Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 16, 2009, AmerisourceBergen Corporation (the "Company") entered
into an Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"), by and among the
Company, certain of the Company's direct and indirect U.S. subsidiaries named
therein (the "Guarantors"), and Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several
underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"). The Underwriting Agreement
provides for the issuance and sale by the Company, and the purchase by the
Underwriters, of $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.875%
Senior Notes due November 15, 2019 (the "Notes"). The Underwriting Agreement
contains representations, warranties, conditions and covenants of the parties
thereto and provides for indemnification by each of the Company, the Guarantors
and the Underwriters against certain liabilities and contribution provisions in
respect of those liabilities. The Company expects to consummate the sale of the
Notes to the Underwriters, which is subject to the closing conditions specified
in the Underwriting Agreement, on November 19, 2009.
The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will
initially be jointly and severally guaranteed (the "Guarantees") on an unsecured
basis by the Guarantors. The Guarantors also guarantee the Company's outstanding
5-5/8% Senior Notes due September 15, 2012 and 5-7/8% Senior Notes due
September 15, 2015 and the Company's $695 million five-year multi-currency
senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the "Multi-Currency Revolving Credit
Facility").
The offer and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees have been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company's shelf
registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-162227) (the
"Shelf Registration Statement"), filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 30, 2009, and amended on November 4, 2009.
If the sale of the Notes is consummated pursuant to the terms set forth in
the Underwriting Agreement, the Company estimates that it will receive net
proceeds of approximately $392.6 million (after deducting underwriting discounts
and offering expenses) from the sale of the Notes. The Company intends to use
approximately $221.9 million of the net proceeds to repay substantially all of
the amounts outstanding under its Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility. The
remaining proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
Certain of the Underwriters and their affiliates have in the past provided,
and may in the future provide, investment banking, commercial banking,
derivative transactions and financial advisory services to the Company and its
affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which they have received and
may continue to receive customary fees and commissions. Specifically, the
Underwriters and their affiliates serve various roles in connection with the
Company's Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility, including as lenders,
administrative agent, syndication agent, co-lead arrangers and joint
bookrunners.
The foregoing is a brief description of certain terms of the Underwriting
Agreement and, by its nature, is incomplete. It is qualified in its entirety by
the text of the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current
Report and incorporated herein by reference. All readers are encouraged to read
the entire text of the Underwriting Agreement. The Underwriting Agreement is
also filed with reference to, and is hereby made an exhibit to, the Shelf
Registration Statement.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 16, 2009, the Company issued a news release announcing that it
priced $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes in an underwritten
registered public offering. The news release is being furnished with this
Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
The legal opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as to the validity of the
Notes and the Guarantees is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report and
is filed with reference to, and is hereby made an exhibit to, the Shelf
Registration Statement. Such opinion also contains the consent of Morgan, Lewis
& Bockius LLP to the filing of its opinion as an exhibit to the Shelf
Registration Statement, which consent is also filed with reference to, and
hereby made an exhibit to, the Shelf Registration Statement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit
Number Description
1.1 Underwriting Agreement for 4.875% Senior Notes due 2019, dated as of
November 16, 2009.
5.1 Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
23.1 Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1 News release of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, dated November 16, 2009.
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