Upgrade to SI Premium - Free Trial

Form 8-K CVS HEALTH Corp For: Aug 15

August 15, 2019 4:19 PM

Exhibit 4.1

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A GLOBAL NOTE IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION

 

No. [●]       $[●]

CUSIP No. 126650 DE7

ISIN No. US126650DE72

2.625% Senior Note due 2024

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), for value received promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[●] on August 15, 2024. If such maturity date is not a Business Day, then payment of principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from such maturity date to the date payment is made.

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15.

Record Dates: Each February 1 and August 1, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the reverse side of this Note.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

 

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[Signature Page to Note No. [] of 2024 Notes]


Dated: August 15, 2019

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Debt Securities referred to

in the Indenture.

 

By   

 

  Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Note No. [] of 2024 Notes]


2.625% Senior Note due 2024

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of CVS Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), designated as its 2.625% Senior Notes due 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the “Notes”).

 

  (a)

Interest

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above.

The Company will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing February 15, 2020. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or provided for, from August 15, 2024. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes. If any interest payment date is not a Business Day, then payment of interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from such interest payment date to the date payment is made.

 

  (b)

Method of Payment

The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders thereof at the close of business on the February 1 and August 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the interest payment date even if the Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders, or, if no such account is specified, the Company may pay principal and interest by check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address.

 

  (c)

Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 

  (d)

Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of August 15, 2006 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. ss.ss. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the

 

5


TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.

The Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company initially limited to $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount (subject to Section 2.08 of the Indenture). The Company may at any time issue additional Notes under the Indenture in unlimited amounts having the same terms as and treated as a single class with the Notes for all purposes under the Indenture and will vote together as one class with respect to the Notes. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the incurrence of certain additional indebtedness by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and the entry into certain sale and leaseback arrangements by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries. The Indenture also restricts the ability of the Company to consolidate or merge with or into, or to transfer all or substantially all its assets to, another person.

 

  (e)

Optional Redemption

Prior to July 15, 2024, the Company, at its option, may at any time redeem all or any portion of the Notes upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 20 basis points. If any redemption date is not a Business Day, then payment of the redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from such redemption date to the date payment is made.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to such remaining term.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of the applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Independent Investment Banker” means Barclays Capital Inc. or, if such firm is unwilling or unable to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

 

6


Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its aggregate principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its aggregate principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

 

  (f)

Notice of Optional Redemption

Notice of redemption shall be transmitted by the Company (or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee on the Company’s behalf) to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

 

  (g)

Repurchase of the Notes Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event

If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined below) occurs, Holders of the Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000 original principal amount) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (“Change of Control Offer”) on the terms set forth in this Note. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to, but excluding, the date of purchase (“Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will be required to mail a notice to Holders of Notes describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (“Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Notes and described in such notice. The Company must comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Notes, the

 

7


Company will be required to comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflicts and compliance with law.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will be required, to the extent lawful, to:

 

   

accept for payment all Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

   

deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

 

   

deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased.

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an event of default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

For purposes of the foregoing, the following definitions are applicable:

Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means that the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies (as defined below) on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided, however, that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or the Trustee’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

 

8


Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) any event requiring the filing of any report under or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) disclosing beneficial ownership of either 50% or more of the Company’s common stock then outstanding or 50% or more of its voting power or its voting stock then outstanding; (2) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or the Company’s assets and the assets of its respective subsidiaries taken as a whole to one or more persons (as defined in the Indenture) other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries; or (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (2)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s voting stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting stock of such holding company.

Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Notes; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.

Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or its successor.

 

  (h)

Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Holders of Notes may transfer or exchange Notes

 

9


in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder of Notes, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.

 

  (i)

Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the sole owner of such Note for all purposes.

 

  (j)

Unclaimed Money

Subject to applicable abandoned property law, if money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee or Paying Agent for payment.

 

  (k)

Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

  (l)

Amendment; Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes; and (ii) any default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note, or to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture or to comply with requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA.

 

  (m)

Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the Notes being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.

Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives

 

10


indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Notes.

 

  (n)

Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

  (o)

No Recourse Against Others

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations. By accepting a Note, each Holder of a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

  (p)

Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the face of this Note.

 

  (q)

Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

  (r)

Governing Law

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

  (s)

CUSIP Numbers

Pursuant to the recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use such CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

 

 

11


The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request and without charge to such Holder of a Note a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

CVS Health Corporation

One CVS Drive — MC 1008

Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895

Attention: Valerie Haertel

Terms defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.

 

12


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, complete the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

[Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code]

[Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.]

and irrevocably appoint                      as agent to

transfer this Note on the books of CVS Health Corporation.

The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:  

 

   Your Signature:   

 

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note.

 

13

Exhibit 4.2

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A GLOBAL NOTE IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION

 

No. [●]     $[●]

CUSIP No. 126650 DF4

ISIN No. US126650DF48

3.000% Senior Note due 2026

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), for value received promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[●] on August 15, 2026. If such maturity date is not a Business Day, then payment of principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from such maturity date to the date payment is made.

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15.

Record Dates: Each February 1 and August 1, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the reverse side of this Note.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

 

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[Signature Page to Note No. [] of 2026 Notes]


Dated: August 15, 2019

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Debt Securities referred to

in the Indenture.

 

By   

 

  Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Note No. [] of 2026 Notes]


3.000% Senior Note due 2026

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of CVS Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), designated as its 3.000% Senior Notes due 2026 (hereinafter referred to as the “Notes”).

 

  (a)

Interest

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above.

The Company will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing February 15, 2020. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or provided for, from August 15, 2019. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes. If any interest payment date is not a Business Day, then payment of interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from such interest payment date to the date payment is made.

 

  (b)

Method of Payment

The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders thereof at the close of business on the February 1 and August 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the interest payment date even if the Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders, or, if no such account is specified, the Company may pay principal and interest by check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address.

 

  (c)

Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 

  (d)

Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of August 15, 2006 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. ss.ss. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the

 

5


TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.

The Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company initially limited to $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount (subject to Section 2.08 of the Indenture). The Company may at any time issue additional Notes under the Indenture in unlimited amounts having the same terms as and treated as a single class with the Notes for all purposes under the Indenture and will vote together as one class with respect to the Notes. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the incurrence of certain additional indebtedness by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and the entry into certain sale and leaseback arrangements by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries. The Indenture also restricts the ability of the Company to consolidate or merge with or into, or to transfer all or substantially all its assets to, another person.

 

  (e)

Optional Redemption

Prior to June 15, 2026, the Company, at its option, may at any time redeem all or any portion of the Notes upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 25 basis points. If any redemption date is not a Business Day, then payment of the redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from such redemption date to the date payment is made.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to such remaining term.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of the applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Independent Investment Banker” means Barclays Capital Inc. or, if such firm is unwilling or unable to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

 

6


Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its aggregate principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its aggregate principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

 

  (f)

Notice of Optional Redemption

Notice of redemption shall be transmitted by the Company (or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee on the Company’s behalf) to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

 

  (g)

Repurchase of the Notes Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event

If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined below) occurs, Holders of the Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000 original principal amount) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (“Change of Control Offer”) on the terms set forth in this Note. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to, but excluding, the date of purchase (“Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will be required to mail a notice to Holders of Notes describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (“Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Notes and described in such notice. The Company must comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Notes, the

 

7


Company will be required to comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflicts and compliance with law.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will be required, to the extent lawful, to:

 

   

accept for payment all Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

   

deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

 

   

deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased.

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an event of default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

For purposes of the foregoing, the following definitions are applicable:

Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means that the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies (as defined below) on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided, however, that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or the Trustee’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) any event requiring the filing of any report under or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 pursuant to the

 

8


Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) disclosing beneficial ownership of either 50% or more of the Company’s common stock then outstanding or 50% or more of its voting power or its voting stock then outstanding; (2) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or the Company’s assets and the assets of its respective subsidiaries taken as a whole to one or more persons (as defined in the Indenture) other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries; or (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (2)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s voting stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting stock of such holding company.

Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Notes; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.

Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or its successor.

 

  (h)

Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Holders of Notes may transfer or exchange Notes

 

9


in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder of Notes, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.

 

  (i)

Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the sole owner of such Note for all purposes.

 

  (j)

Unclaimed Money

Subject to applicable abandoned property law, if money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee or Paying Agent for payment.

 

  (k)

Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

  (l)

Amendment; Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes; and (ii) any default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note, or to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture or to comply with requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA.

 

  (m)

Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the Notes being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.

Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives

 

10


indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Notes.

 

  (n)

Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

  (o)

No Recourse Against Others

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations. By accepting a Note, each Holder of a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

  (p)

Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the face of this Note.

 

  (q)

Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

  (r)

Governing Law

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

  (s)

CUSIP Numbers

Pursuant to the recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use such CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

 

 

11


The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request and without charge to such Holder of a Note a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

CVS Health Corporation

One CVS Drive — MC 1008

Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895

Attention: Valerie Haertel

Terms defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.

 

12


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, complete the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

[Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code]

[Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.]

and irrevocably appoint                      as agent to

transfer this Note on the books of CVS Health Corporation.

The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:  

 

   Your Signature:   

 

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note.

 

13

Exhibit 4.3

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A GLOBAL NOTE IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION

 

No. [●]     $[●]

CUSIP No. 126650 DG2

ISIN No. US126650DG21

3.250% Senior Note due 2029

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), for value received promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[•] on August 15, 2029. If such maturity date is not a Business Day, then payment of principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from such maturity date to the date payment is made.

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15.

Record Dates: Each February 1 and August 1, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the reverse side of this Note.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

 

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[Signature Page to Note No. [] of 2029 Notes]


Dated: August 15, 2019

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Debt Securities referred to

in the Indenture.

 

By  

 

  Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Note No. [] of 2029 Notes]


3.250% Senior Note due 2029

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of CVS Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), designated as its 3.250% Senior Notes due 2029 (hereinafter referred to as the “Notes”).

 

  (a)

Interest

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above.

The Company will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing February 15, 2020. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or provided for, from August 15, 2019. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes. If any interest payment date is not a Business Day, then payment of interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from such interest payment date to the date payment is made.

 

  (b)

Method of Payment

The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders thereof at the close of business on the February 1 and August 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the interest payment date even if the Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders, or, if no such account is specified, the Company may pay principal and interest by check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address.

 

  (c)

Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 

  (d)

Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of August 15, 2006 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. ss.ss. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the

 

5


TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.

The Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of the Company initially limited to $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount (subject to Section 2.08 of the Indenture). The Company may at any time issue additional Notes under the Indenture in unlimited amounts having the same terms as and treated as a single class with the Notes for all purposes under the Indenture and will vote together as one class with respect to the Notes. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the incurrence of certain additional indebtedness by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and the entry into certain sale and leaseback arrangements by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries. The Indenture also restricts the ability of the Company to consolidate or merge with or into, or to transfer all or substantially all its assets to, another person.

 

  (e)

Optional Redemption

Prior to May 15, 2029, the Company, at its option, may at any time redeem all or any portion of the Notes upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 25 basis points. If any redemption date is not a Business Day, then payment of the redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from such redemption date to the date payment is made.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to such remaining term.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of the applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Independent Investment Banker” means Barclays Capital Inc. or, if such firm is unwilling or unable to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

 

6


Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its aggregate principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its aggregate principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

 

  (f)

Notice of Optional Redemption

Notice of redemption shall be transmitted by the Company (or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee on the Company’s behalf) to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

 

  (g)

Repurchase of the Notes Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event

If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined below) occurs, Holders of the Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000 original principal amount) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (“Change of Control Offer”) on the terms set forth in this Note. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to, but excluding, the date of purchase (“Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will be required to mail a notice to Holders of Notes describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (“Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Notes and described in such notice. The Company must comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Notes, the

 

7


Company will be required to comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflicts and compliance with law.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will be required, to the extent lawful, to:

 

   

accept for payment all Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

   

deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

 

   

deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased.

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an event of default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

For purposes of the foregoing, the following definitions are applicable:

Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means that the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies (as defined below) on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided, however, that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or the Trustee’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) any event requiring the filing of any report under or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 pursuant to the

 

8


Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) disclosing beneficial ownership of either 50% or more of the Company’s common stock then outstanding or 50% or more of its voting power or its voting stock then outstanding; (2) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or the Company’s assets and the assets of its respective subsidiaries taken as a whole to one or more persons (as defined in the Indenture) other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries; or (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (2)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s voting stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting stock of such holding company.

Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Notes; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.

Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or its successor.

 

  (h)

Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Holders of Notes may transfer or exchange Notes

 

9


in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder of Notes, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.

 

  (i)

Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the sole owner of such Note for all purposes.

 

  (j)

Unclaimed Money

Subject to applicable abandoned property law, if money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee or Paying Agent for payment.

 

  (k)

Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

  (l)

Amendment; Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes; and (ii) any default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note, or to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture or to comply with requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA.

 

  (m)

Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the Notes being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.

 

10


Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Notes.

 

  (n)

Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

  (o)

No Recourse Against Others

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations. By accepting a Note, each Holder of a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

  (p)

Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the face of this Note.

 

  (q)

Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

  (r)

Governing Law

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

  (s)

CUSIP Numbers

Pursuant to the recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use such CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

 

 

11


The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Note upon written request and without charge to such Holder of a Note a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

CVS Health Corporation

One CVS Drive — MC 1008

Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895

Attention: Valerie Haertel

Terms defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.

 

12


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, complete the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

[Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code]

[Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.]

and irrevocably appoint                      as agent to

transfer this Note on the books of CVS Health Corporation.

The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:  

 

   Your Signature:   

 

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note.

 

13

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022-6069

+1.212.848.4000

August 15, 2019

CVS Health Corporation

One CVS Drive

Woonsocket, RI 02895

CVS Health Corporation

$1,000,000,000 2.625% Senior Notes due 2024

$750,000,000 3.000% Senior Notes due 2026

$1,750,000,000 3.250% Senior Notes due 2029

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to CVS Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.625% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”), $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.000% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”), $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.250% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes” and together with the 2024 Notes and 2026 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated August 8, 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and the underwriters named therein. The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of August 15, 2006 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

In that connection, we have reviewed originals or copies of the following documents:

 

  (a)

The Underwriting Agreement;

 

  (b)

The Indenture;

 

  (c)

The Executive Officers’ Certificate pursuant to the Indenture dated August 15, 2019; and

 

  (d)

The Notes in global form as executed by the Company.

The documents described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d) are collectively referred to herein as the “Opinion Documents”.

In our review of the Opinion Documents, we have assumed:

 

  (a)

The genuineness of all signatures.

 

  (b)

The authenticity of the originals of the documents submitted to us.

 

  (c)

The conformity to authentic originals of any documents submitted to us as copies.

 

SHEARMAN.COM

Shearman & Sterling LLP is a limited liability partnership organized in the United States under the laws of the state of Delaware, which laws limit the personal liability of partners.


  (d)

As to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made in the Underwriting Agreement and the other Opinion Documents and in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company.

 

  (e)

That each of the Opinion Documents is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each party thereto, other than the Company, enforceable against each such party in accordance with its terms.

 

  (f)

That the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Opinion Documents to which it is a party do not and will not, except with respect to Generally Applicable Law, violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to it.

 

  (g)

That the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Opinion Documents to which it is a party do not and will not result in any conflict with or breach of any agreement or document binding on it.

 

  (h)

That, except with respect to Generally Applicable Law, no authorization, approval, consent or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Company of any Opinion Document to which it is a party or, if any such authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is required, it has been duly obtained, taken, given or made and is in full force and effect.

We have not independently established the validity of the foregoing assumptions.

Generally Applicable Law” means the federal law of the United States of America, and the law of the State of New York (including in each case the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto), that a New York lawyer exercising customary professional diligence would reasonably be expected to recognize as being applicable to the Company, the Opinion Documents or the transactions governed by the Opinion Documents, and for purposes of assumption paragraphs (f) and (h) above and our opinion below, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing definition of Generally Applicable Law, the term “Generally Applicable Law” does not include any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Company, the Opinion Documents or such transactions solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to any of the Opinion Documents or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such affiliate.

Based upon the foregoing and upon such other investigation as we have deemed necessary and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Notes have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered and paid for as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

Our opinion expressed above is subject to the following qualifications:

 

  (a)

Our opinion above is subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally (including without limitation all laws relating to fraudulent transfers).

 

  (b)

Our opinion above is also subject to the effect of general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

2


  (c)

Our opinion is limited to Generally Applicable Law, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.

This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to advise you of any development or circumstance of any kind, including any change of law or fact, that may occur after the date of this opinion letter and which might affect the opinions expressed herein.

This opinion letter is rendered to you in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed August 15, 2019 by the Company and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-217596) filed by the Company to effect the registration of the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus constituting a part of such Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Shearman & Sterling LLP

LN/dy/gl/nk

STG

 

3

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

 

Investor    Valerie Haertel    Media    T.J. Crawford
Contact:    Senior Vice President    Contact:    Vice President
   Investor Relations       External Affairs
   (401) 770-4050       (212) 457-0583

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CVS Health Corporation Announces Expiration and Results of Any and All Tender Offers

WOONSOCKET, RI, August 15, 2019 – CVS Health Corporation (“CVS Health”, NYSE: CVS) announced today the results of the previously announced cash tender offers (the “Any and All Tender Offers” and each an “Any and All Tender Offer”) for (1) any and all of its 3.125% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Any and All Notes”) and (2) any and all of its 4.125% Senior Notes due 2021, the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2021 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”) and the 5.450% Senior Notes due 2021 issued by Coventry Health Care, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aetna (collectively, the “2021 Any and All Notes” and together with the 2020 Any and All Notes, the “Any and All Notes”).

As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 14, 2019 (the “Any and All Expiration Date”) as reported by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Tender and Information Agent for the Any and All Tender Offers, the principal amounts of the Any and All Notes listed in the tables below have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, or tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures (the “Guaranteed Delivery Procedures”) described in the Offer to Purchase dated August 8, 2019 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”). In order to be eligible to participate in the Any and All Tender Offers, holders (individually, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”) of Any and All Notes tendered pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures at or prior to the Any and All Expiration Date must deliver such Any and All Notes to CVS Health at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 16, 2019 (the “Guaranteed Delivery Deadline”).

In addition to the Any and All Tender Offers, CVS Health previously announced its Maximum Tender Offers (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) for the Maximum Tender Offer Notes (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) concurrently with the Any and All Tender Offers. The 2020 Notes Maximum Tender Offer Amount (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) is up to $2,000,000,000 less the aggregate principal amount of 2020 Any and All Notes accepted for purchase and the 2021 Notes Maximum Tender Offer Amount (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) is up to $2,000,000,000 less the aggregate principal amount of 2021 Any and All Notes accepted for purchase. Because $7,530,000 aggregate principal amount of 2020 Any and All Notes and $4,905,000 aggregate principal amount of 2021 Any and All Notes remain subject to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures, the 2020 Notes Maximum Tender Offer Amount and 2021 Notes Maximum Tender Offer Amount are subject to change and will be confirmed after expiration of guaranteed deliveries at the Guaranteed Delivery Deadline. Holders are urged to read the Offer to Purchase carefully before making any decision with respect to the Maximum Tender Offers.

Holders of all Any and All Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Any and All Expiration Date and accepted for purchase were eligible to receive the applicable Total Consideration set forth in the tables below, plus accrued and unpaid interest (“Accrued Interest”) up to, but not including, today, August 15, 2019, the settlement date of the Any and All Tender Offers. For the avoidance of doubt, Accrued Interest payable with respect to Any and All Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures and accepted for purchase shall cease to accrue on the Any and All Settlement Date.


2020 Any and All Notes:

 

Title of Notes

 

CUSIP
Number

 

Original Issuer

 

Total
Consideration(1)

   

Principal Amount
Outstanding

   

Principal Amount
Tendered

   

Principal Amount
Tendered Pursuant to
Guaranteed Delivery
Procedures

 

3.125% Senior Notes due 2020

  126650DA5   CVS Health Corporation     $1,005.86       $2,000,000,000       $1,269,297,000       $7,530,000  

 

2021 Any and All Notes:

 

 

Title of Notes

 

CUSIP
Number

 

Original Issuer

 

Total
Consideration(1)

   

Principal Amount
Outstanding

   

Principal Amount
Tendered

   

Principal Amount
Tendered Pursuant to
Guaranteed Delivery
Procedures

 

4.125% Senior Notes due 2021

  126650BW9   CVS Health Corporation     $1,033.32       $550,000,000       $328,084,000       $2,298,000  

4.125% Senior Notes due 2021

  008117AN3   Aetna Inc.     $1,034.37       $500,000,000       $297,403,000       $2,346,000  

5.450% Senior Notes due 2021

  222862AJ3   Coventry Health Care, Inc.     $1,053.11       $600,000,000       $412,825,000       $261,000  

 

(1)

Per $1,000 principal amount of Any and All Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Any and All Expiration Date and accepted for purchase.

The settlement date for the Any and All Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures at or prior to the Any and All Expiration Date and accepted for purchase is expected to be August 19, 2019, the second business day after the Any and All Settlement Date (the “Any and All Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date”).

CVS Health expects that it will accept for purchase all of the Any and All Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Any and All Expiration Date, and all Any and All Notes delivered at or prior to the Guaranteed Delivery Deadline. The principal amount of Any and All Notes that will be purchased by CVS Health is subject to change based on deliveries of Any and All Notes pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures. A press release announcing the final results of the Any and All Tender Offers is expected to be issued after the Guaranteed Delivery Deadline. CVS Health will fund the purchase of the Any and All Notes with part of the proceeds from the issuance of CVS Health’s 2.625% Senior Notes due 2024, 3.000% Senior Notes due 2026 and 3.250% Senior Notes due 2029.

CVS Health has retained Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC to act as Dealer Managers for the Tender Offers (as defined in the Offer to Purchase). D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been retained to act as the Tender and Information Agent for the Tender Offers. The Offer to Purchase may be accessed at the following link: http://www.dfking.com/cvs. Requests for assistance relating to the procedures for tendering Notes (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) may be directed to the Tender and Information Agent either by email at [email protected], or by phone (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers only) or (866) 406-2283 (for all others toll free). Requests for assistance relating to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offers may be directed to Barclays Capital Inc. at (800) 438-3242 (toll free) or (212) 528-7581 (collect) or Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at (800) 828-3182 (toll free) or (212) 902-2995 (collect). Beneficial owners may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders with respect to, the Notes. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful. The Tender Offers are being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase made available to Holders of the Notes. None of CVS Health, the Dealer Managers, Tender and Information Agent or the trustees with respect to the Notes, or any of their respective affiliates, is making any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their Notes in response to the Tender Offers. Holders are urged to evaluate carefully all information in the Offer to Purchase, consult their own investment and tax advisers and make their own decisions whether to tender Notes in the Tender Offers, and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender.

About CVS Health

CVS Health is the nation’s premier health innovation company helping people on their path to better health. Whether in one of its pharmacies or through its health services and plans, CVS Health is pioneering a bold new approach to total health by making quality care more affordable, accessible, simple and seamless. CVS Health is community-based and locally focused, engaging consumers with the care they need when and where they need it. The Company has approximately 9,900 retail locations, approximately 1,100 walk-in medical clinics, a leading

 

2


pharmacy benefits manager with more than 102 million plan members, a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year and expanding specialty pharmacy services. CVS Health also serves an estimated 38 million people through traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including rapidly expanding Medicare Advantage offerings and a leading standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. The Company believes its innovative health care model increases access to quality care, delivers better health outcomes and lowers overall health care costs. Find more information about how CVS Health is shaping the future of health at https://www.cvshealth.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of CVS Health Corporation. By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements for a number of reasons as described in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section and under the section entitled “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on CVS Health’s forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements are and will be based upon management’s then-current views and assumptions regarding future events and operating performance, and are applicable only as of the dates of such statements. CVS Health does not assume any duty to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, as of any future date.

 

3

Categories

SEC Filings