January 9, 2014
Fresenius successfully places Senior Notes
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN.
Fresenius successfully placed €750 million of senior unsecured notes.
The 300 million tranche due 2019 has a coupon of 2.375% and was issued at a price of 99.647%. The yield of 2.45% represents a spread of 118 basis points over the 5-year swap rate. The €450 million tranche due 2021 has a coupon of 3.00% and was issued at a price of 98.751%. The yield of 3.20% represents a spread of 150 basis points over the 7-year swap rate, virtually identical with Fresenius‘ last comparable issue from January 2013.
Fresenius Finance B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, issued and offered the senior notes through a private placement to institutional investors.
Fresenius has applied to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange to admit the senior notes to trading on its regulated market.
Fresenius is a global health care group, providing products and services for dialysis, hospitals, and outpatient medical care. In 2012, Group sales were €19.3 billion. On September 30, 2013, the Fresenius Group had 175,249 employees worldwide.
For more information visit the Company's website at www.fresenius.com.
This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, securities to any person in Australia, Canada, Japan, or the United States of America (the "United States") or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. The securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, absent registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada or Japan. The offer and sale of the securities referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan. There will be no public offer of the securities in the United States.
This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus. Investors should not purchase or subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus to be issued by the company in connection with the offering of such securities. Copies of the prospectus will, following publication, be available free of charge from Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA at Else-Kröner Strasse 1, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany.
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This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Future results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, e.g. changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, results of clinical trials, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, and the availability of financing. Fresenius does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany
Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11852
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Gerd Krick
General Partner: Fresenius Management SE
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany
Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11673
Management Board: Dr. Ulf M. Schneider (Chairman), Dr. Francesco De Meo, Dr. Jürgen Götz,
Mats Henriksson, Rice Powell, Stephan Sturm, Dr. Ernst Wastler
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Gerd Krick