"). The convertible note hedge transactions cover, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, the number of shares of the Company's common stock that initially underlie the notes, and are intended to reduce the dilutive impact of the conversion feature of the notes. The strike price of the warrant transaction will initially be approximately
In connection with the convertible note hedge and warrant transactions, the option counterparties have advised the Company that they (or affiliates thereof) expect to enter into various derivative transactions with respect to the Company's shares of common stock and/or purchase shares of the Company's common stock or other securities of the Company concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the notes and may unwind or enter into various over-the-counter derivatives and/or purchase or sell the Company's common stock or other securities of the Company in secondary market transactions prior to the maturity of the notes, which could adversely affect the value of the Company's common stock.
The Company estimates that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately
The notes, and any shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or any state securities law, and may not be offered or sold in
About
Regeneron is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufacturers, and commercializes medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. In addition to ARCALYST® (rilonacept) Injection for Subcutaneous Use, which is approved for the treatment of a rare inflammatory condition, Regeneron has completed Phase 3 clinical trials of rilonacept for a new indication and of product candidates EYLEA™ (aflibercept injection; VEGF Trap Eye) in diseases of the eye and ZALTRAP® (aflibercept) (VEGF Trap) in colorectal cancer. EYLEA is currently under review with U.S. and European regulatory authorities. Additional therapeutic candidates developed from proprietary Regeneron technologies for creating fully human monoclonal antibodies are in earlier stage development programs in rheumatoid arthritis, pain, cholesterol reduction, allergic and immune conditions, and cancer.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"), which include, among other things, those concerning whether or not the Company will offer the notes or consummate the proposed offering, the final terms of the notes and the proposed offering, prevailing market conditions, the anticipated principal amount of the notes and the anticipated use of the proceeds of the proposed offering. The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the words such as, but not limited to, "intend," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "should," "may," "could," "will," "continue," and words or phrases of similar meaning. As the forward-looking statements
are based on the Company's current expectations, the Company cannot guarantee any related future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on management's assessment of information available to the Company on the date hereof or thereof and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The forward-looking statements reflect the Company's position as of the date they were made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements for a number of reasons including, but not limited to, the following: our expectations regarding clinical trials, development timelines, future
IND filings for new product candidates, and regulatory filings and submissions for any of our product candidates in clinical development; fluctuations in our operating results, in particular if EYLEATM or any of our other late-stage product candidates is approved for marketing, and our revenues, market share, and/or market acceptance of EYLEATM or such other products do not meet the expectations of investors or analysts; the possible success of any of our current or future product candidates; the determinations by regulatory and administrative governmental authorities which may delay or restrict our ability to continue to develop or commercialize our product and drug candidates; pricing or reimbursement actions or decisions by government authorities or insurers affecting the coverage or reimbursement of any of our product candidates or competitive products; our ability to raise
additional capital as needed on favorable terms; public concern as to the safety or effectiveness of any of our product candidates; the uncertainty of market acceptance of our product and drug candidates; our ability to advance new antibody product candidates into clinical development; our ability to build a successful, integrated biopharmaceutical company; competing drugs that may be superior to our product and drug candidates; the data that will be generated by ongoing and planned clinical trials and the ability to use that data to support regulatory filings, including potential applications for marketing approval for any of our product candidates; the maintenance of any of our license or collaborative relationships, including, without limitation, those with Sanofi and
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