RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintiles
Transnational Corp. today announced that it and Pharma Services Intermediate
Holding Corp. ("Holding;" each of Holding and Quintiles, is referred to as a
"Company") have commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of Quintiles'
outstanding $450.0 million aggregate principal amount 10% senior subordinated
notes due 2013 (CUSIP Nos. 748767 AE0 and 748767 AD2)(the "Subordinated
Notes") and any and all of Holding's outstanding $219.0 million aggregate
principal amount at maturity 11.5% senior discount notes due 2014 (CUSIP No.
71711W AB6) (the "Discount Notes"). The Subordinated Notes and the Discount
Notes are collectively referred to as the "Notes." In connection with the
cash tender offer, each Company is also soliciting consents to amend the
indentures under which the respective Notes were issued to eliminate or make
less restrictive most of the restrictive covenants contained in the indentures
and amend certain related provisions.
The tender offer and consent solicitation is being made pursuant to the
terms and conditions described in the Companies' Offer to Purchase and Consent
Solicitation, dated March 3, 2006, and the Letter of Transmittal. Under the
terms of the tender offer, the total consideration for each $1,000 principal
amount of Subordinated Notes tendered and accepted in the tender offer will be
$1,156.25, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the payment
date, and the total consideration for each $1,000 principal amount at maturity
of Discount Notes tendered and accepted in the tender offer will be $901.25.
No accrued interest will be paid with respect to the Discount Notes. The
total consideration includes a consent payment of $30.00 per $1,000 principal
amount of Subordinated Notes and $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount at
maturity of Discount Notes, and is only payable to holders who validly tender
their Notes and validly deliver their consents on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on Thursday, March 16, 2006 (the "Consent Payment Deadline").
Holders who validly tender their Notes after the Consent Payment Deadline and
prior to the expiration of the tender offer will receive the total
consideration less the consent payment, or $1,126.25 per $1,000 principal
amount of Subordinated Notes and $871.25 per $1,000 principal amount at
maturity of Discount Notes. The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00
midnight, New York City time, on Thursday, March 30, 2006, unless extended,
amended or earlier terminated by the Companies in their sole discretion.
Prior to the expiration of the tender offer, upon satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions to the tender offer, each Company may, at its option, accept
and pay for Notes tendered. However, the Companies do not currently
anticipate paying for Notes tendered prior to the expiration of the tender
offer. Holders of Subordinated Notes, but not Discount Notes, will be paid
accrued and unpaid interest up to but not including the applicable date of
payment.
Each Company's obligation to consummate the tender offer is conditioned
upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, including without limitation, (i)
Quintiles having borrowed funds sufficient to purchase the Notes tendered and
pay the related consent payments and fees and expenses in connection therewith
prior to expiration of the tender offer, (ii) with respect to the Subordinated
Notes, holders of Subordinated Notes representing not less than a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Subordinated Notes having tendered their
Notes and delivered their consents, (iii) with respect to the Discount Notes,
holders of Discount Notes representing not less than a majority in principal
amount at maturity of the outstanding Discount Notes having tendered their
Notes and delivered their consents, (iv) the execution of a supplemental
indenture to each indenture implementing the proposed amendments to that
indenture, (v) with respect to the Subordinated Notes, the completion of the
tender offer for the Discount Notes and (vi) with respect to the Discount
Notes, the completion of the tender offer for the Subordinated Notes. Full
details of the terms and conditions of the tender offer are included in the
Companies' Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated March 3,
2006.
The Companies have engaged Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking to
act as dealer manager in connection with the tender offer. Questions
regarding the tender offer may be directed to Citigroup at (800) 558-3745
(toll-free) and (212) 723-6106 (collect). Requests for documentation may be
directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the tender agent and
information agent for the tender offer, at (866) 873-7700 (toll free) or
(212) 430-3774.
This press release does not constitute an offer to buy, the solicitation
of an offer to sell or the solicitation of consents with respect to the Notes.
In accordance with any state securities laws applicable to the tender offer in
the United States which require the tender offer to be made to the public by a
licensed broker or dealer, the tender offer shall be deemed to be made to the
holders of Notes residing in those states by Citigroup on behalf of the
Companies. The tender offer and solicitation of consents is made solely
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated
March 3, 2006.
About Quintiles
Quintiles is the global leader in pharmaceutical services. We improve
healthcare worldwide by providing innovative, quality professional expertise,
market intelligence and partnering solutions to meet the dynamic needs of the
pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. Quintiles has 16,000
specialized employees and offices in 50 countries. For more information visit
the company's Web site at http://www.quintiles.com.
Information in this press release contains "forward-looking statements."
These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially, including, without limitation, the possibility
that Quintiles may not be able to secure financing on terms acceptable to
Quintiles prior to the expiration of the tender offer or otherwise obtain
funds sufficient to purchase the Notes tendered and pay the related consent
payments and fees and expenses in connection therewith. Additional factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially are discussed in
Quintiles' recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including but not limited to its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Form 8-Ks and
its other periodic reports, including Form 10-Qs. Any forward-looking
statements are as of the date hereof, and we have no duty to update them if
our views later change.
SOURCE Quintiles Transnational Corp.
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CONTACT:
Pat Grebe, Media Relations,
media.info@quintiles.com, or Greg Connors, Investor Relations,
invest@quintiles.com, both of Quintiles Transnational Corp.,
+1-919-998-2000
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