Exhibit 99.1
Teva Announces Successful Upsize of Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes Offering and Pricing of $5,000,000,000 of Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes
Proceeds to Repay Existing Debt
TEL AVIV—(BUSINESS WIRE)—November 2, 2021— Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) (“Teva”) announced today that it successfully upsized and priced approximately $5,000,000,000 (equivalent) of its debut sustainability-linked senior notes (the “Notes”). The principal amount of the offering was increased from the previously announced offering size of $4,000,000,000 (equivalent). Teva expects to use the net proceeds from the offerings to (i) fund the announced tender offer to purchase, for cash, its 1.250% Senior Notes due 2023, its 2.800% Senior Notes due 2023, its 3.250% Senior Notes due 2022, its 2.950% Senior Notes due 2022, its 1.125% Senior Notes due 2024 and its 6.000% Senior Notes due 2024 for a maximum combined aggregate purchase price (exclusive of accrued and unpaid interest) of up to $3,500,000,000 (as it may be amended prior to expiration thereof), (ii) to pay fees and expenses in connection therewith, (iii) to fund the repayment of outstanding debt upon maturity, tender offer or earlier redemption and (iv) to the extent of any remaining proceeds, for general corporate purposes.
This is the largest-ever offering of Sustainability-Linked Notes, and the first-ever issued by a generic medicine company. The transaction marks Teva’s debut into Sustainable Finance and is tied to targets that include improving access to medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The Notes consist of (i) Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V.’s (“Teva Finance II”) €1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.750% EUR-denominated Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes maturing in 2027, (ii) Teva Finance II’s €1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.375% EUR-denominated Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes maturing in 2030, (iii) Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V.’s (“Teva Finance III” and, together with Teva Finance II, the “Issuers”) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.750% USD-denominated Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes maturing in 2027 and (iv) Teva Finance III’s $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.125% USD-denominated Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes maturing in 2029.
The settlement of the Notes is expected to occur on or about November 9, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Notes will be unsecured senior obligations of the Issuers and will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior 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 October 27, 2021. The offering of these Notes were 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 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 Sanat Babu of the BofA Securities Group SA team (email: sanat.babu@bofa.com).